Mijares turns in magnificent split-decision victory
Published 5/18/2008 at FOXSports.com News for MMA/Boxing
Cristian Mijares turned in a career performance vs. Alexander Munoz, Cliff Rold says, to unify the WBC/WBA super flyweight belts.
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