Jaime Munguia will return to the ring with a brand new promoter and an outdated coach in a well-recognized area.
The Ring has discovered that Tijuana’s Munguia has entered a co-promotional pact with Prime Rank, although each side have declined touch upon the matter. The union shall be consummated on Sept. 20, when the previous WBO junior middleweight titlist will face unbeaten Erik Bazinyan.
A location was not confirmed, although sources inform The Ring that it’ll land at Desert Diamond Area in Glendale, Arizona.
ESPN Deportes’ Salvador ‘Chava’ Rodriguez first reported Munguia’s signing with Prime Rank.
Munguia (43-1, 34 knockouts) fights within the larger Phoenix space for the second time in 2024. He defeated England’s John Ryder atop a Jan. 27 DAZN present from Footprint Middle, dwelling to the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
It is going to mark the third struggle of the yr for Munguia, The Ring’s No. 4-rated tremendous middleweight. Again alongside for the journey as head coach is Corridor of Fame former four-division titlist Erik Morales. The pair of high Tijuana skills reunited after a two-fight separation. Munguia labored with Freddie Roach for the win over Ryder and defeat to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) on Might 4 at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
His Prime Rank debut will even embrace career-long promoter Zanfer Boxing. Golden Boy Promotions has labored with Munguia—formally in any other case—in a co-promotional association since Dec. 2017.
Bazinyan (32-0-1, 23 KOs), an Armenian based mostly in Laval, Canada, is the Ring’s No. 8-rated tremendous middleweight. The 29-year-old contender most just lately fought to an eight-round draw with Shakeel Phinn on Might 2 in Montreal.
Munguia first gained notoriety as a urged opponent for then-unbeaten and unified middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) in Might 2018. Golovkin was in want of an opponent when Alvarez was suspended after he examined constructive for Clenbuterol. Munguia was 21 and thought of by the Nevada State Athletic Fee to be too inexperienced for the task.
The rejection opened the door for Munguia’s first profession title struggle, anyway.
He went on to face Sadam Ali, whom Munguia slaughtered inside of 4 rounds to win the WBO 154-pound title. 5 profitable defenses adopted, all in a span of simply 14 months, earlier than he moved as much as middleweight in 2020.
Munguia by no means made it to a serious title struggle at 160, which he outgrew earlier than he finally settled in at tremendous middleweight.
He emerged as a high contender following his 2023 Combat of the 12 months-honored resolution win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) final June. The standing was cemented in his stoppage win over Ryder (32-7, 18 KOs), which led to a dream all-Mexico showdown with Alvarez.
Munguia suffered his first profession defeat of their Might 4 conflict. Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) introduced the occasion, although Golden Boy was nonetheless concerned regardless of its deal having expired with Munguia. The association led to DAZN’s inclusion as effectively, because the streaming platform additionally carried the Prime Video Pay-Per-View card.
