cristian Mijares now 3x champ!

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Did someone in ESB claimed he's God until somebody beat his ass?
I love how he dismantled Arce though.

 

That was Amsterdam !

He has 3 gods : mijares, guzman, and I forgot the last one.

He just chooses the wrong guys to idolize.

 

:good

 

Pretty sure Calzaghe was his other one.

 

Two-time. Three belts. But congrats to him. He's a classy operator. The images didn't show up because sometimes if they come from certain other boxing sites, they're blocked out.

 

Definitely not calzaghe. It was one of those upcoming hyped fighters. I think it is either victor Ortiz or similar one. That last one burned and crashed as well.

 

:roll:

It's a common misconception around here that Amsterdam chartered the Cristian Mijares bandwagon on ESB.

He didn't.

He jumped on my bandwagon. My preaching of the gospel began about four rounds into the Arce fight. Of course, some true hardcore fans on here had heard of or even seen Mijares before that - but nobody was championing him as someone who could make some noise at a world class level (which he ultimately did, for a couple of years).

Amsterdam didn't show up until a few days later.

My bandwagon has continued rolling through no man's land, straight on to the clear skies of the present day: :deal

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5704

Mijares was and is a special talent with a style that isn't for everyone (personally I love it) but was very effective at a top level for a good span of time. He wasn't invincible or omnipotent in the ring, no. Nobody ever made any serious claims that he was. Amsterdam used the "Mijares is God" campaign to serve our cause and simply give a very good but lesser-known fighter in one of the less-followed weight divisions a bit of a "push" - the same way the "Koki Kameda" campaign did for its namesake. Anybody who took it as anything more than a fun and light-hearted way to promote a guy that deserved to be known about but was never anything more than a very good champion in his day - is a much bigger idiot than anyone nowadays acts like Amsterdam was.

 

Good for Mijares. He doesn't seem to be the same, but if you were a fan of smooth skills, defense, counterpunching, and nice southpaw jabs, then you enjoyed watching Mijares doing his thing back a couple years back.

 

Actually, you know what?

This isn't too far off from vintage Mijares.

Yeah, he's a touch slower than in his championship heyday (in both hand speed and defensive reflexes). The same basic ingredients that made for a successful recipe are still simmering in the pot, though:

He's still a very subversively clever ring general, still sets traps well, still knows just what subtle movements to employ to minimize the impact of headshots taken, still has the straight left lead counter that couldn't be drawn any straighter by a computer...

He's even added to his repertoire with some improved body punching.

Rosas was a perfectly scouted opportunity. That is exactly the style against which he was always able to do excellent work (although judges were often reluctant to reward him for it). Bravo to his handlers for guiding him back to heights once thought to be no longer surmountable.

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(If you have time and inclination to watch only one round, let it be the 3rd. Note the number of punches slipped at point blank range, often while backed against the ropes. Toney himself would be proud. Look at the timing, placement, and ferocity of the punches in the liver area and other side of the body. Do your own little Compubox tally in your head as you watch. Discard partially blocked blows by both, and count only clean connections to the head or body.)

I have so missed watching this artist perform. Such a joy.

How can you not love this guerrero pequeno for what he was able to accomplish virtually without any natural-born raw KO power? Malignaggi, eat your guido heart out.

The bounce is back...
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Mijares has skills for sure... but Vic smacked him round at will.

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Yeah, Vic had his number.

Not that chasing a rematch would make sense - even if it seemed Darchinyan had slid far enough to be ripe for the picking despite having had his number a couple of years ago (which he hasn't quite). Diamante tried bantamweight, and it didn't go so well. He belongs at super fly.

The only problem there is that there are no big names in the division. He can try to unify with Cazarez, Narvaez and/or the Rosas-Nashiro winner but there's no real big-money marquee match-up.

 

Mijares :huh