http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/players/cristian_mijares/73859 Recent articles about Cristian Mijares en-us Vic Darchinyan is making his return to the ring, and his Top Rank and 2013 debut.  The former flyweight and super flyweight world champion and current Top-Three contender will take on Tijuana toughman Francisco Javier Gallo in a 10-round super bantamweight rumble, on Saturday, May 11, under the stars at the Uni-Trade Stadium in Laredo, TX.  This marks the inaugural boxing event at Uni-Trade Stadium, the new state-of-the-art home of the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball League.  Darchinyan vs. Gallo will be televised live on UniMás, as the main event of Solo Boxeo Tecate, beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET.  The telecast will also feature two-time Méxican Olympian Oscar Valdez in a six-round featherweight battle.  Darchinyan and Valdez are managed by Frank Espinoza. “Vic brings an all-action style of fighting to a very exciting boxing division,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank.  “I am looking forward to watching Vic bring it on May 11.” Da... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:07:42 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/vic_darchinyan_returns_to_action_on_may_11_in_laredo_tx/13428211 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/vic_darchinyan_returns_to_action_on_may_11_in_laredo_tx/13428211 Vic Darchinyan returns to action on May 11 in Laredo, TX http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/vic_darchinyan_returns_to_action_on_may_11_in_laredo_tx/13428211 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png If you like arguing on the Internet, then boxing is the sport for you! Just look at all the people finding ways to disagree about Guillermo Rigondeaux’s impressive victory over Nonito Donaire on Twitter. There are even more fights this week – good ones, too, featuring some of the world’s best boxers. That means there’ll be even more arguing next week – yay! Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Austin Trout, Saturday, Showtime, San Antonio. This fight excites me in ways I’m not sure I understand. There will be lots of coverage of it here on TQBR this week. Two boxers in their prime, at the top of their weight division are fighting –  something that doesn’t happen all that often, sadly. My two cents, briefly – Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO) will win this one. I think the kid from Jalisco is something special – a true boxer-puncher. Trout (26-0, 14 KO) impressed against Miguel Cotto, but Alvarez is bigger, meaner and stronger than Cotto. His combinations are things of beauty. I think Trout wil Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:50:37 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_canelo_alvarez_austin_trout_nathan_cleverly_and/13422241 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_canelo_alvarez_austin_trout_nathan_cleverly_and/13422241 The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Canelo Alvarez, Austin Trout, Nathan Cleverly and ... http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_canelo_alvarez_austin_trout_nathan_cleverly_and/13422241 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/6/f6fbe2e44c056b0d3c664b1c4671ea084e778b99/mini/Boxing__Nathan_473b.jpg A strange week on the boxing calendar, with a not-quite-HBO-level HBO show and a whole bunch of lesser stuff, almost all of it on Saturday. Our video this week is some oddly beautiful and appropriately soundtracked slow motion footage of pitch invaders avoiding security guards before a Polish football match. Boxing’s own pitch invasion incident, the fan man, has got nothing on that. To the fights! Thomas Dulorme vs. Luis Carlos Abregu, Saturday, HBO, Verona N.Y. HBO serves up another prospect-oriented card from upstate New York. It’s strange seeing match-ups of this level on HBO, but I suppose it’s better than no boxing at all. It’s certainly better than the general standard on ShoBox this year. The headlining bout pits Puerto Rican welterweight prospect Thomas Dulorme (16-0) against Argentina’s Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1). The Argentine is a tough cookie, but I’m not convinced he’ll be able to hang with Dulorme, a serious power puncher already being talked about as the succ... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:34:51 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_thomas_dulorme_miguel_vazquez_karim_mayfield_and/12036431 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_thomas_dulorme_miguel_vazquez_karim_mayfield_and/12036431 The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Thomas Dulorme, Miguel Vazquez, Karim Mayfield And ... http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/the_weeks_boxing_schedule_featuring_thomas_dulorme_miguel_vazquez_karim_mayfield_and/12036431 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Ten Greatest Junior Bantamweight Boxers in History Junior bantamweight is a division that has caught its share of flack. With what seems like an unnecessary gap between 112 and 118, the interest has been marginal in America and Europe. A look at the top ten, however, reveals a deep cast of quality fighters, especially for a weight class that has only been around since 1980. For a Westerner, compiling a 115-pound all-time division rankings can be problematic. With most of the great junior bantamweights from the East, their careers could only be followed peripherally. At the end of the day, the great Asian 115-pounders’ resumes spoke for themselves. There are some great 115-pound fighters and title bouts, however, that went under the radar of western fans. So while some of these fighters might seem obscure, keep in mind that there is a whole different world of boxing in Asia, where champions can remain sequestered from boxing fans in the states. So the challenge is not to over... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:07:43 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/top_10_best_junior_bantamweights_of_all_time/11905705 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/top_10_best_junior_bantamweights_of_all_time/11905705 Top 10 best Junior Bantamweights of all-time http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/top_10_best_junior_bantamweights_of_all_time/11905705 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Vic Darchinyan warned us he would win. He warned his opponent from last weekend, Orlando Del Valle, too. Lots of fighters dish that kind of smack before a fight. Only Darchinyan would trash tralk his own promoter, Gary Shaw, the one he shares with Del Valle. "Shaw should not have invested his money in Del Valle," Darchinyan scolded, "because it was a bad investment and he is going to lose his money."Even though he was at least two weight classes too high as a junior featherweight Saturday on HBO, and even though he was fighting an acclaimed prospect yet another division up, Darchinyan's warnings were prescient. The underdog, aging and undersized, picked apart his younger foe, first ouboxing him, then roughing him up, and then alternating between the two. It was the latest reinvention of a career left for dead, and one that just got Darchinyan another win closer to the Hall of Fame.Darchinyan, a devastating flyweight and junior bantamweight who has snuck in a ... Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:48:44 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/viva_vic_darchinyan/11868877 http://network.yardbarker.com/mma/article_external/viva_vic_darchinyan/11868877 Viva Vic Darchinyan http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/articles/viva_vic_darchinyan/11868877 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Don't think I ever encouraged you to check out my brother's Punch Captain strip, the entirety of which you can check out here. Don't you want to know what the Punch Captain does? What he's about? You won't be disappointed, if you are interested in punching.Some bragging and administrative stuff before we get into this edition of Quick Jabs, which will return us to the pro game for the most part as a break from the Olympics. You might've noticed that The New Yorker gave me a shout-out Thursday, the second such recent TQBR shoutout over there, with the first going to our Scott Kraus. It turns out I'm "a leading boxing blogger, and an unusually level-headed one." Now, it's going to seem like I'm just scratching the back of the person who scratched mine, and it's true that without the TQBR mentions, I might not have even imagined that the intellectual engine that is The New Yorker had a sports blog. But it does, and all three of the ... Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:52:23 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/quick_jabs_a_monologue_from_adrien_broners_brush_the_best_doubleheader_of_the_year_set_with/11426662 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/quick_jabs_a_monologue_from_adrien_broners_brush_the_best_doubleheader_of_the_year_set_with/11426662 Quick Jabs: A Monologue From Adrien Broner's Brush; The Best Doubleheader Of The Year Set, With ... http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/quick_jabs_a_monologue_from_adrien_broners_brush_the_best_doubleheader_of_the_year_set_with/11426662 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png There was nothing easy about this update of our pound-for-pound list, p4p lists being a concept aimed at determining the world's best fighters regardless of weight class -- and a harmless exercise that isn't responsible, no matter what HBO's Jim Lampley said in the debut episode of "The Fight Game," for making boxers avoid the risk of losing.(Aside: Every single person on this list took big risks to get to where they are. More commonly, boxing promoters blame HBO itself for fighters avoiding the risk of losing, a not 100 percent accurate claim based on HBO's record of bringing back fighters with losses, but one more accurate than Lampley's remarks. This was one of many wild-seeming remarks on Lampley's new show, which listed Mayweather as the most Arturo Gatti-like of all current boxers, and had Max Kellerman saying Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao was closer than ever, and so forth. I am fine with the concept of this show. The debut episode's executio... Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:41 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_512/10809899 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_512/10809899 Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 5/12 http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_512/10809899 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png That's Bob Arum next to Oscar De La Hoya. Here's a fun game: See if you can count how many fights discussed below won't happen because these two can't get along. At the end, stab yourself in the stomach with a gardening trowel that exact number of times. If you live, you are cured of being a boxing fan!(Here's a reminder, should you survive, to like us on on our new Facebook page.) Round And RoundESPN's Dan Rafael seems to think Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno is "more likely" than Mares fighting Nonito Donaire, which is true just on the face of it because Mares-Donaire is going to be almost impossible to make due to the Oscar De La Hoya-helmed Golden Boy/Bob Arum-helmed Top Rank promoter feud. Maybe Rafael knows something more than that. All I know is that Mares doesn't ever list Moreno first as a potential opponent. It's too bad -- Mares-Moreno is a really sexy fight. I hope I'm wrong to be skeptical. What if Mares settles in one di... Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:20:55 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/round_and_round_featuring_whats_next_for_nonito_donaire_adrien_broner_and_others/10628560 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/round_and_round_featuring_whats_next_for_nonito_donaire_adrien_broner_and_others/10628560 Round And Round, Featuring What's Next For Nonito Donaire, Adrien Broner And Others http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/round_and_round_featuring_whats_next_for_nonito_donaire_adrien_broner_and_others/10628560 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/2/f21a957546fd2c0e15f210908ef654278673bb78/mini/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f83942122.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF19315DD66DBF896C6F3417D73DBB2CB7E04.jpg Hozumi Hasegawa and Vic Darchinyan both look to bounce back from losses in separate bouts this Saturday at the Tokyo International Forum. The two southpaws have more in common than coming off defeat as both have seemed ready to crack the top of the sport several times, only to be knocked down and out, literally, each time they were coming through the big door. That is not to say each man has not had their share of success. Both have won multiple world titles in several weight classes, but the big time stardom and top-10 pound-for-pound status that each seemed destined to achieve has slipped through their fingertips. Darchinyan makes his attempt to bounce back from defeat in the co-feature. The "Raging Bull," who has thrilled crowds with his wildly aggressive style and stunning knockout power over the years, has had his share of ups and downs. His bravado and excessive trash talking make him the kind of fighter people watch, whether they cheer for him or cheer for him to lose. Darchinyan began his Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:58:47 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/darchinyan_hasegawa_eye_comebacks/10485835 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/darchinyan_hasegawa_eye_comebacks/10485835 Darchinyan, Hasegawa eye comebacks http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/darchinyan_hasegawa_eye_comebacks/10485835 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png With a pending date against Nonito Donaire in July, two-time super flyweight champ Cristian Mijares (44-6-2, 20 KOs) will take on former bantmweight titlist Cruz Carbajal (32-18-2, 26 KOs) in a 12-round junior featherweight contest this Saturday in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Mijares, who is making his official debut at the 122-pound limit, fought his last two bouts at featherweight, but achieved his greatest success as a super flyweight. In his two runs as 115-pound world titlist, the native of Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, is 9-1 in world title bouts with the lone defeat coming at the hands of Vic Darchinyan in 2008. Above the super flyweight limit, Mijares has not excelled. The 30-year-old southpaw dropped two decisions to Nehomar Cermeño in a 2009 bid for a WBA interim bantamweight title and, after briefly capturing the IBF super flyweight title belt in 2010 and vacating it one defense later, has scored back to back wins against marginal opposition at the featherweight limit. Carbajal, a 37-year-old Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:42:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/cristian_mijares_faces_cruz_carbajal/10424827 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/cristian_mijares_faces_cruz_carbajal/10424827 Cristian Mijares faces Cruz Carbajal http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/cristian_mijares_faces_cruz_carbajal/10424827 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/7/17dec39cbd549ad9643a3ad209531b48b3aa671b/mini/Cristian_Mijares_v_4415.jpg Yeah, so this list is a few days delinquent. I'd like to say it was because I was so dazzled by the action in the Wladimir Klitschko-Jean-Marc Mormeck fight this weekend that I couldn't get around to compiling the power rankings. However, seeing as George Washington's birthday was just a few weeks ago and part of his myth is the thing about not telling a lie, I can't say that's the truth. Unless by action you mean Mormeck's face and its ability to catch flush right hands from Klitschko, in which case there was a lot of action.The Brothers Klitschko are still high on this list, and from what I've seen out of the heavyweight challengers of the world over the past few years, they are likely to remain in our top ten until they retire. Remember though, that this is our own home-brewed way of determining which boxers have had the most impressive outings over the last three years, and not a pound-for-pound list - though the Klitschkos surely belong somewhere on that list too. See this pag Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:48:04 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/boxer_power_rankings_march_2012/10247800 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/boxer_power_rankings_march_2012/10247800 Boxer Power Rankings - March 2012 http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/boxer_power_rankings_march_2012/10247800 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png There is nothing different about this list than the last update in December. So what's the point, you ask? For one, it's a good excuse to look at what's been going on, what's not been going on or will be going on with the best fighters in the world, regardless of division. There is sometimes news to be found, as the saying goes, in the "dog that didn't bark." For another, I committed to doing an update every two months and I'm a man of my word. Even if it's pointless. Which it's not. At least, not entirely. The criteria, as usual: The strong preference is for fighters who beat top competition, especially of recent vintage, although the eyeball test -- a subjective evaluation of how a fighter looks -- is a secondary factor, among others. 1. Manny Pacquiao (welterweight) It's a good thing for Pacquiao's standing as the pound-for-pound king that he's taking on an opponent in June that is viewed as a real threat... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:45:27 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_212/10211842 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_212/10211842 Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 2/12 http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/pound_for_pound_top_20_boxers_update_212/10211842 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png WBO featherweight world champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KOs) survived two knockdowns and a real scare to eventually stop Filipino Weng Haya (14-5, 8 KOs) in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round non-title bout in Mexico. For the first 2 3/4 rounds, Haya was completely on his bike, almost flat-out running from the stalking Salido. Then, with seconds left in the third round a perfectly-timed counter left hand dropped Salido hard. The featherweight titlist beat the count, but he was clearly dazed and saved by the bell. Salido came out for the fourth, still on unsteady legs, and was dropped again, this time by a straight left hand. The crafty veteran was able to fall back and rely on his deep knowledge of boxing fundamentals to play defense while regaining his composure. By the fifth, Salido had his legs back under him and began to box a more sound, intelligent fight. The end of the contest came in the eighth, when a shot from Salido sent Haya to the ropes, obviously hurt. Salido rushed his injured op Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:36:42 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/salido_comes_off_canvas_to_stop_haya/8802637 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/salido_comes_off_canvas_to_stop_haya/8802637 Salido comes off canvas to stop Haya http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/salido_comes_off_canvas_to_stop_haya/8802637 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png WBO featherweight champ Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday at the Palenque de la Feria in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico in a 10-round non-title bout with Filipino Weng Haya (14-4, 8 KOs). Despite rumors to the contrary, Mexico's Salido is still entertaining offers related to his title fight options for 2012 and has not yet signed to face Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez in a return bout to his upset TKO 8 title-winning victory last April. In Salido's last bout, he stopped overmatched Japanese contender Kenichi Yamaguchi in the 11th round of their scheduled 12-rounder. His opponent, Haya, is an unknown entity who has only fought once outside the Philippines (a 2009 six-round unanimous-decision loss to super featherweight contender Terdsak Kokietgym in Thailand). Added to the card is two-time super flyweight world titlist Cristian Mijares (43-6-2, 19 KOs), who vacated his IBF super flyweight belt last summer, in a junior featherweight contest against veteran journ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:28:24 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/salido_to_face_weng_in_mexico_on_saturday/8741944 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/salido_to_face_weng_in_mexico_on_saturday/8741944 Salido to face Weng in Mexico on Saturday http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/salido_to_face_weng_in_mexico_on_saturday/8741944 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png In a continuation of the exciting Showtime Bantamweight Tournament, Vic Darchinyan challenges Anselmo Moreno for his WBA belt on the undercard of the Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko rematch. Moreno will be fighting in the USA for the first time in a house full of Armenians. In fact, this is the same building where Darchinyan scored two of his biggest triumphs--against Cristian Mijares and Jorge Arce. Date: December 3, 2011 Site: Honda Center in Anaheim, California Titles: WBA Bantamweight Title: 12 Rounds Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime For Darchinyan, this is chance to remain a part of the cream of the crop of a still-loaded bantamweight division. Moreno has a chance to increase his international profile, enter the upper-echelon of the division, and secure some big fights in the future. The term “crossroads fight” is perhaps overused, but this fight will be critical in determining the career trajectories of these two boxers. By the Numbers Darchinyan: The “Raging Bull” is now 35,... Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:15:13 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/vic_darchinyan_vs_anselmo_moreno_fight_preview_and_prediction/8334409 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/vic_darchinyan_vs_anselmo_moreno_fight_preview_and_prediction/8334409 Vic Darchinyan vs. Anselmo Moreno Fight Preview and Prediction http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/vic_darchinyan_vs_anselmo_moreno_fight_preview_and_prediction/8334409 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/3/332c72347d84ff1bc7c6ca5b046663c97329f610/mini/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f86350860.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF193E66F6A66FD8D516E551AA5424E14E5D0.jpg