Cristian Mijares

[Kev]

I guess he is just taking some stay busy fights. As for your boxrecc stas Bilbo,Boxrec isn't exactly a place renowned for it's high quality reliable information is it? And even if those number are correct,stats can be easily manipulated. There are lots and lots of good fighters at Mijares weight.

How can boxrec 'manipulate' the fact that there three times more professional fighters fighting at welterweight than there are at flyweight?

It's simply an undiputable fact that there is more competition at the higher weights as the vast majority of adult men weigh over 9 1/2 stone.

You can't manipulate demographics and facts, but at the same time, it doesn't mask tin-can matchmaking. 115lbs still has plenty of talent to choose from.

Kind of, but whereas in the welterweight division a record of 16-7 would see you as a journeyman fighting 8 rounders on the undercard of a Peter Manfredo fight a 16-7 record at flyweight can see you as champion of Malaysia or something. Just check the records of some of these little men, and you notice two things, one they routinely fight domestic rivals two or three times as it's hard to find competition, and two you are ranked well within the top 10 of your country as soon as you turn pro. The UK's smallest fighter Ian Napa at 5 ft 1 in actually campaigns at bantamweight as there are no UK boxers at all in the four divisions below him. He has a record of 14-6 which at any higher weight would be pretty mediocre yet he's the current British Bantamweight champion and has had losing bids for the European title, the Commonwealth title, a previous British title shot and has fought for the WBU title.

I rest my case.