Canelo Álvarez faces Jaime Munguía on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with his undisputed super middleweight titles on the line. (Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
It’s Cinco de Mayo weekend and, as usual, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez is headlining a pay-per-view card. What is out of the norm, however, is that Álvarez will be lacing up the gloves and putting his undisputed super middleweight championship on the line against a Mexican opponent.
It’s been seven years since Álvarez last fought a fellow countryman, a unanimous decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in May of 2017. On Saturday, Álvarez (60-2, 39 KOs) is lending his shine and welcoming the undefeated Jaime Munguía (44-0, 35 KOs) into the ring for the main event.
Munguía, at 27, has demonstrated his skill with 44 professional fights to his name. Despite having faced formidable opponents, he has yet to go up against someone like Álvarez, who is widely recognized as the biggest name in boxing and holds titles across four weight divisions.
With the anticipation building, the question is whether Álvarez will maintain his dominance, or if the young Mexican contender will make his mark by defeating him.
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Arena exploded for that Upper that knocked down Munguia. Believe thats the first time hes been down in his career.
Canelo knocks Munguia down with an uppercut! Munguia bounces up! 20 seconds left in round 4
Munguia fighting perfect fight so far.
— Roberto José Andrade Franco (@R_AndradeFranco) May 5, 2024
The game plan for Canelo is to break down Jaime. Allow him to punch and get to his body to fatigue him. Jaime is workin Nicely but can’t SMF all asleep
— ShowtimeShawn Porter (@ShowtimeShawnP) May 5, 2024
Munguia ends the round firing multiple shots, landing few but there was a big straight that backed up Canelo.
Canelo may be preserving energy while Munguia is expending a lot. Canelo is making him whiff on a lot of big shots.
Canelo’s not putting combinations together. That’s the first thing to go for older/battle-worn fighters.
The crowd seems to be in favor of Jaime Munguia in the opening round. Tijuana just a two-hour drive from Las Vegas. Loud Mun-gui-a chants with every punch thrown. #CaneloMunguia
Judges all score it 116-111 in favor of Barrios, who wins the WBC interim welterweight title. The main event is up next!
Whoever the commentator is next to Sergio Mora is trash man, get someone that can do the job correctly. I bet bro never threw a punch in his life. #CaneloMunguia
Maidana survived round 3 and looks a bit better in the 4th, but Barrios is timing him and landing some quick combos.
Maidana survives but he can’t seem to get out of the way of Barrios’ punches.
Jaime Munguia getting more cheers than Canelo when shown on screen just now in TMobile Arena. Surprised. Tijuana is alot closer than GDL but still a bit surprised at that response.
Barrios drops Maidana with one punch! Over 90 seconds left in the third round and Barrios is looking to end Maidana’s night!
A brutal body shot ends the fight!
Magdaleno drilled in the nuts by a low blow and is down writhing in pain. This has been the most exciting, yet most painful part of the fight.#boxing#CaneloMunguia
Next fight up. Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno. Figueroa’s 1st fight since last March, when he claimed interim WBC 126 title. Secondary belt not at stake since Magdaleno—1st fight since lopsided loss to Ray Ford last April—blew weight by 2.6 pounds.#CaneloMunguia
Up next is Brandon Figueroa (-1200) vs. Jessie Magdaleno (+700) for the WBC interim featherweight title.
This looks like HELL for Magdaleno. He’s physically overmatched and – at least on paper – doesn’t have the punch to hold Figueroa off #CaneloMunguia 🇲🇽🥊🇲🇽
There are still so few fans in the seats at the @TMobileArena I can clearly hear every single punch landing in the ring. I don’t get it. If you paid for the ticket, wouldn’t you want to get your 💰💰💰 worth of fight action? #StanionisMaestre#CaneloMunguia@NYFights
— Gayle Lynn Falkenthal (@PRProSanDiego) May 5, 2024
Maestre taunts Stanionis after landing a shot and Stanionis immediately claps him with a right and he has to hold.
Canelo Álvarez vs. Jaime Munguía live results, highlights, odds (Start time 8 p.m. ET, DAZN/PPV.com)
Undisputed super middleweight title: Canelo Álvarez (-400) vs. Jaime Munguía (+333) WBC interim welterweight title: Mario Barrios def. Fabian Maidana by unanimous decision (116-111, 116-111, 116-111) WBC interim featherweight title: Brandon Figueroa def. Jessie Magdaleno by KO (body shot) at 2:59 of R9:
Welterweight: Eimantas Stanionis def. Gabriel Maestre Perez by unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110, 119-109)
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