Cristian Mijares Ends Strong Career

By Derek Bonnett

Once again, an active pugilist proved the point that a fighter talking about retirement is already retired. Cristian "El Diamante" Mijares, a thrice super flyweight titlist, told fans back in March that he planned to end his career in 2018 and he said good-bye to his fans in Cancun as he was certain he would never compete in that same ring again. As fate would have it, Mijares should have said good-bye to everyone that night and spared himself a crushing defeat.