Abner Mares won the WBA Featherweight title with a 12-round split decision over defending champion Jesus Cuellar at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California.
Mares was the more active fighter and he floored Cuellar with a hard right in round 11.
Mares won by scores of 117-110 and 116-111. Cuellar took a card 115-112.
Mares of Guadalajara, MX is 30-2-1. Cuellar of Bueno Airies, Argentina 28-2.
Jermall Charlo retained the IBF Junior Middleweight title with an emphatic 5th round stoppage over previously undefeated Julian Williams.
In round two, Charlo scored a knockdown from a jab that put Williams on the seat of his pants. In round five, it was a perfect counter right uppercut that dropped Williams face first. Williams got to his feet, but it was only for a few seconds as a big combination dropped him for a 3rd and final time at 2:06.
Charlo of Houston, Texas is 25-0 with 19 knockouts. Williams of Philadelphia is 22-1-1-1.
