Óscar de la Hoya, promoter of Golden Boy Promotions, gave credit to Jaime Munguía for his performance against Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez and praised the man from Guadalajara for his victory last weekend in the dispute where he again retained his undisputed super middleweight championship.
In statements at the press conference after the confrontation, De la Hoya stated that Munguía did very well and that The experience you will receive will help you a lot in the future.but he also recognized that Canelo Álvarez had a good fight.
“I saw Jaime Munguía very good, he did very well against the face of boxing. And to go 12 rounds with the face of boxing, I give credit to Jaime. And Canelo had a good fight, so nothing should be taken away from him. I have always respected Canelo inside the ring and I have always said that he is a good fighter, and he did very well; but Jaime is the beginning, he is the beginning, with the experience that he is going to receive with this fight,” he said.
Despite the friction that Óscar de la Hoya had with Canelo Álvarez in the final press conference, the promoter has always said that he respects the Mexican as a fighter and That’s why he has no problem recognizing his abilities. about the ring, but if we talk about the discussed champion as a person, he does not think the same.
Canelo Álvarez and Jaime Munguía staged a great confrontation with the public present in Las Vegas in a historic fight because two Mexicans competed for the four belts for the first time. The man from Guadalajara began losing the first three rounds, but In the fourth he sent the Tijuana native to the canvas with an uppercut and began to dictate the pace of the fight from that moment on.
Munguía was bravely able to connect the four-division champion on some occasions with good combinations of blows, but Canelo Álvarez’s experience was decisive. In the end, the man from Guadalajara gave the young man from Tijuana his first defeat of his career by unanimous decision of the judges (117-110, 116-111, 115-112).
For now it is unknown what the next plans will be for Jaime Munguía, but His good performance against the Guadalajara will surely open the doors to great confrontations at 168 pounds.
Jaime Munguía, 27, for the first time in his career experienced what it is like to be defeated and admitted that he felt very bad. The Tijuana native has a record of 43 wins of which, 34 of them came via fast track, and one setback.
For his part, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, 33, was able to recover from a bad start and He beat his compatriot Jaime Munguía on the judges’ cards In Las Vegas. The undisputed 168-pound champion has a record of 61 wins (39 by knockout), two losses and two draws in his professional career.
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