Canelo Alvarez fights Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas on Might 4

DESPITE rumours that he would battle Jermall Charlo on Might 4, frequent sense has prevailed and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will as an alternative go up towards Jaime Munguia, a fellow Mexican, on that date.

The battle between Alvarez and Munguia will happen on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas and can in fact be a spotlight of Cinco de Mayo weekend. It’s for that cause it in all probability is sensible for Alvarez to battle a fellow Mexican, notably as he finds himself accompanied by not one however two of them up at super-middleweight. If it wasn’t going to be Munguia for this date, there was at all times the choice of David Benavidez. Ultimately, you felt as if it needed to be one among them.

“I’m very proud and excited to have the ability to make this battle,” stated Alvarez, 60-2-2 (39). “A Mexican versus one other Mexican is at all times an enormous battle and it’s been some time since there’s been one like this. It’s nice to provide a chance like this to a fighter that’s earned it like Jaime has. It provides me numerous pleasure that two Mexicans shall be going through one another in such a giant battle for the game.”

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)

The 27-year-old Munguia, 43-0 (34), first rose to prominence in 2018 when he stopped Sadam Ali inside 4 rounds to say the WBO super-welterweight title. This was a belt he efficiently defended a complete of 5 instances earlier than transferring as much as middleweight and beating the likes of D’Mitrius Ballard, Gabriel Rosado, and Tureano Johnson. At super-middleweight, in the meantime, the division by which he’s at the moment discovered, Munguia has stepped up at school and added to his resume the names of Sergiy Derevyanchenko and John Ryder, whom he outpointed over 12 rounds in January.

Now coming into his athletic prime, Munguia is now not thought-about a piece in progress or somebody who must proceed constructing. He has just lately attached with Freddie Roach to clean a few of his tough edges of his recreation and seems to be as prepared as he’ll ever be to face somebody like Alvarez, a fighter he may have little question admired on the way in which up.

“I’m very, very joyful and full of enthusiasm for this nice alternative,” stated Munguia. “I’m extremely grateful to everybody concerned who have been capable of make this battle a actuality. We’re prepared to provide followers an incredible evening of boxing on Saturday, Might 4. I can’t wait to reveal to the world that I’m able to doing nice issues. Viva Tijuana and Viva México!”