Jaime Munguia takes a stay-busy battle tonight in opposition to France’s Bruno Surace within the 10-round fundamental occasion in a 169-lb catchweight battle stay on ESPN+ on the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico. The occasion begins at 9:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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The 28-year-old Munguia (44-1, 28 KOs) is attempting to get a speedy rematch with Canelo Alvarez after dropping to him on Might 4th. Munguia has fought as soon as since, stopping fringe contender Erik Bazinyan within the tenth spherical on September 20.
Tonight’s ESPN+ Fundamental Card
– Jaime Munguia vs. Bruno Sarace
– Alan Picasso vs. Yehison Cuello
Picasso (30-1, 16 KOs) is anticipated to be the following Challenger for undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue if he’s victorious tonight in opposition to Cuello (13-2-2, 11 KOs) of their 10-round co-feature battle.
Munguia has a simple battle tonight in opposition to Surace (25-0-2, 4 KOs). Not one of the 4 sanctioning our bodies ranks Surace within the prime 15. The rationale for that’s apparent: Surace’s opposition has been poor.
It’s unclear why Prime Rank selected this opponent for Munguia quite than a top-tier contender. If the concept is to make Munguia look nice and to make sure he doesn’t get crushed by anybody to mess up his possibilities for a rematch with Canelo, matching him in opposition to fighters like Surace and Bazinyan is sensible.
Ideally, Munguia ought to present some braveness by taking over the highest contenders at 168 to hurry up the method of getting a rematch with Canelo, however he’s too susceptible to try this. Munguia didn’t even look good in his final contest in opposition to Bazinyan.
If Munguia have been formidable and keen to take a danger, he’d battle these guys to earn the rematch with Alvarez:
– Osleys Iglesias
– Christian Mbilli
– Diego Pacheco
– Caleb Plant
Munguia isn’t anticipated to battle any of these fighters. It’s enterprise. His subsequent battle is prone to be in opposition to Edgar Berlanga, whom he mentioned he’s interested by preventing. Berlanga is on the identical expertise stage as Bazinyan and a simple mark for Munguia or any of the fighters on the checklist.
