The WBO World Championship Committee has ordered the teams of WBO middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly and WBO #1 contender Jaime Munguia to commence immediate negotiations. The parties are granted 15 days to reach an agreement. If an accord is not reached within that time frame, a purse bid will be ordered with a minimum acceptable bid of $200,000. Any of the parties involved may request a purse bid ceremony at any time during the negotiation process. Looks like the WBO won’t let Munguia continue to tie up the #1 rating if he next plans to fight WBA/IBF champion Gennady Golovkin in six months.
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I’m actually looking forward to this one. If it happens. I think their styles can bring the best out of each other, not least considering that both have something to prove.
That’s a really good fight if it comes off. Alim looked vulnerable in his last fight, maybe it’s motivated Team Munguia, but I read an article where Alim said he wasn’t interested, he said Munguia was “nobody”. I do hope they work it out though, I think it’d be a really fun fight between two guys who desperately need a big name on their resumé. Might not be a lot of money in it though.
Munguia wont fight for the WBO title, to protected he wants old man 3G.
Team Munguia avoided the first attempt to making this fight when the title was vacated by BooBoo
I will be surprised if Team Munguia go through with this attempt
Munguia is tough but still lacks defense and Janibek will pose a huge challenge compared to GGG
Plus more money and fame recognition will be achieved by going in the direction of a GGG fight
Munguia looses more than just the fight if he looses to Janibek compared to a loss to GGG
either ggg or alimkhanuly will be fine.
lets see one of them…
It won’t happen, Munguia is a bigger name and Oscar would prefer GGG for a lot more money and more prestige, assuming Munguia defeats GGG, a mega fight with a ton of money in between could happen against Canelo in September 23, nothing of this he might get fighting Zhanibek.
Exactly. As much as I’d love to see Alim-Munguia, GGG is absolutely the way to go for Team Munguia. GGG is an old fart by boxing standards who’s very much on the downside of his career, but is still a big enough name to bring the $$$ and prestige as you mentioned. Get by him, which I think he would, and Munguia could be looking at a huge money fight with Canelo. If GGG is an option, Team Munguia would be stupid not to go in that direction…
Stop bringing up Canelo! He had made it clear as day that he will not fight another Mexican.
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly is the Merrick Garland of boxing. He is useless and ineffective. Munguia is going to beat him up PRETTY bad. I hope we don’t have another ring tragedy with this one. PRAYERS.
Let’s hope this one comes off. Could be a cracker.
Let’s not be racist, Colson.
Watch your language.
Munguia vs benavidez or any of them against bivol,berteviev or even zurdo ramirez for a cinco de mayo all mexican showdown! They’re light heavyweights after all fighting smaller lighter dudes on fight night!
JM is crying…..no no i dont want to go to ‘school’.
One of the interesting fight that will allow us to see out of the fog at MW..