By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net
Donaire and I discussed matchups with the 122-pound division in February. (CSNBayArea.com)
July 14 at Cowboys Stadium seemed to be the most likely date, but Arum has changed his mind.
Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) became the first Bay Area fighter to win title belts in four divisions when he defeated Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. by decision last February for the WBO junior featherweight crown. The San Leandro native currently stands atop the Northern California Pound-for-Pound Top 10.
Meanwhile, Mijares (45-6-2, 21 KOs), a former top 10 pound-for-pound fighter and unified junior bantamweight champ, is on a nine-fight winning streak punctuated by a fourth-round knockout of Eddy Julio in April.
Norcalboxing.net's Ryan Maquiñana is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and Ring Magazine’s Ratings Panel. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his weekly column for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, his archive for BoxingScene.com, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.
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