By Ricardo Lopez Juarez
May 4, 2024, 9:48 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS – Saúl Álvarez is back in Las Vegas to headline the traditional Cinco de Mayo weekend performance. This time, Canelo faces another Mexican, Jaime Munguía, who will seek to cause the big surprise.
It is the first undisputed championship fight between two Mexicans in the era of the four organizations, one where the Tijuana native Jaime Munguía (43-0) will need to give the fight of his life to aspire to victory, while the Guadalajara Canelo Álvarez (60-2-2) will try to break a streak of four fights without achieving a knockout.
The fight at the T-Mobile Arena has as an additional ingredient an environment heated by the midweek altercation between Canelo and his former promoter, Óscar de la Hoya, whom he accused of stealing money from him. The “Golden Boy” has a lawsuit ready for defamation. In addition, multiple journalists said that Canelo’s representatives vetoed them for this function.
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Tremendous low blow in fight prior to Canelo vs. Munguia
During the fifth round of the fight between Brandon Figueroa and Jessie Magdaleno, he received a very hard low blow and the actions were interrupted for about five minutes so he could recover. Figueroa knocked out Magdaleno with a hook to the liver in round 9.
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Fans in the arena shout louder with Jaime Munguía
When both fighters were shown on the giant screens in the arena, the public was lukewarm towards Canelo Álvarez. Then there was a strong reaction to the image of Jaime Munguía in his dressing room. It is seen that tonight the world champion will be a “visitor”. It is clear that many fans are dissatisfied with recent rivals and Álvarez’s attitudes.
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Canelo and Munguía are already in their locker rooms at the T-Mobile Arena
The two Mexican fighters arrived and began to warm up for their fight.
News in development.