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By Cliff Rold - Whether it’s good for the sport or not, lighter weight fighters excelling in their individual weight classes doesn’t always pay off. Maybe it’s too many belts; maybe short attention spans. Whatever it is, the best hope for wealth and fame is often not to be the best Featherweight or Lightweight. It is to exist in the parallel universe of ‘pound-for-pound.’
It’s where the money is fastest found.
Mexico’s Cristian Mijares (36-5-2, 15 KO), one year ago, was on one hell of a run in a Jr. Bantamweight division as hot as any in the sport. He’d been on that run for a couple of years but, weighing only 115 lbs., he needed something more. Wins over Katsushige Kawashima, Jorge Arce, Jose Navarro, and a unification win over Alexander Munoz were getting him there; Mijares was gaining traction as a potential impact player in the land of ‘what if everyone was the same size?’ [details]
It’s where the money is fastest found.
Mexico’s Cristian Mijares (36-5-2, 15 KO), one year ago, was on one hell of a run in a Jr. Bantamweight division as hot as any in the sport. He’d been on that run for a couple of years but, weighing only 115 lbs., he needed something more. Wins over Katsushige Kawashima, Jorge Arce, Jose Navarro, and a unification win over Alexander Munoz were getting him there; Mijares was gaining traction as a potential impact player in the land of ‘what if everyone was the same size?’ [details]
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