I'm really worried Mijares is going to get robbed soon and the fans wont care.

i like mijares but i see what you mean

 

I agree with the thread fully. He's becoming the next Whitaker in terms of popularity with the judges.

 

fighters south of featherweight always get screwed, b/c no one cares about them. its a damn shame. i like mijares a lot too but im more of a montiel fan myself

 

Yeah, it's disgusting what's going on and it makes zero sense.

I think at 115, he's so dominant that he will stop guys like Donaire and Montiel or drop 1-2 rounds to them max on national TV and if some kind of insane robbery happens on HBO/Showtime, the boxing world will care. But if it's on another 29.95 PPV in Mexico though, who knows. At 118 is where Mijares fans should really be worried. Imagine in 2 years if Mares improves and is still undefeated, a fight between them happens and Mijares clearly wins 8-4, but judges end up giving it to Mares. HBO (who will without a doubt be cheering/hyping Mares) will make it seem like it's an "either way" fight and make people watching it think that too. Mijares gets ****ed, Mares gets hyped, and no rematch happens. Then Mijares has to go looking for a title again, which isn't easy to do at those low weight divisions where titles are constantly held hostage.

 

way to take a cheap shot at Donaire

guys who are clearly losing get judges to vote for them because of ineffective aggression, if you watched Donaire atleast once in your life you would know Donaire isnt that kind of fighter

other than that i see what you mean

 

If some sportswriters paid more attention to what's happened in the his two fights, that might help put some pressure on the boxing authorities to make sure the judging is fair next time.

 

That 108-120 card judge Tucker gave in favour of Navarro had to be a mistake. Probably reversed the names.

 

Mijares needs to throw more, feller. He needs to throw more and put more punch behind those punches. No good just having the other feller walk into his punches, counterpunching. Mijares' biggest limiting factor is his relative lack of stamina, I figure; this is why he doesn't throw enough. His best recent performance was agains Navarro, who also gave him his hardest fight, recently. He didn't throw much against Munoz, particularly in the first couple of rounds.

Mijares also needs to avoid more of those punches; his defence ain't good enough for a top fighter. Mostly, I think, he takes tose punches because he trusts his chin and because he is too tired to avoid them, because of his relatively poor stamina, rather than because of defective technique.

If he ain't throwing enough and not being aggressive enough and not scoring enough powerpunches whilst getting hit too much by a feller who is aggressive, who is thowing a lot, who is scoring a lot of powerpunches and who is landing a fair amount too, of course some judges will see it close.

I'm not sold on Mijares just yet, not as an elite fighter anyways. Need to see him against Montiel first. Montiel sure is fast an has a hell of a punch too; could hurt anyone. He ain't better than Navarro technically and he won't land as much, but could still hurt Mijares and even stop him late on.

Anyways, feller MIjares is still young. He is not at his best just yet. I want to see me the feller going up and taking on the best there and show impovement - better stamina, avoiding punches more clearly, fighting more aggressively, throwing more and power-punching more. That's what the feller needs to do, I figure. Needs to start with Montiel, though.

 

Mijares did have his output down in the fight against Munoz, but he threw a good number against both Navarro and Arce, and over his career he's been solid on punch volume. He creates good punching angles with his movement, can lead if he wants to, or play counter-puncher very well. In terms of defense, he could be more fundamentally sound sometimes by keeping his hands up a little more, but in terms of slipping/rolling punches he's one of the best in boxing atm. His only soft spot is power, but even so, his power is at least respectable, particularly when he generally tires out his opponents by making them miss, lessening their punch resistance, among other things.

 

agree with what your saying, he always has to win well on the cards, and your right, most people probably wont care, but it happens in boxing:good