Former WBO jr middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO against Tureano Johnson (21-3-1, 15 KOs) on Friday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Johnson gave Munguia all he could handle for five rounds. In round six, however, a crushing right uppercut from Munguia caused an extremely gruesome cut on Johnson’s lip that required the bout to be stopped after the round.
“I’m delighted to get the victory,” said Munguia. “He surprised us early in the fight. He has a style that makes one very uncomfortable. But my corner told me to adjust and find my distance. Then I found the right uppercut. I saw that he had gotten cut from it, and then it was just a matter of time. I am ready for all the best fighters of my division.”
That was a pretty nasty cut but Munguia looked very beatable tonight. He’s exciting but I’ll just say, “to be continued”…
Yes, most of the fight could have been fought inside a phone booth. Manguia needs more work in the gym on his movement and defense. He’s improving, but baby steps in this case.
That cut lip may require plastic surgery if Johnson is worried over appearance and / or keloid scar tissue development. Take nothing away from Johnson in this fight. For 36 years of age, he was really pushing his engine to rev up and go!
Although Johnson fought well, his legs just looked old. He was fighting on unsteady legs. Johnson jumped on Munguia early but Munguia weathered the early storm and began throwing back from the second round on. Johnson was smothering a lot of his shots and his right hand to the head was more of a cuffing shot than an impactful one. He did land some good body shots while leaning on Munguia as often as possible.
I liked Munguia’s free flowing offense much better. His punches often landed cleanly and the uppercut looked spectacular. I really didn’t care what the scorecards were like at the time of the stoppage. Munguia looked like he was heading for a KO victory in the later rounds. I just didn’t like the unsteady legs of Johnson.
The cut that stopped the fight was a terrible one. I hope Johnson gets a good surgeon to stitch that up so that it doesn’t leave a horrible scar.
Size advantage at Super Welterweight now lost. Munguia will most certainly be exposed at Middleweight
“Super” divisions are BS. Middleweights for years were 147-160 and nobody talked about small and big.
Just because no one talked about it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a good thing. I don’t mind all the weight classes really. Some of those older guys took some really terrible punishment that surely shorten some of their lives or at least some of their good health in their later years.
Agreed, especially with rehydration and such. You could theoretically have a guy who is 185 lbs fighting a guy who is 150 on fight night. Even the UFC is thinking about implementing more divisions because some guys get caught in between weight classes as well.
Two warriors in there tonight, Johnson lip looked really nasty, good job he got pulled out.
Jaime continues to luck vulnerable, but I love his aggressive style, never in a dull fight.
Sure he’ll likely get beat by a bigger puncher, or slicker boxer, but he’s an entertaining fighter to watch, fans don’t leave feeling short changed.
I agree with you, but I wish for Munguia’s own sake he would develop his skills and defense. He’s enormous for his weight class, has a great chin, and heavy hands. A lot of that will go to waste if his pace of development stays this slow.
Johnson trunks were almost to his neck wtf
Anybody watch this live at 8pm eastrgn time? What fights were shown live on DAZN just the 4 main card fights or were there additional undercard fights shown on DAZN? Roach vs Tobano etc?
I knew Johnson would give him a fight. Johnson is a tough and durable SOB. Munguia has great power and a solid chin, but he’s far too reliant on it, and his defensive and skill development has been very very slow. He’s still young, but if he doesn’t make some pretty big steps he’s going to struggle with more skillful fighters.
Munguia was not impressive at this weight but had enough to pull out the win. Johnson looked good up until the end.