“You’re already a champion, man. It’s time to unite in September. Let’s go for it, with God leading the way,” Iglesias opines X.
Munguia is coming off a victory over Jose Armando Resendiz last Saturday night in Las Vegas, where he captured the WBA super middleweight title, giving him a direct path to a unification fight.
Iglesias followed his own route to a belt. He improved to 15-0 with 14 knockouts when he stopped Pavel Silyagin in the eighth round on April 9 to win the IBF title vacated by Terence Crawford, adding another active titleholder to 168.
When Iglesias won his title, the division already had several belt holders, with Jose Armando Resendiz holding the WBA title and Christian Mbilli the WBC belt, while the WBO title remained vacant. That structure left the weight class without a single direction, increasing the value of any unification fight that could bring clarity.
Munguia’s recent victory also came at a time when the division has several title holders without a clear direction. A unification fight would immediately connect two of those belts and give the weight class a defined path instead of scattered bouts.
A meeting between the two would immediately connect those belts and bring clarity to a division that has multiple directions but no single line of motion.
Munguia did not respond to the call. That silence leaves him with the next move. Iglesias (28) made his side clear.
