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Jaime Munguia to face Bruno Surace in Tijuana homecoming on December 14

Super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia’s busy 2024 campaign will culminate with a homecoming soccer stadium clash against Bruno Surace on December 14 at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico.

The event will be co-promoted by Top Rank and Zanfer Boxing and air on ESPN+.

Munguia (44-1, 35 KOs) kicked off the year in January by stopping John Ryder, a feat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez couldn’t accomplish last year. Munguia scored four knockdowns and a ninth-round TKO win in his first fight with Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach to set up a Cinco de Mayo weekend showdown against Alvarez. Munguia was competitive in the contest and won some rounds but suffered his first career knockdown and a unanimous decision loss to the super middleweight king. Alvarez claimed afterward he carried his countryman and didn’t press the action to score the stoppage.

After the Alvarez fight, Munguia, 28, a former junior middleweight titleholder, reunited with longtime trainer, Hall of Fame fighter and fellow Tijuana native Erik Morales and scored a 10th-round knockout win against previously unbeaten Armenian contender Erik Bazinyan in September.

Surace (25-0-2, 4 KOs) is a 26-year-old from Marseille and hasn't fought outside of France since making his pro debut in 2016. The six-foot fighter last fought as a middleweight in December of 2023 and scored a 12th-round TKO win over Jhon Jader Obregon.

The event marks the first time since September 1998, when Erik Morales knocked out Junior Jones, that Top Rank has promoted an event in Tijuana.

Zanfer is currently in the process of finalizing the co-featured bout, which could feature Luis “Pantera” Nery or Alan “King David” Picasso. Also set to fight on the card are Jorge Garcia Perez (31-4, 26 KOs), Sebastian Hernandez (17-0, 16 KOs), and David Potrero (17-1-1, 10 KOs).

4th fight in 2024. Nice of him to keep busy. But the opponent is no good.

Uncle Bob must have a plan if Jaime's having a routine runout like this.

Top Rank planning on holding more fights in Mexico in 2025 I read somewhere, so this is the first step. Next step likely over to DAZN once ESPN sack them off.

Fight Week!!

4 KO's

Evander wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 01:59 4 KO's

That’s too many ko’s ain’t it?

Bob rivalling Oscar for horrendous matchmaking for Munguia , some of the names he's fought since picking up a world title years ago again Ali are bizarre

According to french newspaper L'Equipe, Jaime Munguia will fight two frenchmen in a row. if he wins against Bruno Surace (who is not as weak as many are suggesting in here, but I don't think he can win against Munguia), he is scheduled to meet Christian Mbilli in april. I think Munguia vs Mbilli would be great matchmaking, and very hard to tell who would win.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Boxe/Actualites/ ... im/1526167

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 03:35

Evander wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 01:59 4 KO's

That’s too many ko’s ain’t it?

Stevie Wonder's stoppage ratio would be higher than that.
This a world title fight.

Fight Night!

What an upset !!!!

Everyone was burying Surace, what a great result for the frenchman. That is so good for french boxing.

wow! munguia was largely having it his way in there. surace being pesky with some good movement and ocassional right hand, but mostly overpowered and had been dropped. and then a sudden 1 punch ko of a guy who usually eats punches like they are nothing , from the guy with 4 stoppages in 27 fights before.

boxing is funny.

I am shocked to say the least. Fantastic result for the French boxer. I did not see that coming (from looking at his record).

I fornicating love boxing.

its wild, guy who was 25-0-2 (4) at comparatively low level flattening a rock chinned, overwhelming fave with 1 shot

the type of ending you simply couldnt predict based on the evidence before this

Evander wrote: ↑13 Dec 2024, 00:27

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 03:35

Evander wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 01:59 4 KO's

That’s too many ko’s ain’t it?

Stevie Wonder's stoppage ratio would be higher than that.
This a world title fight.

Well, we all thought it!

That was one hell of a punch, though. Upset of the year?

Just watched it. Cracking, fast right hand just levelled Munguia.

I guess speed kills.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 Dec 2024, 03:56 its wild, guy who was 25-0-2 (4) at comparatively low level flattening a rock chinned, overwhelming fave with 1 shot

the type of ending you simply couldnt predict based on the evidence before this

Just watched it this morning. WOW.

At least Mung cashed in vs Canelo. He can bounce back in rematch.

Blimey just saw result, Surace not even known as a big puncher. Just goes to show anyone can be knocked out if hit right.

apollo creed wrote: ↑15 Dec 2024, 09:53 At least Mung cashed in vs Canelo. He can bounce back in rematch.

Could Munguia's chin quality have been affected by taking Canelo's shots?

What a KO,

where do you think surace will be rated when boxrec updates ?