Cristian Mijares

Cristian Ricardo Lucio Mijares (born 2 October 1981) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a two-time super flyweight champion, having held the unified WBC and WBA (Unified) titles from 2006 to 2008 and the IBF title from 2010 to 2011.

Early life Mijares comes from a large boxing family. His younger brother is a lightweight prospect Ricardo Mijares and his uncle is a former world title contender Vicente Mijares.

Professional career On 3 June 2006, Mijares knocked out Adalberto Davila in six rounds for the Mexican super flyweight title.

WBC super flyweight championship On 18 September 2006, he defeated former champion Katsushige Kawashima for the interim WBC title, by a split decision. The official scorers saw it 114–113, 113–114, 114–113. He was later promoted to full champion after reigning champion Masamori Tokuyama vacated his title on 6 December 2006, in anticipation of retiring.N.Korean boxer Tokuyama gives up WBC super-flyweight title In 2007, he defeated Katsushige Kawashima in a rematch via a tenth round knock out.

On 14 April 2007, Mijares defended his title by beating two time light flyweight champion Jorge Arce by unanimous decision in a particularly bloody match for Arce, who saw his first defeat since 1999. Mijares won the fight by a wide margin, with the official judges scoring the match 119–109, 118–110, 117–111, all in favor of Mijares.

Mijares returned just 3 months later, beating Teppei Kikui, dominating and then stopping him in 10 rounds in front of his hometown crown in Mexico. Mijares made quick work of obscure journeyman Franck Gorjux stopping him in just 1 round.

In February 2008, Mijares returned to the United States and was featured on a HBO pay-per-view under card against flyweight Olympian Jose Navarro, the early rounds belonged to Mijares, while the middle rounds were evenly matched with Mijares finishing strong in the later rounds. Mijares retained his title with a Split Decision victory.

WBA super flyweight championship Mijares unified his WBC super flyweight title by defeating WBA Champion Alexander Muñoz via split decision on 17 May 2008. After several close opening rounds, Mijares took control with his crisp counterpunching and brilliant defense, with the win being secured by many dominant late rounds in which he managed to hurt Munoz. This win made him the WBA (Unified) champion. With the victory, Mijares earned a spot in the top 10 pound for pound list.

Mijares made a return on 30 August in Mexico, where he defended his two crowns against a 38-year-old former WBC flyweight champion, Chatchai Sasakul. Sasakul had lost his title to Manny Pacquiao in 1998 and had not fought any world class opposition since. Mijares easily controlled the contest with his jab and counterpunching, eventually stopping Sasakul in round 3 after dropping him in the previous round.

Mijares was most recently knocked out by Vic Darchinyan in the 9th round, losing his WBC and WBA super flyweight titles to the Armenian-born Australian in a surprising upset. Although he had three defeats prior to his bout with Darchinyan, this was the first time Mijares had been stopped.

He went up in weight and challenged Nehomar Cermeño for the interim WBA bantamweight title on 14 March 2009. Mijares lost by split decision. He fought Cermeño again on 12 September 2009 for that same title but lost by unanimous decision. Two days later, Mijares announced his retirement from boxing.

IBF super flyweight championship On 11 December 2010, Mijares became a two-time super flyweight champion by beating IBF super flyweight champion Juan Alberto Rosas.

In May 2011, Cristian made his first defence, a victory over contender Carlos Rueda.

Retirement On 16 June 2018, Mijares headlined his retirement card before a partisan crowd at Gómez Palacio, losing by third-round knockout to Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. of Puerto Rico.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes70Loss59-9-2 Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.TKO 3 (10) 16 Jun 2018 69Win59-8-2 David SaucedoTKO 8 (10) 17 Mar 2018 68Win58-8-2 Jesus ArevaloUD 10 7 Oct 2017 67Win57-8-2 Rafael HernandezUD 10 29 Jul 2017 66Win56-8-2 Tomas RojasUD 10 8 Apr 2017 65Win55-8-2Shohei KawashimaUD 12 29 Oct 2016 64Win54-8-2 Andres GutierrezMD 12 4 Jun 2016 63Win53-8-2 Cristian ArrazolaKO 7 (10)19 Dec 2015 62Win52-8-2 Vergel NebranUD 10 19 Jun 2015 61Win51-8-2 Lester MedranoUD 1015 Nov 2014 60Win50-8-2 Sebastian Daniel RodriguezKO 7 (10) 21 Jun 2014 59Loss49-8-2 Leo Santa CruzUD 12 8 Mar 2014 58Win49-7-2 Jovanny SotoKO 3 (10) 14 Dec 2013 57Win48-7-2 Carlos JacoboTKO 6 (10)27 Jul 2013 56Loss47-7-2 Victor TerrazasSD 12 20 Apr 2013 55Win47-6-2 Rafael MarquezTKO 9 (12) 28 Oct 2012 54Win46-6-2 Eusebio OsejoUD 10 30 Jun 2012 53Win45-6-2 Eddy JulioKO 4 (10) 21 Apr 2012 52Win44-6-2 Alejandro ValdezTKO 3 (10) 17 Dec 2011 51Win43-6-2 Jonathan PerezTKO 3 (10) 10 Sep 2011 50Win42-6-2 Carlos RuedaUD 12 14 May 2011 49Win41-6-2 Juan Alberto RosasUD 12 11 Dec 2010 48Win40-6-2 Franklin SolisTKO 4 (10) 14 Aug 2010 47Win39-6-2 Francisco ArceSD 12 10 Apr 2010 46Win38-6-2 BJ DolorosaTKO 6 (10) 12 Dec 2009 45Win37-6-2 Jesus VidalKO 3 (10) 20 Nov 2009 44Loss36-6-2 Nehomar CermenoUD 12 12 Sep 2009 43Loss36-5-2 Nehomar CermenoSD 12 14 Mar 2009 42Loss36-4-2 Vic DarchinyanKO 9 (12)1 Nov 2008 41Win36-3-2 Chatchai SasakulTKO 3 (12) 30 Aug 2008 40Win35-3-2 Alexander MuñozSD 12 17 May 2008 39Win34-3-2 Jose NavarroSD 12 16 Feb 2008 38Win33-3-2 Franck GorjuxTKO 1 (12)20 Oct 2007 37Win32-3-2 Teppei KikuiTKO 10 (12) 13 Jul 2007 36Win31-3-2 Jorge ArceUD 12 14 Apr 2007 35Win30-3-2 Katsushige KawashimaTKO 10 (12) 3 Jan 2007 34Win29-3-2 Reynaldo LopezUD 12 17 Nov 2006 33Win28-3-2 Katsushige KawashimaSD 12 18 Sep 2006 32Win27-3-2 Adalberto DavilaKO 6 (12) 3 Jun 2006 31Draw26-3-2 Luis MaldonadoMD 12 24 Feb 2006 30Win26-3-1 Saul GutierrezUD 10 10 Dec 2005 29Win25-3-1 Alimi GoitiaTKO 3 (12) 16 Sep 200528Win24-3-1 Gerson GuerreroTKO 8 (12)3 Jun 200527Win23-3-1Hugo VargasUD 10 1 Apr 2005 26Win22-3-1Moises ZamudioSD 10 10 Dec 200425Win21-3-1Javier TorresKO 1 (12) 17 Sep 200424Win20-3-1 Ulises CadenaTKO 7 (12) 29 May 200423Win19-3-1Tomas RojasUD 12 12 Mar 200422Win18-3-1Saul BrisenoTKO 9 (10) 20 Nov 200321Win17-3-1 Arturo BracamontesSD 10 1 Aug 200320Win16-3-1 Juan GarciaTKO 6 (10) 27 Jun 200319Win15-3-1Guadalupe ArceKO 2 (8) 16 May 200318Win14-3-1 Juan GarciaUD 10 21 Mar 200317Win13-3-1 Jose Alfredo TiradoUD 10 1 Jan 200316Win12-3-1Antonio MartinezDQ 5 (8) 4 Oct 2002 15Loss11-3-1 Jose Alfredo TiradoUD 10 19 Jul 2002 14Win11-2-1 Jose de Jesus RoblesKO 6 (6) 1 Jan 200213Loss10-2-1Ricardo EspinozaUD 4 19 Jun 200112Draw10-1-1Ricardo EspinozaSD 4 5 Jun 200111Win 10-1Cesar Augusto MartinezUD 4 24 Apr 200010Win 9-1Manuel IbarraTD 6 (8) 20 Aug 19999Win 8-1Alejandro SosaUD 8 19 Mar 19998Win 7-1Lorenzo LopezTKO 2 (6) 5 Feb 19997Win 6-1Jesus LopezUD 6 23 Oct 19986Win 5-1Jesus LopezUD 6 7 Aug 19985Loss 4-1Alejandro SosaMD 4 29 May 19984Win 4-0Eduardo CamachoUD 4 20 Apr 19983Win 3-0Juan LopezUD 4 13 Mar 19982Win 2-0 Jose SifuentesTKO 3 (4) 21 Oct 1997 1Win 1-0 Pedro HernandezUD 4 20 Aug 1997

Titles in boxing Major world titles WBC super flyweight champion (115 lbs) WBA (Unified) super flyweight champion (115 lbs) IBF super flyweight Champion (115 lbs)

Interim titles WBC interim super flyweight champion (115 lbs)

Regional/International titles Mexico super flyweight champion (115 lbs) WBA Fedelatin super flyweight champion (115 lbs) NABF bantamweight champion (118 lbs) WBC Silver featherweight champion (126 lbs)

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