Jaime Munguia was surprisingly knocked out by Bruno Surace, a fighter with only four knockouts, in the sixth round of their clash at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico on Saturday night.
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Canelo Comparison
What made this knockout by Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) more impressive was that he had to get up off the deck in the second round to come back to KO Munguia with a single punch in the sixth round.
What does that say about Canelo Alvarez? Not even he could knock out Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) when they fought on May 4 in Las Vegas. Canelo defeated Mugnuia by a 12-round unanimous decision, and he never came close to knocking him out.
Losing in front of his hometown fans in Tijuana, Mexico must be a bitter pill for Munguia to swallow because they all saw what happened. His popularity is now going to drop in Mexico.
Berlanga’s plans derailed
Edgar Berlanga took the news of Munguia’s loss quite hard. He hoped to fight him next in a match between Mexico and Puerto Rico on PPV. Berlanga complained that Munguia mixed up the bag, which is a fair statement.
Surace would beat Berlanga because of the way he fought tonight. He would make easy work of him just like he did Munguia.
A fight between them on PPV would be impossible to sell as both guys are coming off losses. It would be impossible to sell, especially when one of them wasn’t even trying to win, but just came to survive.
What the New York-born Berlanga has to do is call out Surace, and if he can’t find him, fight Caleb Plant. There is no bag for Berlanga. Canelo isn’t going to fight him again, and Munguia certainly won’t either.
SMH!!!! Mungia screwed up the bag !!!!!!
— Edgar Berlanga Jr (@EdgarBerlangaJr) December 15, 2024
