Vicente Mijares ~ 'Talented Mexican Lightweight'

[Bill Paxtom]

April 25, 1976

WBA Ratings ................................................ WBC Ratings

*** Roberto Duran ................................................ Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki
#1 . Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki {WBC Champion} ........ Roberto Duran {WBA Champion}
#2 . Hector Julio Medina ........................................ Esteban DeJesus
#3 . Esteban Dejesus ............................................. Hector Julio Medina
#4 . Vilomar Fernandez .......................................... Vicente Mijares
#5 . Vicente Mijares ............................................... Randy Shields
#6 . Leonico Ortiz .................................................. Arturo 'Tury' Pineda
#7 . Tony Jumoa-As .............................................. Vilomar Fernandez
#8 . Tae-Ho Kim .................................................. .. Buzzsaw Yamabe
#9 . Buzzsaw Yamabe ............................................ Fernand Roelands
#10. Ray Lampkin .................................................. Edwin Viruet

Harry Kabakoff >
"They tell me that Roberto Duran has ate himself out of the Division, and is over 150 lbs. now.
He's never getting back down to Lightweight. They might as well 'vacate' the Title."

"Hell, his Manager {Carlos Eleta} and Promoter {Don King} won't let him fight anybody good."

"We were supposed to get the next fight with 'WBC Champion - 'Guts' Suzuki, but they just
offered him $170,000 to go to Puerto Rico to hand over his Title to Esteban Dejesus. We
were 'back-dealt' by the World Boxing Council 'twice' in 2-months."