By Miguel Maravilla
Tijuana’s reigning undefeated former world champion Jaime Munguia (41-0, 32 KOs) will have his biggest test to date as he will take on Ukraine’s Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (14-4, 10 KOs). Munguia moves up to super middleweight to take on Derevyachenko on Saturday, June 10 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Here is what he had to say.
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41-0 with 32 kos……. I mean how much more does this guy need to be “tested”?!
Jaime, his team, and his promotors should all be ashamed, at this point it’s just absurd!
I mean, no shade to Derevyachenko, he’s definitely a tough guy who has held his own against some of the best, but at this point what will it prove to beat him?
Boxing would be so much more exciting and appealing if the odds were even. So many mismatches just to make the “A” side seem more favorable. Milking the cash cows, creating false narratives and illusions for the laymen.
Let the guy with 15 losses fight another guy with 15 losses. Let the journeyman fight another journeyman. Let the novices fight the novices. Let the prospects fight the prospects. Let the contenders fight the contenders. Let the number one’s fight the number two’s. Let the champs fight the champs. Let the elite fight the elite!
That would make for some of the greatest match-ups, ever! On any level.
Greed and corruption destroy EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
Only the fans lose!
I know Derevyachenko is a formidable opponent for anyone! I’m not saying he’s buns!
but with 400 amateur fights under his belt, at 37 years of age and with him going just 2-4 in his last six outings, most in which he took considerable amounts of punishment, and not to mention being inactive for almost a year…. makes one question how much opposition he really has left in em!
I guess we’ll find out!
Totally agree.
Boxing is so diluted these days.. For pretty much all weight catagories all we really have is a few top contenders who all believe they’re champs because they have an alphabet belt.
Other than Canelo at SMW, who else can genuinely say they are the very best at their weight?
Too much hype and smoke & mirrors, no clarity.
Excellent post.
You make a very strong point! It’s just like putting a top junior in an exhibition tennis match against a top 10 professional. Boxing is about the only sport that thrives on mis matches. And, yes greed is the driving force.
This guy needs to fight real opposition such as benavidez and charlo just to name a few of the top dogs!!!!! He can even go against bivol cause munguia is big dude! Oscar de la pinga protects his fighter by building a record fighting nobodies or old has been top names and when the time comes to face real opposition, they ridicule themselves like ryan garcia and zurdo ramirez did! Munguia will sooner or later be exposed as well!!!
Munguia vs Derevyanchenko at 168? Something fishing is being cooked by De La Hoya, and everything is pointing at offering Munguia as a sacrifice lamb to Canelo Alvarez. I hope that never happens, Oscar doesn’t deserve that profit
yawn, yoink, pfft..rather mow the lawn..
“Tijuana’s reigning undefeated former world champion”. Lol. Am I the only one who who paused for a second?
No more exams. It’s time to go live. Climbing to 168 means that he’s either chasing a fight with Canelo or his body is maturing. Based on if and how he’s taken care of his body between fights, this can be either really good or really bad. He has the come forward style to make fights exciting, but super middle is a different type of animal in terms of power.
If Derevyanchenko has anything left in the tank, this will be a one sided embarrassment for Munguía. The skills are on 2 complete different levels. Munguía will have to eat a ton of leather if he wanst to get a stoppage because a decision is not happening.
A few years back I was hoping for a Munguía vs Hurd showdown based on styles alone. That would have been a slugfest.
Most protected padded fighter today.
Thanks Oscar smh
The kid is a tomato can. He’s a bum that fights bums. 40-0 and you’ve been fight nothing but journey men and C level opponents. Fight somebody dude!!!!
41 fights and this is his first real test, he is with a bigmouth fake a.. promoter, who was taking Canelo and now taking Ortiz down the same road. Canelo got wise and jumped ship.
When did Derevyanchenko move to super middleweight? The Technician was a small middleweight to begin with
This is a good test for Munguia, Zero excuses after this fight, needs to find a weight that suits him and become a champion again.