Vicente Mijares ~ 'Talented Mexican Lightweight'

[Bill Paxtom]

June 15, 1976

Nassau Coliseum ~ Long Island, New York

'Main Event' ..... George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier

Promoter ......... Don King
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~ WBC Lightweight Eliminator ~

#4 WBC - Vicente Mijares - 20-0-0 {11 KO's} ~ 5' 6 1/2" ~ 68" ~ 135 lbs. ~ {Age; 22 years, 5 months}
vs.
#7 WBC - Vilomar Fernandez - 19-4-1 {4 KO's} ~ 5' 6" ~ 67" ~ 135 lbs. ~ {Age; 23 years, 10 months}
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~ The Skinny ~

This will be the 4th-Straight bout for Mexican - Vicente Mijares that is a WBC Eliminator.

Harry Kabakoff {Manager for Vicente Mijares} >
"They {World Boxing Concil} keep giving us these promises. We have won '3-Staright' bouts
over Top-Rated WBC fighters, and each time that we win, we get jerked around."

"I told WBC President - Jose Suliaman, that this is it. No more 'shenanigans'. When we
beat Vilomar Fernandez, we want a contract handed to us in the locker room after the bout."

"We are coming here to New York, and into Vilomar Fernandez' back yard. This is a big risk,
because Vilomar gets a lot of close Decision's here. I'll be watching the Official's with a sharp
eye, and they better be fair, or I'll destroy the place."
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Vilomar Fernandez is a quick-and-nifty boxer, who has a great defense, and excellent technical
skills. Though Vilomar is not a big-puncher, he is a sharp counter-puncher.

The Bronx, New York based Puerto Rican has won '5-Straight', but only has fought {once} since
August 22, 1975 > that being an impressive 10-Round Decision over World-Rated - Ray Lampkin
4-Months earlier on February 6, 1976.

Vilomar Fernandez >
"I beat 'undefeated' - Ray Lunny 'III' back in August 1975 for the American Lightweight Championship,
and I was supposed to get a World Title bout. I sat around for 3-Months waiting, and then they
'shuffled' the Ratings in November 1975, and I was pushed aside."

"It's not me. I want to fight, but nobody wants to come up against me, because I'm too tricky. They
call me 'a cutey', and a guy to stay away from."