Vicente Mijares ~ 'Talented Mexican Lightweight'

[Bill Paxtom]

July 22, 1975

~ Manager Harry Kabakoff Has Another Mexican Star ~

Russian - Boxing Manager - Harry Kabakoff has another star that he is pushing.

A talented 'master-boxer' in 21 1/2 year-old Vicente Mijares. The Mexican has posted
a record of 15-0-0 with 10 KO's, and is coming off an exciting-and-impressive win {KO 5}
over highly-regarded Sanjo Takemori of Japan '10-days' ago at the 'Olympic Auditorium'.

Harry Kabakoff >
"Vicente is the newest and most talented boxer coming out of Mexico now. He's lightning-fast,
and is a superbly-talented boxer."

"We have signed up with Promoter - Aileen Eaton, and Vicente will now be fighting at the
Olympic Auditorium on a regular basis."

"We have a good bout coming up in 3-weeks {August 9th} against a really tough-kid in
Memin 'El Ardillita' Becerra. He's won '18' of his last 21-Bouts, and his last loss was a
bad-deal {Hometown Decision Loss} in Hawaii to the local favorite.

"This will be a real good test for my fighter. We will be fighting at 128 lbs. for this bout,
but Vicente will eventually move up to Lightweight by the end of 1975."

WBC Lightweight Rankings {July 22, 1975}

*** Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki
#1 . Roberto Duran {WBA Champion}
#2 . Arturo 'Tury' Pineda
#3 . Leonico Ortiz
#4 . Ken Buchanan
#5 . Buzzsaw Yamabe
#6 . Morito Kashiwaba
#7 . Antonio Gomez
#8 . Alvaro Rojas
#9 . Jonathan Dele
#10 Miguel Bertruz