Miura has a good streak going over Mexican contenders, having beaten in his recent matches - Gamaliel Diaz, Sergio Thompson and Dante Jardon.

Mares would move up to 130-pounds and attempt to capture his fourth world title. Last year he won the WBC featherweight title by stopping Daniel Ponce De Leon, but in his first defense he was stopped in the first round by Jhonny Gonzalez. The two were scheduled to have a rematch, but then Mares suffered a rib injury and withdrew.

According to sources in Mexico, negotiations are ongoing for a match between Abner Mares (26-1, 14KOs) and WBC super featherweight champion Takashi Miura (27-2-2, 20KOs) of Japan. The match is reportedly eyed for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. card on May 3rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

User Comments and Feedback

[QUOTE=MDPopescu;14234869]Mares seems to be less afraid of the big Jap than of his former trainer's (i.e. Nacho) new pupil (i.e. Gonzalez) -- who caught him cold in the first, as we all know.[/QUOTE] Yeap you just hit the nail right…

[quote=.:: JSFD26 ::.] Where's the criticism coming from? The guy is moving up in weight and fighting a much bigger guy. It's not like he's going down to 122 and fighting a tune up. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android…

Where's the criticism coming from? The guy is moving up in weight and fighting a much bigger guy. It's not like he's going down to 122 and fighting a tune up. [SIZE="1"][I]Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android[/I][/SIZE]

First of all, I don't think Abner Mares deserves a shot at a title at 130 coming off of a K.O. loss at 126. If Mares vs. Miura does go down then good for Miura because I'm sure he'll get…

The kid likes to take chances and i respect him for that unlike some posters. Dont know much of miura other than youtube but looks legit