By: Sean Crose
Sadam Ali. Liam Smith. Gary O’Sullivan. Gabriel Rosado. Sergiy Derevyanchenko. These usually are not the most important names in boxing. They are, nevertheless, the names of notable boxers who’ve plied their commerce during the last ten years at the very least. And they’ve all been defeated by Jaime Munguia. Indeed, the now tremendous middleweight hasn’t misplaced a bout in 42 fights. Mungia hopes to proceed his profitable streak this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona when he takes on the rugged John Ryder – himself no slouch. Should he win on Saturday, Munguia could discover himself dealing with the one and solely Canelo Alvarez this coming spring.
None of this implies Munguia needs to be trying too far forward. Heavyweights Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder discovered themselves in a considerable amount of hassle just lately for arguably trying too far forward after they had critical opponents in entrance of them. And, once more, Ryder isn’t any joke. He’s defeated the likes of Daniel Jacobs, in spite of everything, on high of taking Canelo a full twelve rounds final May. While it’s true he misplaced to the purple haired star, there’s no denying he proved to be as robust as they arrive. Yet Munguia has confirmed how robust he could be, as nicely.
For occasion, final June the 27 yr outdated fought an absolute battle towards Derevyanchenko. As Boxing Insider wrote on the time: “It looked like the fight was Derevyanchenko’s when Munguia shockingly dropped him with a body shot in the final round.” Indeed, one can think about this Saturday’s match likewise being a battle. Munguia carries thunder in his fists whereas Ryder will actually hold throwing punches whereas stumbling about from an opponent’s blows. Saturday’s throwdown might be a excessive depth affair, which can be nice for followers watching stay on DAZN, supplied that (as at all times) nobody suffers some critical harm.
With that being stated, Saturday night time ought to belong to Munguia. Ryder is completely able to stunning the world, in fact, however will he have the ability to this weekend in Phoenix? The reply, merely put, might be not. That doesn’t imply the matchup doesn’t have worth. Munguia, who’s being skilled by the legendary Freddie Roach, is nothing if not enjoyable to observe, and Ryder has Balboaesque coronary heart, to not point out some crisp expertise of his personal. And then in fact there’s the struggle with Canelo presumably being on the road for Munguia. Fans will doubtless discover good purpose to tune on this weekend.
