2024-05-05 05:37:30
After many months of rumors and uncertainty about who would be the year’s first rival for Saul “Canelo” Alvarezthe time has come for the match this Saturday, May 4, against his compatriot Jaime Munguia in a great boxing night held in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The four super middleweight belts in the power of the 33-year-old Guadalajara are at stake, so the fight is promising.
Alvarez comes with impressive record of 60-2-2 and considered the current face of world boxing. He is at the bottom of the pound-for-pound world rankings of boxers. While Tijuana native Munguia has an unbeatable record of 43-0so he must show what he is made of and if he can dethrone the other Aztec present in the ring.
Enjoy all the events and action of this great fight on American soil with live round by round meridiano.net.
Moments before the match:
A good atmosphere was experienced before the expected match, the evening began early with the Venezuelan’s hit Johan “Manotas” Gonzalezwho ended up losing to Jesús Ramos and then his compatriot Gabriel Maestresold his undefeated record in professional boxing dearly, falling to Eimantas Stanionis.
Arrival of Canelo Álvarez:
In the moments before the main fight begins, the first of the fighters to arrive at the American sports venue was the experienced one “Canelo” Alvarezarrived with his work team, led by the experienced Aztec trainer, Eddy Reynoso and his father, “Chepo” Reynoso.
How are things going with the betting houses?:
This is how the odds move in the match Canelo vs. Munguia:
– Canelo’s win: -650
– Munguía’s wins: +375
– Draw: +1900
– More than 10.5 rounds: -286
– Under 10.5 rounds: +190
Jaime Munguía warms up:
The Tijuana native Munguia He came after his rival and immediately began the warm-up for what will be the most important fight of his professional boxing career so far.
The show begins:
The official presentation of both fighters was made, as well as the singing of the national anthem of Mexico and then the United States. The first to jump into the ring was the young Munguía accompanied by the rhythm of “México Lindo y Dear” sung by the band Reik, originally from Mexicali. But everyone present went wild with the presentation of the Guadalajara fighter Álvarez, who made his triumphant entrance with a northern corrido.
- Round 1: Fairly discreet starts for the man from Guadalajara and the man from Tijuana, who tried to study their rival, but Canelo’s experience was felt with punches to mark distance. Jaime thrusts very well and tries to reach Álvarez’s soft areas. In the final seconds there was a powerful exchange of blows that gave indications of what to expect in the evening.
- Round 2: The young Munguía continues to gain ground with the jab, while Canelo Álvarez connects the hooks and uppercuts to the sides of the challenger of his belts, amid a great atmosphere at T-Mobile, the fans do not stop cheering for the two fighters. Álvarez tried to decipher the Tijuana defense which has not yet given up.
- Round 3: Munguía came out with a lot of power again, punishing Canelo with few accurate punches, but the super lightweight champion went from less to more, working contacts to the young boxer’s liver area, which at times left his defense exposed. Fairly even, but with the balance tilted more for Jaime at the last second.
- Round 4: Canelo Álvarez came out punishing with a left hook and hit a strong right hand to the face of Jaime Munguía to give a sign that he is already warming up, for his part, his rival is starting to show signs of exhaustion in the first third of the fight. Both have shown signs of good physical strength. With 40 seconds left, Canelo landed a punch to send the Tijuana native to the canvas, who immediately got up. Álvarez won this round on the streets.
- Round 5: Jaime Munguía of Tijuana came out recovered from the knockdown given to him by Saúl Álvarez and continued to demonstrate what he had in the beginning, with powerful jabs, although his defense let him down and Canelo used his experience to score intelligently.
- Round 6: Álvarez from Jalisco came out to punish and connected two good hooks, stopped his opponent who continues to look tired and stops landing good punches, he just defends himself and in the opportunities he seeks to strike, Canelo takes his toll by striking the arms and in. center of the body.
- Round 7: With 1-2 combinations, Álvarez punishes Munguía, who is currently reacting and continues to throw some punches that could help him add to the judges’ scorecard when it comes to scoring. Finally, Canelo landed a couple of hooks to punish Jaime.
- Round 8: The strategy is maintained by the absolute super middleweight champion, Canelo Álvarez throwing powerful punches and Jaime Munguía not taking his foot off the gas pedal, trying to react in the last rounds, taking advantage of the monarch’s fatigue.
- Round 9: In the first minute of this period, Munguía punished Álvarez several times with rights, both fighting on the ropes with powerful exchanges of blows. Munguía shows that he can withstand the heavy punishments they give him.
- Round 10: Already heading into the latter part of the fight, boxer Jaime Munguía continues to advance in his goal of combining and adding punches for the scorecards, while Álvarez is discreet, defensive and withdrawing as the exchanges begin, despite the fact that the 33- years old fighter years when he has a place he punishes with left-right.
- Round 11: Obvious signs of fatigue in the final stretch of the fight, both boxers only discreetly marking and backing off, despite Munguía continuing to encourage exchanges of short and accurate punches, where he gains ground against Canelo who continues to fight back.
- Round 12: Saúl Álvarez landed good punches, he even made the legs of the intense Jaime Munguía tremble, who waged war from the opening bell to the end.
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