Kazakh middleweight boxer Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7 KOs) has finally recognized his next opponent - Mexican Jaime Mungia (39-0, 31 KOs). The fight is expected to be truly epic. bbabo.net will tell you everything you need to know about it.
crazy record
Jaime Munguia is a very young (especially by boxing standards, the athlete is only 25 years old) and promising fighter with a truly crazy record. The Mexican has won all of his 39 fights, 31 of them by knockout.
Munguia trained alongside world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and boxing prospects Carlos Ocampo and José Uzcategui. He made his debut in the professional ring on July 13, 2013, winning an early victory in the second round.
On May 12, 2018, Munguia had the biggest fight - with WBO junior middleweight champion American Sadam Ali and knocked him out in the fourth round.
On July 21, 2018, he defeated British former world middleweight champion Liam Smith on points.
In December 2018, the Mexican signed a contract with the promotion company Golden Boy Promotions, which became bbabo.net of his business in conjunction with Zanfer Promotions. That was a really big event for the Mexican, because the promotion of the famous Oscar de la Hoya is famous for promoting talent.
In 2019, he decided to conquer a new peak - to become a middleweight champion, for which Munguya refused the WBO champion belt.
The transition to another weight hardly affected the achievements and successes in the ring - the very first fight in the new category was crowned with success against the strong Irishman Gary O'Sullivan. The fight ended with a technical knockout in the 11th round.
On June 19, 2021, he defeated the former contender for the middleweight title of the Pole Kamil Sheremeta (one of the former opponents of Gennady Golovkin). After the 6th round, Sheremeta's corner refused to continue the fight.
On November 13, 2021, he defeated the former contender for the world middleweight title American Gabriel Rosado (another "victim" of GGG).
We have to admit, the record and achievements of the Mexican are impressive. This is what makes the fight just mega interesting. There are two young boxers who do not yet know the taste of defeat. The battle will not be for life, but for death.
From Munguya's style, one can immediately note that he is a fast puncher with excellent speed, coordination and punching power for his weight. It seems that according to the record of the Mexican, this can be understood immediately.
"Interim" champion as the real one "ran away"
Be that as it may, the only "dark mark" of this fight will be that it will only be for the title of "interim" champion. This was reported by the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
One of the main reasons is that world champ Demetrius Andrade chose not to fight the mandatory challenger Alimkhanuly (perhaps even at the cost of his WBO belt). Some saw it as the American's "escape" from the top middleweight fighter.
Boxing fans are sure that the champion Andrade avoids his most serious opponent in the person of Alimkhanuly.
It is worth noting that the fight between Mungiya and Alimkhanuly is a duel of the second and third places in the WBO rankings, respectively. They are second only to Andrade on the list.
Could fight Golovkin
An interesting fact of the upcoming fight is that the Mexican could enter the ring with another Kazakhstani - the legendary Gennady Golovkin. Munguia was one of the candidates for a fight against the WBC, WBA and IBF world middleweight champion. The fight was scheduled for May 5, 2018. The Nevada State Athletic Commission did not approve Jaime's candidacy, considering him too inexperienced.
It seems like Munguya's desire to fight GGG hasn't faded yet. Only on February 21, 2022, boxing columnist bbabo.net Jeremiah Preisser said that the Mexican wants Golovkin to compete "most of all."
The previously mentioned head of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar de la Hoya, is also keen to organize Munguia vs. Golovkin:
"I think the Jaime Munguia-Gennady Golovkin fight will be able to generate a lot of action in the near future. We're going to get a great fight, the best fight of the year based on their styles alone. Jaime is a crushing puncher with a lot of guts. He's got a great, friendly for style that can make Golovkin a great fight We know Golovkin is the kind of guy who never backs down from a challenge He always puts on an attacking, action packed fight so we strongly believe that Munguya vs GGG will be epic for both guys," Oscar said.
Somewhere we have already heard it
Since we are talking about Golovkin, we want to ask you a question: does the upcoming fight between Alimkhanuly and Mungiya give some “flashbacks”? The Kazakhstani against the Mexican, both are set for the title of champion, both have crazy data and a record.Yes, we are talking, of course, about Golovkin's fights against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. It is worth noting that if in the case of Alimkhanula and Mungia we are talking about two undefeated fighters, then the situation was different - GGG approached the battle against the Mexican with zero in the "defeat" column, while "Canelo" had already experienced the bitterness of defeat in his career - he lost to the American Floyd Meweiser.
There is a feeling in the air that somewhere we have already witnessed a film with a very similar scenario. It remains to be hoped that there will be no less "action" than in the "first part", and the story will end a little differently, with a happy ending for the Kazakhstani.
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