ESPN.com - Dan Rafael Blog: Mares card should lick summer lull

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Mares card should lick summer lull Jul 12th 2013, 17:49, by Dan Rafael The summer is usually a slow time for boxing, but there are at least a handful of higher-profile shows here and there to get us all through, including one for which the promotion kicked off on Thursday at a news conference at a Los Angeles Mexican restaurant. Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya formally announced a world title doubleheader on Aug. 24 (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET) at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., and it's a good-looking show: featherweight titlist Abner Mares making the first defense of his belt against former titlist Jhonny Gonzalez in the main event and junior featherweight titlist Victor Terrazas in a mandatory defense against former bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz in the co-feature.

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