Jaime Munguia vs. Maciej Sulecki - June 19, 2021 (OFF)

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Jaime Munguia-Maciej Sulecki Middleweight Clash Targeted For April 24

Jaime Munguia has his next middleweight assignment in hand, even if not in line with the targeted next fight in his career.

Multiple sources have informed Boxing Scene that the former junior middleweight titlist will next face Poland’s Maciej Sulecki. The bout will take place April 24, live on DAZN from a location to be determined in El Paso. Texas.

The possibility of Sulecki emerging as the next opponent for Munguia was first reported by Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix.

The event will mark the 2021 debut for Tijuana’s Munguia (36-0, 29KOs), who has since collected two stoppage wins at middleweight. Both took place in 2020, having stopped Ireland’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan last January and coming out the pandemic to conquer 2008 Olympian and veteran contender Tureano Johnson last October.

Prior to moving up in weight, Munguia served as the WBO junior middleweight titlist beginning with a 4th round knockout of Sadam Ali in May 2018. Five successful title defenses were crammed into a 14-month period, ending with a 4th round knockout of Ghana’s Patrick Allotey in Sept. 2019 before vacating the title later that year.

Following the win over Johnson, there were talks of Munguia next facing Kazakhstan’s Gennadiy Golovkin (41-1-1, 35KOs), who remains without an opponent for the next defense of his IBF middleweight title. The two sides entered talks shortly after Golovkin effortlessly turned away unbeaten mandatory challenge Kamil Szeremeta (21-1, 5KOs) after seven one-sided rounds last December in Hollywood, Florida.

Hopes of a head-on collision this spring were eventually dashed as such talks stalled. Munguia was then forced to move on to other opponents for the sake of remaining active, with the nine-plus months between wins over O’Sullivan and Johnson marking the longest inactive stretch of his eight-year pro career.

The search eventually led to Sulecki (29-2, 11KOs), a former title challenger from Warsaw, Poland. The 31-year old contender has only lost at the highest level, dropping 12-round decisions to former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs in April 2018 and reigning WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade in June 2019.


Sulecki has since picked up a 10-round shutout win over Sasha Yengoyan in his most recent performance last August.

Munguia is currently the number-one contender in the WBC and WBO middleweight rankings, while in the top six among all four major sanctioning bodies. Sulecki is ranked number-four by the WBC. In between the two are: Sergiy Derevyanchnko, who is coming off of a 12-round loss to unbeaten WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo; and Liam Williams, who is next facing Andrade in a mandatory WBO middleweight title fight on April 17 in Hollywood, Florida.

The scenario leaves room for a Munguia-Sulecki clash to serve as a title eliminator, though such information has not been made available as this goes to publish.

[giacomino]

I’d pick Sulecki by decision with fair judging but can’t see him getting the nod in El Paso

[Enlightened-One]

I'd expect a comfortable decision win for Jaime Munguia, though, part of me hopes he loses, because it would serve him right for taking on a risky tune-up prior to his already agreed June/July fight-date against GGG.

[brilo33]

could see sulecki winning this if its not in north america or central

[aicheligad]

We will know if this fight is going to happen or not this weekend or on monday.

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Jaime Munguia-Maciej Sulecki Middleweight Clash Heads To Don Haskins Center in El Paso

Jaime Munguia now has a solidified opponent, date and location for the next step in his middleweight journey.

The unbeaten former junior middleweight titlist will next face Poland’s Maciej Sulecki atop a DAZN show to air live on April 23 from Don Haskins Center on the campus of University Texas at El Paso (UTEP), multiple sources have informed Boxing Scene. The venue—which primarily houses the UTEP Miners men’s and women’s basketball teams—will host its first boxing event since Nov. 2018, when then-reigning WBC junior lightweight titlist Miguel Berchelt defended his belt in a 7th round stoppage of Miguel Roman.

Tijuana’s Munguia (36-0, 29 KOs) fights in the border town for the first time in his career, along with his third appearance in-state overall. The 24-year-old has fought once each in Houston and San Antonio, proving to be a hit with the regional fans on both occasions.

As much is expected for his return to the Lone Star State, which will mark Munguia’s second fight since the pandemic and first with fans in attendance. The former WBO junior middleweight champ earned a 6th round knockout of Tureano Johnson last October behind closed doors at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The win was his second as a middleweight, having scored an 11th round stoppage of Ireland’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan last January at Alamodome in San Antonio after an active 154-pound reign which included six title fight wins crammed into a 16-month period.

The hope for Munguia this time out was originally to face two-time and reigning IBF middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin (41-1-1, 35 KOs). The two sides negotiated such a fight shortly after Golovkin’s one-sided 7th round stoppage of unbeaten mandatory contender Kamil Szeremeta (21-0 at the time) last December in Hollywood, Florida. There existed optimism of the two meeting sometime this spring, only for talks to reach a standstill as both parties opted to move in a different direction.

Munguia’s team would settle on Sulecki (29-2, 11 KOs), a veteran contender and former title challenger from Warsaw, Poland. The 31-year-old is coming off of a 10-round shutout win over Sasha Yengoyan last August, his lone fight since the pandemic. It was also the only fight for Sulecki since his failed bid at unseating WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade, dropping a lopsided 12-round decision to the unbeaten two-division title claimant in their June 2019 clash in Andrade’s hometown of Providence, Rhode Island.

The event will mark the third of 2021 to take place in Texas for Golden Boy Promotions. The previous two trips for the California-based outfit both came in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

Golden Boy hosted a stacked card featuring unbeaten lightweight star Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) this past January at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Most recently, the company hosted a March 20th show at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, topped by rising welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. (17-0, 17 KOs) in a 7th round stoppage of former WBO junior welterweight titlist Maurice Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs) in an all-Dallas battle.

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Golden Boy Promotions Press Release

Mexico’s biggest rising star Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29 KOs) will face his toughest challenge to date as he defends his WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Championship against Maciej Sulecki (29-2, 11 KOs) in a 12-round battle on Saturday, April 24 at The University of Texas at El Paso’s Don Haskins Center under strict COVID-19 fan safety protocols and with a reduced event capacity below 40%. For detailed COVID-19 event safety fan protocols, click here or visit http://www.utepspecialevents.com.

The fight will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico. Similar to Garcia vs. Campbell, the event will feature an earlier start time of 12:30 p.m. PT/ 1:30 MDT/3:30 ET to maximize the audience across North America and Europe.

Additional information regarding the undercard will be announced soon.

“There is no more exciting a middleweight in the world today than Jaime Munguia, and every time he fights, he brings huge knockout power into the ring,” said Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. “Sulecki is a tough customer who gave Danny Jacobs all he can handle, but if Munguia can pass this test, a world championship fight is right around the corner.”

Munguia is a 24-year-old former world champion from Tijuana, Mexico who leaped onto to the highest levels of the super welterweight division by knocking out Sadam “World Kid” Ali to capture the WBO title. Munguia then defended his title against Liam “Beefy” Smith, Brandon “Bad Boy” Cook, Takeshi Inoue, Dennis Hogan and Patrick Allotey. After five defenses at junior middleweight, Munguia moved up to 160 pounds to capture the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Title against Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, which he defended against Tureano Johnson. Munguia looks to demonstrate the new skills he’s acquired under head trainer Erik “El Terrible” Morales against the toughest challenge of his career to date.

“I feel very happy to be returning on April 24 against Maciej Sulecki,” said Munguia. “It will be a great fight against great challenger. We are training at 100% to be in the best of conditions, and we promise to deliver an exciting battle.”

Sulecki is a Polish contender who has scored knockout victories against Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. and countryman Grzegorz Proksa. The 31-year-old puncher has only suffered two defeats, which were against Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs and Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade. Sulecki believes Munguia is standing in his way of another title shot.

“I’m very excited for the opportunity to return to the United States and fight in the main event of such a big card,” said Sulecki. “Jaime Munguia is a strong, young warrior, but I have fought against some of the best of this division. On April 24, I will show the world that I am a top middleweight contender and that I deserve another world title shot.”

“Maciej Sulecki is very excited about this opportunity to test his skills against Jaime Munguia,” said Leon Margules, President of Warriors Boxing. “This is the perfect challenge to demonstrate that Sulecki deserves another world title shot, and it has all the ingredients to make for an action-packed battle.”

Munguia vs. Sulecki is a 12-round fight for the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Title presented by Golden Boy in association with Zanfer Promotions and Warrior’s Boxing. The event is sponsored by Tecate “The Official Beer of Boxing” and Hennessy “Never Stop. Never Settle.” The fight will take place on Saturday, April 24 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico, beginning at 12:30 p.m. PT/1:30 MDT/3:30 ET.

Tickets for Munguia vs. Sulecki go on sale Friday, April 2 at 10:00 am MDT and are priced at $200, $100, $60 and $35 not including applicable service charges. In an effort to promote social distancing, tickets will be sold in pods/groupings of 2, 3, 4 and 6 people only. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call 915-747-5234. Tickets will also be available for purchase at http://www.utepspecialevents.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

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Munguia-Sulecki: Fans Permitted To Attend, Maximum Capacity Below 40% At Don Haskins Center

Tijuana’s Munguia (36-0, 29KOs) will next face Poland’s Maciej Sulecki (29-2, 11KOs) on April 24, live on DAZN from Don Haskins Center on the campus of University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in El Paso, Texas. Golden Boy Promotions confirmed the fight and location along with the news that the event will take place with fans in attendance. A maximum capacity of just under 40% will be permitted in attendance for the show, which will air live on DAZN.

“There is no more exciting a middleweight in the world today than Jaime Munguia, and every time he fights, he brings huge knockout power into the ring,” said Oscar De La Hoya, founder and chairman/CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “Sulecki is a tough customer who gave Danny Jacobs all he can handle, but if Munguia can pass this test, a world championship fight is right around the corner.”

[DrDuke]

I predict Munguia looking like sh!te, but Sulecki looking even sh!ttier and Mung taking a wide dec in a close fight.

[Evander]

Sulecki's record is ok and he has a few decent names on it.
Low stoppage rate sticks out a bit though 29-2 ... only 11 KO's.

[aicheligad]

Sulecki's record is ok and he has a few decent names on it.
Low stoppage rate sticks out a bit though 29-2 ... only 11 KO's.

Sulęcki's obviously not a big puncher, but he's not a total pillow puncher. Most of his point wins were 4 and 6 rounders when he was 20-23 years old, then, before the real step up, he fought solid euro fighters in 8-10 rounders:

-Robert Świerzbiński (then 11-0)
-Łukasz Wawrzyczek (then 18-1-2, got knocked out only once in his career)
-Howard Cospolite (then 9-2-1, at that time never lost by KO, he is 19-8-3 now, only 1 loss by KO, recently, he lost by UD 12 to Jack Culcay, Cospolite managed to win some rounds)
-Nicolas Dion (then 11-1, never lost by KO until the end of his career)

Then, Sulęcki improved his timing and in his first real step-up fight he broke Proksa's chin. Since he stepped up, his record is 11(8)-2(0) including KO's over mentioned Proksa and Centeno Jr. The only win points were over Culcay (never knocked out), Yengoyan (never knocked out as well) and tough Gabe Rosado (Sulęcki scored 2 KD's in that fight).

Of course, Maciej must try to win on points and he must avoid Munguia's power. It's a winnable fight for him, but there is not much time left for preparations and the fact that quarantine awaits him in the States isn't helping him as well. Also, Piotr Wilczewski is not in his team anymore and Sulęcki is looking for a new trainer.

[Evander]

Sulecki's record is ok and he has a few decent names on it.
Low stoppage rate sticks out a bit though 29-2 ... only 11 KO's.

Sulęcki's obviously not a big puncher, but he's not a total pillow puncher. Most of his point wins were 4 and 6 rounders when he was 20-23 years old, then, before the real step up, he fought solid euro fighters in 8-10 rounders:

-Robert Świerzbiński (then 11-0)
-Łukasz Wawrzyczek (then 18-1-2, got knocked out only once in his career)
-Howard Cospolite (then 9-2-1, at that time never lost by KO, he is 19-8-3 now, only 1 loss by KO, recently, he lost by UD 12 to Jack Culcay, Cospolite managed to win some rounds)
-Nicolas Dion (then 11-1, never lost by KO until the end of his career)

Then, Sulęcki improved his timing and in his first real step-up fight he broke Proksa's chin. Since he stepped up, his record is 11(8)-2(0) including KO's over mentioned Proksa and Centeno Jr. The only win points were over Culcay (never knocked out), Yengoyan (never knocked out as well) and tough Gabe Rosado (Sulęcki scored 2 KD's in that fight).

Of course, Maciej must try to win on points and he must avoid Munguia's power. It's a winnable fight for him, but there is not much time left for preparations and the fact that quarantine awaits him in the States isn't helping him as well. Also, Piotr Wilczewski is not in his team anymore and Sulęcki is looking for a new trainer.

Like I say, Sulecki has a number of opponents on his record many of us are familiar with, you named Proska, he fought GGG a couple of years earlier.
Jacobs, Andrade and a couple of others suggest Sulecki competes with good solid company, I'm not underestimating whatsoever.
On the other side of the coin, you said he hasn't got a trainer, that can't be good can it ?

[aicheligad]

Sulecki's record is ok and he has a few decent names on it.
Low stoppage rate sticks out a bit though 29-2 ... only 11 KO's.

Sulęcki's obviously not a big puncher, but he's not a total pillow puncher. Most of his point wins were 4 and 6 rounders when he was 20-23 years old, then, before the real step up, he fought solid euro fighters in 8-10 rounders:

-Robert Świerzbiński (then 11-0)
-Łukasz Wawrzyczek (then 18-1-2, got knocked out only once in his career)
-Howard Cospolite (then 9-2-1, at that time never lost by KO, he is 19-8-3 now, only 1 loss by KO, recently, he lost by UD 12 to Jack Culcay, Cospolite managed to win some rounds)
-Nicolas Dion (then 11-1, never lost by KO until the end of his career)

Then, Sulęcki improved his timing and in his first real step-up fight he broke Proksa's chin. Since he stepped up, his record is 11(8)-2(0) including KO's over mentioned Proksa and Centeno Jr. The only win points were over Culcay (never knocked out), Yengoyan (never knocked out as well) and tough Gabe Rosado (Sulęcki scored 2 KD's in that fight).

Of course, Maciej must try to win on points and he must avoid Munguia's power. It's a winnable fight for him, but there is not much time left for preparations and the fact that quarantine awaits him in the States isn't helping him as well. Also, Piotr Wilczewski is not in his team anymore and Sulęcki is looking for a new trainer.

Like I say, Sulecki has a number of opponents on his record many of us are familiar with, you named Proska, he fought GGG a couple of years earlier.
Jacobs, Andrade and a couple of others suggest Sulecki competes with good solid company, I'm not underestimating whatsoever.
On the other side of the coin, you said he hasn't got a trainer, that can't be good can it ?

The best we have seen from Sulęcki was probably the Jacobs fight, when he was with trainer Andrzej Gmitruk. But before the Rosado fight, he had to find a new trainer due to Gmitruk's unexpected death and since then I think that he is on decline.

Since then, he was with Piotr Wilczewski who was alumn of Gmitruk, we can compare it like that: Gmiturk was Polish Stewart while Wilczewski is Polish Banks. Gmitruk was probably the best Polish trainer in pro boxing ever, I don't rate Wilczewski too high. Now he is with Paweł Kłak, who is another alumn of Gmitruk. Not sure if he can improve Sulęcki or teach him something new. If I remember well, Kłak was in his corner in Culcay fight.

Dennis Hogan almost defeated Munguia, so Sulęcki, who is arguably better than any of Munguia opponents so far, can win that fight too. I hope so because Polish boxing is on a big decline, Sulęcki is one of the best (if not the best) Polish fighters at the moment. Munguia is not a stylistic nightmare for him like Andrade was.

[aicheligad]

Not much time left but seems that Sulęcki's promoter did a good job, there are some decent sparring partners available for Maciej:

Bohdan Sobol - 10(4) 0 0
Maksym Bursak - 37(16) 6(0) 2
Grant Dennis - 15(3) 3(1) 0
Javier Francisco Maciel - 33(23) 11(2) 0
Andrii Velikovskyi - 18(11) 2(1) 1
Kamil Szeremeta - 21(5) 1(1) 0
Mateusz Tryc - 11(6) 0 0

[Evander]

Sulęcki's obviously not a big puncher, but he's not a total pillow puncher. Most of his point wins were 4 and 6 rounders when he was 20-23 years old, then, before the real step up, he fought solid euro fighters in 8-10 rounders:

-Robert Świerzbiński (then 11-0)
-Łukasz Wawrzyczek (then 18-1-2, got knocked out only once in his career)
-Howard Cospolite (then 9-2-1, at that time never lost by KO, he is 19-8-3 now, only 1 loss by KO, recently, he lost by UD 12 to Jack Culcay, Cospolite managed to win some rounds)
-Nicolas Dion (then 11-1, never lost by KO until the end of his career)

Then, Sulęcki improved his timing and in his first real step-up fight he broke Proksa's chin. Since he stepped up, his record is 11(8)-2(0) including KO's over mentioned Proksa and Centeno Jr. The only win points were over Culcay (never knocked out), Yengoyan (never knocked out as well) and tough Gabe Rosado (Sulęcki scored 2 KD's in that fight).

Of course, Maciej must try to win on points and he must avoid Munguia's power. It's a winnable fight for him, but there is not much time left for preparations and the fact that quarantine awaits him in the States isn't helping him as well. Also, Piotr Wilczewski is not in his team anymore and Sulęcki is looking for a new trainer.

Like I say, Sulecki has a number of opponents on his record many of us are familiar with, you named Proska, he fought GGG a couple of years earlier.
Jacobs, Andrade and a couple of others suggest Sulecki competes with good solid company, I'm not underestimating whatsoever.
On the other side of the coin, you said he hasn't got a trainer, that can't be good can it ?

Gmiturk was Polish Stewart while Wilczewski is Polish Banks.

What does that mean ?

[margaret thatcher]

it means one is the master, the other merely an inferior student

[aicheligad]

This fight is off - Sulęcki's injured.

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Hope it gets rescheduled..

[brilo33]

This fight is off - Sulęcki's injured.

thats a gutter fancied sulecki

[aicheligad]

Hope it gets rescheduled..

From what I've heard seems it's unfortunately not getting rescheduled

[brilo33]

maybe Tszyu might get a shot at him

[aicheligad]

maybe Tszyu might get a shot at him

Good idea but Tszyu doesn't need to hurry. And I think that everyone will try to avoid him unless he gets a mandatory challenger rights or some eliminator gets ordered.

[brilo33]

maybe Tszyu might get a shot at him

Good idea but Tszyu doesn't need to hurry. And I think that everyone will try to avoid him unless he gets a mandatory challenger rights or some eliminator gets ordered.

munguia aint to be avoided lol i keep slatting munguia i feel ,it aint personal its just i dont rate him i think tim could take him , charlo is the king of the division , everything else is up for grabs

[aicheligad]

maybe Tszyu might get a shot at him

Good idea but Tszyu doesn't need to hurry. And I think that everyone will try to avoid him unless he gets a mandatory challenger rights or some eliminator gets ordered.

munguia aint to be avoided lol i keep slatting munguia i feel ,it aint personal its just i dont rate him i think tim could take him , charlo is the king of the division , everything else is up for grabs

I don't rate him too highly as well, I think that 100% prepared and in shape Sulęcki could defeat him, I just think that while his camp is probably underestimating Sulęcki, I think that they wouldn't want to fight Tszyu as they consider it a high risk and low reward type of fight.

[aicheligad]

Btw, Fiodor Czerkaszyn was supposed to make his USA debut on the same date, but he couldn't due to injuries. He fought week ago in Poland, maybe it wasn't an impressive performance (he won every round though), but he fought with a broken rib. Munguia vs Czerkaszyn would be a nice fight too Czerkaszyn still needs more experience though and he is looking for a new trainer.