Former WBO jr middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (34-0, 27 KOs) hosted a media workout today at Boxers and Brawlers Boxing Club ahead of his 12-round middleweight fight against Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (30-3, 21 KOs). The battle will take place Saturday, Jan. 11 at The Alamodome in San Antonio, TX and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.
On his move to middleweight:
“The move to middleweight has its benefits because I don’t have to lose as much weight. I feel good at this weight. I feel stronger. The plan is to one day fight for a world title in this division. But right now we are concentrated on the fight we have in front of us.”
On opponent Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan:
“Gary O’Sullivan comes with a strong desire to win and a strong mentality, which will make for a tougher fight. He’s a high-level fighter with a lot of experience. Fighting against him in my first fight at middleweight is a great opportunity to get a lot of experience. He’s very strong and has a strong right hand, so we have to be careful. He’s a fighter that goes forward and throws punches very fast. He’ll suddenly explode with fast combinations, so we have to make sure we’re aware of that with my guard up.”
On having Erik Morales on his team:
“It’s always good to have someone with a lot of experience in your corner. Morales was in a lot of great fights with some of the best fighters in the world, so it’s always good to have someone like him on my team. He’s not trying to change my style. I’m going to keep my style, but we’ve also been working on my defense, speed, and knowing when to throw punches.”
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Trainer Erik “El Terrible” Morales: “We’re working on Munguia’s technique more than anything. Munguia is a very responsible fighter. He has lots of energy and loves to work. He also wants to learn. That was one of the conditions I had before starting with him. I wanted to make sure that he wanted to learn, and he has shown that he is ready and willing to learn what I have to teach him.”
Great… But is he improving?
I agree. So much remains to be seen.
Seeing some of his pictures on other sites he dos look naturally ripped. Canelo on the other hand definitely used supplements for him to look ripped.
I hope so because Dennis Hogan clearly beat him.
Monkey Munguia does nothing for the middle weights division, Hand picked opponents to make look like something he is not. Let him fight Boo Boo and he might earn some respect.
The guy is only 23 and has been showing to still green in some previous fights, and now that he is trying to test the waters in a hard populated weight division, you wanna throw him under the bus, just to gain your respect. What kind of boxing fan you are?
Hahaha Boo Boo is a joke!! Probably the most boring fighter currently, they’d have to pay me to watch him.
Honestly, I don’t believe Morales is the best around to teach Munguia some defensive techniques. How to throw combinations, or improve his mindset about offense, maybe, but not defense.
Mike miguel, it’s an ironic pairing. We honestly don’t know how Morales is as a trainer yet and there are more questions than answers on Munguia. At least time is on their side. Who knows maybe Morales will actually convey the old “do as I say, not as I do (or rather did). I hope it works, because i think the potential for Munguia is limitless as long as he continues to learn and not buy into any hype.
Spike is a perfect opponent, because he has enough to test, but isn’t likely to be able to steamroll him. I’m definitely tuning in for this one.
Did Mungia really jus say he feels good at this weight.. lmao. Well, he shld… hes been at this weight for a VERY long time already. Now, he jus doesnt have as hard of a cut like he used to..
Probably same could be said for all those in the junior weight classes. Junior middleweights are all really middleweights.