News - Cristian Mijares

Felix Sturm 159.3 vs Sebastian Sylvester 159.3 (WBA middleweight championship) Sergej Dzinziruk 153.2 vs Joel Julio 153.8 (WBO jr middleweight championship) Marcos Rene Maidana 142.1 vs Silverio Ortiz 141 Vladimir Tereshkin 231.4 vs Daniel Peret 260.1 read more ...

Two coin flips took place during today's final press conference for the unification clash between WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares and IBF junior bantamweight champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan. Mijares won both flips. The first coin flip concerned which champion comes out first. Mijares decided to let Darchinyan come out first read more ...

Australia's IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) is confident of defeating the WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (36-3-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday to become unified champion when they clash at the Home Depot Centre, Carson, California. Referee will be Lou Moret and judges Pat Russell, Jack Reiss and Marty Denkin. Darchinyan said "I'm going to show a very good fight. I'm ready for this fight read more ...

“If I win next month,” said Manny Pacquiao at the “Blaze of Glory” post-fight press conference, referring to his run at Filipino politics, “I will still continue to fight. “My boxing career is my business, and my income.” With that said, Pacquiao closed his time at the podium, which had been opened with five minutes of thank-yous read more ...

WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (30-3-2, 11 KOs) dealt a surprisingly one-sided twelve round beatdown to former two-division titleholder Jorge Arce (46-3-1, 35 KOs). Mijares was extremely sharp as he busted up Arce with precision punches that Arce had no answer for. Scores were 119-109, 118-110, 117-111. "I fought the fight of my life," said Mijares afterward. "I beat a great champion read more ...

Manny Pacquiao: "I know my opponent Jorge Solis has worked hard and is determined to win. This will be a great fight for both of us, both of our countries and all of our fans. But there can only be one winner and I have every intention of leaving the ring the way I came in -- as champion." read more ...