Boxing Challenge:Munguia Mangles Coria

   In Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday, former WBO junior middleweight champion and top middleweight contender Jaime Munguia notched the latest victory in his line of uncompetitive opponents as he knocked out Gonzalo Coria in three rounds.

Munguia knocked the awkward Argentine down in the second round with a counter right hand before digging into the body of Coria with a series of body shots that sent him to one knee where he would remain as the referee ended the evening.

Not much else to add to yet another Munguia mismatch but we may see shortly just what Munguia has as he called for WBA and IBF champion Gennady Golovkin after the fight but Munguia isn't rated first by either of those organizations.

However, he is by the remaining two sanctioning bodies and the WBO ordered their champion Janibek Alimkhanuly to next defend against Munguia.

The WBC rates Munguia first with their champion Jermall Charlo having a defense agreed to with Munguia earlier this year before the fight fell apart due to broadcasting issues.

A Munguia challenge of Alimkhanuly would be very interesting with both men having plenty to prove considering that each would be facing the best opponent of their career and Alimkhanuly lost a bit of luster after a less than impressive decision win over Denzel Bentley, so each has questions that this fight could answer.

WBC champion, Jermall Charlo, has fought only once in the last twenty-four months, and his uninspiring win over journeyman Juan Montiel in June 2021 didn't make observers lust to see him in action again with his reluctance to face top opponents.

Just as an Alimkhanuly-Munguia would answer some questions, the same would be true of a Charlo-Munguia fight with both fighters facing the best opponent of their career as well.

Alimkhnauly would be the likelier foe as his organization asked for the fight and Charlo's hasn't as of this writing and it's more likely that an agreement can be made with Alimkhanuly's promoter (Top Rank) with Munguia's team (Golden Boy) than that of Charlo, who is aligned with PBC.

I'm very intrigued by Munguia as I see parallels with Gilberto Ramirez both as fighters with large frames for their divisions and possessing plenty of talent.

Both fighters were somewhat protected and I am anxious to see how Munguia fares when he steps up as Ramirez lost to Dmitry Bivol when he faced a top-of-the-game fighter for the first time.

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