By Manuel Perez: WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (35-3-2, 14 KOs) added another title to his collection when he defeated WBA super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz (32-3, 27 KOs) by a 12-round split decision to win his WBA super flyweight title at the Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, in Durango, Mexico, on Saturday night. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 116-112, for Mijares and 113-115 for Munoz. I personally had Munoz winning the fight by a substantial margin, giving Mijares only three of the rounds.
This was by far the worst I’d seen Mijares fight; He rarely threw punches during most of the rounds, as he consumed most of his time by trying to duck punches and fend off the attack of the aggressive Munoz. It wasn’t until late in the fight when Munoz tired out somewhat that Mijares finally began to let his hands go. Even then, Munoz continued to outwork by a substantial margin and make the fight interesting. Mijares was mostly limited to his jab, which he threw seldom and missed often, and a small amount of counter shots. He looked really fresh in the end compared to Munoz, 29, but then again Mijares had been doing little offensively for most of the fight, allowing Munoz to be the one to fight hard.