Vicente Mijares ~ 'Talented Mexican Lightweight'

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ November 29, 1975

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

~ Vicente Mijares In Shocker, TKO's Randy Shields ~

Mexican - Vicente Mijares ended the 'unbeaten string' of Randy Shields at '28', by scoring
a TKO at the end of the 8th Round.

Mijares who is 'unbeaten' himself now, with a record of 18-0-0 scored his '11th' Knockout win.

The 5' 11" Shields was the 'heavy-favorite at {3-1}, and got off to a good start over the first
4-Rounds, as he took advantage of his 5' Height, and 5" Reach advantage.

Shields {136 lbs.} used spearing left-jabs, and long right-hand leads to take 3 of the first 4
Rounds from the smart-boxing Mexican.

But the quick-hitting Mijares {135 lbs.} started to find the range in Round 5, and caught the
tall-and-lanky Californian with 'jarring' left-hooks to the jaw.

Mijares 'staggered' Shields near the end of Round 5 with a powerful right-hand to the chin,
and '2' left-hooks to the temple area.

In Round 6, Shields attempted to 'slug' with the stronger Mexican, and paid the price as he
was 'rocked' by left-hooks to the head, and again was 'staggered' by a right-hand to the chin.

In Round 7, Mijares continued to wear down the lanky-Shields, and at the {1:00 Mark} he caught
Shields with a slicing left-hook to the right-eye, which opened up a small-cut.

And mid-way thru the Round he caught Shields on his right-eye with another left-hook, and opened
up the small-cut, causing it to drip blood. Late in the session, the Mexican also staggered Shields again
with a solid 'left-right' combination to the jaw.

In Round 8, Mijares was relentless in his attack, and slammed in numerous left-hooks to the head,
opening up the cut on Shields right-eye worse, as blood started streaming down his face.

Referee - George Latka called a 'temporary-halt' at the 2:42 Mark, to have the Ringside Physician
check out the cut right-eye. Shields was allowed to continue, but he took another barrage to the area,
and bleeding badly at the end of the Round.

Before the start of Round 9, Randy Shields' corner stopped the bout, as they were unable to stem
the flow of blood.

The win goes down as a TKO 8 for the 'unbeaten' Vicente Mijares.

~ Mijares {Saldivar} TKO's Shields ~