Jaime Munguia takes a stay-busy fight tonight against France’s Bruno Surace within the 10-round important event in a 169-lb catchweight fight survive ESPN+ on the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico. The event 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 losing to him on May 4th. Munguia has fought once since, stopping fringe contender Erik Bazinyan within the tenth round on September 20.
Tonight’s ESPN+ Foremost Card
– Jaime Munguia vs. Bruno Sarace
– Alan Picasso vs. Yehison Cuello
Picasso (30-1, 16 KOs) is predicted to be the following Challenger for undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue if he’s victorious tonight against Cuello (13-2-2, 11 KOs) of their 10-round co-feature fight.
Munguia has a straightforward fight tonight against Surace (25-0-2, 4 KOs). Not one of the 4 sanctioning bodies ranks Surace in the highest 15. The rationale for that is clear: Surace’s opposition has been poor.
It’s unclear why Top Rank selected this opponent for Munguia quite than a top-tier contender. If the concept is to make Munguia look great and to make sure he doesn’t get beaten by anyone to mess up his possibilities for a rematch with Canelo, matching him against fighters like Surace and Bazinyan is sensible.
Ideally, Munguia should show some courage by taking over the highest contenders at 168 to hurry up the technique of getting a rematch with Canelo, but he’s too vulnerable to try this. Munguia didn’t even look good in his last contest against Bazinyan.
If Munguia were ambitious and willing to take a risk, he’d fight these guys to earn the rematch with Alvarez:
– Osleys Iglesias
– Christian Mbilli
– Diego Pacheco
– Caleb Plant
Munguia just isn’t expected to fight any of those fighters. It’s business. His next fight is more likely to be against Edgar Berlanga, whom he said he’s serious about fighting. Berlanga is on the identical talent level as Bazinyan and a straightforward mark for Munguia or any of the fighters on the list.
