Saturday, January 27, 2024

Boxing Challenge

  Only one fight on tap for the boxing challenge this weekend but it's an important one in the super middleweight division from Phoenix and DAZN.

Unbeaten former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia faces former title challenger John Ryder in a twelve-rounder that style-wise should be entertaining. 

Munguia won a close unanimous decision in a fight of the year contender over Sergey Dereyvanchenko last June in his most recent appearance while Ryder was last seen losing in a title attempt by unanimous decision to Canelo Alvarez last May.

Neither fighter is difficult to hit and I think there should be many entertaining exchanges during the fight but Munguia could make this an easy fight should he decide to use his height and reach advantage.

Munguia is unlikely to use those physical pluses and is more likely to try to overpower the smaller Ryder, who has been stopped only once in his six career losses.

On paper, Ryder seems to be tailor-made for Munguia but so did Dereyvanchenko and that turned out to be a barnburner. 

Boxing Challenge

Super Middleweights. 12 Rds 
Jaime Munguia vs John Ryder
Ramon Malpica & TRS: Munguia Unanimous Decision
Vince Samano: Ryder Split Decision

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