Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez and unbeaten challenger Jaime Munguía went face-to-face for the first time Tuesday at a press conference in Los Angeles before they collide on May 4 on Prime Video PPV from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo Alvarez: “This fight is a great source of pride for me, because it’s all about Mexico. I’m proud to have my country featured this way in front of the whole world. The fans are going to be the biggest winners on May 4 and we invite everyone to what’s gonna be a big party for Mexico.”
Jaime Munguia: “I’m very thankful to Canelo and everyone who made this fight happen and brought us to this special day. We’ve been working really, really hard for this fight because it’s going to be such a big fight for Mexico.”
You don’t have to thanks Canelo, Jaime. He chose you as the last option available, in order to avoid the man he is scared to face
You are just another parrot who claims a hyped up ordinary cruiserweight coward in Benavidez who bests up on smaller men is someone to fear.
If not to be feared why is Canelo avoiding him?
That is why someone invented the scale, also a shot and harmless Kovalev is a bigger man. Don’t forget that Canelo was fighting small guys at 155 and on fight night he was a lightheavyweight
He’s not scared of anyone
In retrospect, they’ve done an amazing job in promoting Munguia. He got a world title, has a ridiculous record and finds himself about to receive a giant payday despite the fact that absolutely no one knows how good he REALLY is.
Yea but munguia sells tickets
Charlo was going to fight canelo but both Promoters decided that Charlo was not going to sell tickets
Oh well, at least this is a better fight than berlaga!! Canelo is playing the mayweather card, make lots of money fighting moderate competition! Now, with benavidez moving to the light heavyweights and possible the heavyweight division by next year, its up to the saudi arabian prince and the exellency to offer canelo $100 million to fight the big guy benavidez other than that…forget the fight and retire with all the belts.
Benavidez moving to heavyweight??????
Despite everything else one might say, this should still be a pretty exciting fight. I think Jaime would have done better to have one or two more fights with team Roach but he’s a game opponent. I see Canelo coming out on top but not without a few give and take rounds.
Good take… Jonathan York….this fight is more like a Hagler v. Mugabi than a changing of the guard fight like Chavez vs Oscar….Can even say it is a Trinidad v.Vargas….Canelo just not seasoned enough yet to slipped down to the point of the changing of the Guard level….In that Mugabi fight with Hagler…Mugabi was a tough young fighter…but Hagler was just in a mental place that Mugabi was not ..and Mugabi never was able to get there…despite the youth and physical advantages…Hagler had that will power…on a special level…the special ones have it….but if seasoned enough time catches up with everyone….by the time Leonard fought Hagler …Hagler was seasoned to a diminished level where will power could not overcome physicality of another special fighter..Hagler lost to Leonard..Here…Johnathan… Jamie needed a few fights to get Canelo at this state….In my humble opinion Canelo will test Jamie and Canelo will win….not my heart speaking…on the basis of my boxing knowledge
if Munguia can take the canelo power and counter him well, we could have a potentially good fight.
if…………….
Yea… big deal!!!!!
I think Munguia maximizes his chances by fighting for 3 minutes of every round. Canelo likes to fight in spurts and Jaime can make life very uncomfortable for him by making him fight at a pace he is not used to. It won’t be easy because Canelo is a master at dictating pace. This could be a really, really good fight.
Vamos munguiaaaaaaa!!!!!
Tu puedes campion!!!!!!
I like how respectful they were not screaming pushing mocking taunting swearing etc etc etc
They talk in the ring
One thing is to say he’s gonna lose. And another thing is he can get the upset.
For to become an upset it should be almost impossible like Andy ruiz VS Anthony Joshua or buster Douglas VS Mike tyson
Easy work for Canelo. Jaime has D- defense. There is no way this is going the distance. This is a technical mismatch. Power & Heart alone will not work against someone at Canelo’s A+ LEVEL.
JM IS A REAL 1 THIS IS GOOD FOR BOXING THE MEXICAN MONSTER GETS THE WINNER GOOD FOR BOXING GOOD FOR s.
Canelo went from “I don’t fight other Mexicans” when Benavidez was his 2 year mandatory but now that its Jaime “its all about Mexico.” If you’re scare say your scared. He fought Kovalev at 175 and stopped him. At that point, there was no excuse to fight 168 Benavidez in an all Mexican showdown. I think Canelo beats him but oh well. Oh yeah he’s fighting Jaime. He’s beat him as well which isn’t newsflash to anyone.
To me, referring to Benavidez as Mexican, is like referring to Keith Thurman as Polish. Benavidez doesn’t look Mexican & Thurman doesn’t look Polish, but they do have some of that in their mixed ancestry.
Idc what anybody’s saying about ducking this and that.. I’m watching this fight! lol. Styles are telling me “Fireworks”.
What is all this nonsense about Benavidez? He makes the weight let the man fight. I agree with most comments that Mungia was the most viable low-risk high payday route for Canelo.
Canelo has basically waited as much as he could for Benavidez to outgrow the division. Otherwise, he gets his ass handed.
hopefully its a real fight and not the usual “$cripted fight ” that we usually get .
I have to root for Munguia. I don’t think he will win but I can’t bring myself to support Canyellow in this venture. I just don’t understand it…where is his pride?
The Mexican legends in the past did not run from monsters they ran to the monsters and often beat them. that’s why there’s so many great champions from Mexico.
Canelo is certainly avoiding Benavidez, but I still think the Mexican beats the Ecuadorian. Canelo just needs to fight him and shut everyone up. As for Munguia, ungortunately I give him little to no chance.