Vicente Mijares ~ 'Talented Mexican Lightweight'

[Bill Paxtom]

Friday ~ September 3, 1976

Plaza de Toros Calafia ~ Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Attendance ........... 6700

~ NABF Lightweight Championship ~

* Vicente Mijares - 21-0-0 {11 KO's} ~ 134 lbs. ~ {Age; 21 years, 8 months}
vs.
* Javier Muniz - 21-5-2 {11 KO's} ~ 135 lbs. ~ {Age; 23 years, 1 month}
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~ The Skinny ~

Vicente Mijares continues to fight, and wait for a World Title bout. The 'master-boxing'
Mexican will be defending his NABF Lightweight Championship for the 2nd time.

Javier Muniz is a 'fast-handed' boxer from Los Angeles. The 3-Year Professional was at
18-1-2 only 1-Year earlier in July 1975. But Javier has slid by going { 3-4 } in his last
'7-Bouts' since August 1975.

Also, Javier has a 'granite chin' and has never been floored in his career. His '4' previous
losses {10-Round Decisions} have all been to World Class Lightweights >
* Rudy Hernandez
* Jimmy Heair
* Alfonso Jiminez
* Buzzsaw Yamabe
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~ NABF Lightweight Champion Mijares Scores 'Decisive' Win In Mexicali ~

Mexican 'boxing-specialist' Vicente Mijares defended his NABF Lightweight Championship by
scoring a 'decisive' 12-Round Decision over scrappy Los Angeles Lightweight - Javier Muniz.

The 21 1/2 year-old Mijares used a 'consistent-and-sharp' left-hand to build up a wide-points
lead over the first-half of the bout.

In Round 4, Mijares 'badly-shook' Muniz when he caught him with a 'vicious' right-hook to
the jaw, and had his opponent 'wobbling' throughout the middle-session of the Round. But,
Muniz shook off the 'cob-webs' and just barely made it through the Round while back-pedaling
along the perimeter of the Ring.

A still 'groggy' Muniz made it through Round 5 by circling, and moving in close to grab
Mijares each time that he attacked.

Though Muniz was out-boxed, he never stopped trying, as he flung left-hooks and wide
right-hands from the outside against the smooth-boxing Mijares during an 'action-oriented'
6th and 7th Rounds.

But Mijares moved inside during the 8th and 9th Rounds, and slammed the durable Muniz with
left-hooks to the jaw and right-hands to the body, sending the Los Angeles fighter back on
his heels and against the Ropes.

With the bout 'well-in-hand', Mijares went back to 'smart-boxing' over the last 3-Rounds, and
was effective with left-jabs, and quick 'left-right' counter-punches each time that Muniz moved
in to attack.

Scorecards
* 118-113 {7-2-3 in Rounds} > Vicente Mijares
* 118-111 {9-2-1 in Rounds} > Vicente Mijares
* 117-112 {8-3-1 in Rounds} > Vicente Mijares