Undefeated middleweight challenger Jaime Munguia will return to the ring against Gonzalo Coria on Saturday in Mexico.
JAIME MUNGUIA (40-0, 32 KOs) VS. GONZALO CORIA (21-5, 8 KOs)
- Day: Saturday, November 19
- Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (main event follows)
- Where: Astros Arena, Guadalajara, Mexico
- television/stream: DAZN
- Assignment: Middleweight (160 pounds)
- threatened: No main title
- Pound-for-pound ratings: Not available
- the odds: ARE NOT
- Guess: Munguia KO 6
- Story: Munguia is ranked in Top 3 by all 4 main sanctioning agencies, No. 1 by WBO. That sanctioning body ordered champion Janibek Alimkhanuly to defend against the undefeated Mexican sluggard, although no agreement was reached. Meanwhile, Munguia will face limited Coria. The 26-year-old former middleweight owner, a potential star, is suffering 6-0 (5 KOs) in middleweight. He last fought in June, when he stop Jimmy Kelly in five rounds. Coria was knocked out by Alimkhanuly in two innings in 2020. The 25-year-old Argentinian has led 5-1 since then, including wins over his companions in his last three home games. home. He last fought in July, when he nearly overtook Emiliano Exequiel Pucheta in Cordoba. His loss in that span was to Fiodor Czerkaszyn, a 160-pound rising athlete who recently overtook Nathaniel Gallimore.
