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By Cliff Rold - One of two excellent matches made at 115 lbs. for the undercard of Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor II this Saturday in Las Vegas, the all-southpaw showdown between WBC titlist Cristian Mijares (33-3-2, 14 KO) of Mexico and 2000 U.S. Olympian Jose Navarro (26-3, 12 KO) of Los Angeles, California promises some high-level fistic chess of consequence. For Navarro, 26, it marks his fourth title shot and his first such shot in his home country. For Mijares, also 26, it marks the next logical progression for a fighter who turned pro at the age of fifteen, hasn’t lost since 2002, and now finds himself as a thinking man’s candidate for future pound-for-pound consideration. [details]
