Mares suffers detached retina

Mares had previously suffered one in the other eye

As it turns out, Abner Mares’ reason for withdrawing from his bout with Gervonta Davis this upcoming Saturday is a little more serious than expected. The multi-division champ has revealed that he suffered a detached retina in camp, the second of his career.

Mares (31-3-1, 15 KO) initially blamed an elbow injury for his pulling out, but claims that while he does have a bad elbow, it wasn’t the true cause.

The 33-year-old tells Kate Abdo that he intends to continue fighting once he’s healed up, but is okay with retirement if his doctor recommends it. Obviously, I hope he recovers and gets back in the ring, ideally against someone a little smaller than Davis. Even taking into account the war crimes he committed against Joseph Agbeko’s testicles, though, he’s already put together a terrific career and could hang up the gloves with nothing else to prove.

In the meantime, Davis fights another former champion in Hugo Ruiz.