The bout between WBC super bantamweight beltholder Abner Mares and the highly regarded Anselmo Moreno has bounced around more than a Super Ball (remember those things?). Originally, it was scheduled to take place on October 13^th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, then switched to October 27^th at the Honda Center in Anaheim (so it wouldn't get overshadowed by the HBO card at the Home Depot Center). According to Lance Pugmire of the L.A. Times on Thursday afternoon, Mares-Moreno has now landed on November 10^th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (latimes.com/-mares-angulo).

 

This means this little gem of a fight could be going up against a Top Rank pay-per-view card on that same evening in Las Vegas in what looks to be another missile lobbed in the “Cold War”-gone-nuclear between Golden Boy and Top Rank. But to be fair, Golden Boy and Showtime had originally planned on moving this card to November 10^th but then backed off when it looked like Manny Pacquiao would be fighting on this night. But as the “Pac-Man” waffled more than an Eggo, Golden Boy naturally jumped on the chance to return to the Staples Center where they have staged a number of events with varying degrees of success. I'll say it again; yeah, it's great when there's more quality boxing (with the emphasis on “quality”) but a match-up like Mares-Moreno deserves as much of the spotlight as possible (as of now, Top Rank has a bunch of TBAs vs. TBDs on this date). It has to be noted that when Mares faced Joseph Agbeko for the second time at the Honda Center on December 3^rd, right around a thousand tickets were sold as this card was completely overshadowed by the pay-per-view rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito at Madison Square Garden.

 

Bob Arum tells Maxboxing that they still plan on doing a show of some sort on November 10^th.