HBO Boxing After Dark®: Jaime Munguia Vs. Liam Smith And Alberto Machado Vs. Rafael Mensah – July 21

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HBO Sports returns to the vibrant junior middleweight division when one of 2018’s breakout stars defends his crown for the first time on HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JAIME MUNGUIA VS. LIAM SMITH AND ALBERTO MACHADO VS. RAFAEL MENSAH, presented SATURDAY, JULY 21 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. The HBO Sports team will call all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.

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Jaime Munguia: Liam Smith is not taking my title

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By Allan Fox: Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) is determined to keep his WBO junior middleweight title this Saturday night in defending against former 154 pound belt holder Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Munguia says he’s not going to let Smith come take his World Boxing Organization title when the two of them meet at the Hard Rock Hotel. Munguia wants to defend his title in style by knocking the 29-year-old Smith out.

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Jaime Munguia defends against Liam Smith on Sat. on HBO

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By Jeff Aranow: Knockout artist Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) will be making his first defense of WBO junior middleweight title this Saturday night against former WBO 154lb belt holder Liam “Beefy” Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) on HBO World Championship Boxing at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be the coming out party for the 21-year-old Munguia.

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Munguia: Canelo won’t stand and fight Golovkin

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By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia says Saul Canelo Alvarez won’t stand and trade with IBO/WBA/WBC 160 lb. champion Gennady ‘GGG” Golovkin in their fight on September 15, but he still believes he’ll beat him. Munguiao doesn’t say why he thinks Canelo won’t stand and fight it out with GGG, but he thinks he has more opportunities’ to improve in their rematch on HBO PPV than GGG does.

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Jaime Munguia: People will mention my name with Canelo & GGG

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By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) will be defending his title in 10 days from now against Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) on July 21 in a 12 round fight on HBO. The 21-year-old Munguia says he’s going to emerge from the Smith fight being mentioned in the same breath as middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul Canelo Alvarez.

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Jaime Munguia wants to knockout Liam Smith

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By Sean Jones: WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) says his goal is to knockout mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) this month on July 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Munguia’s trainer Robert Alcazar wants him to knockout the 29-year-old Smith before the 9th round. If Munguia does what his trainer is hoping he’ll do to Smith, we could have a new star in the 154 lb. weight division.

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De La Hoya wants to promote Jaime Munguia

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By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya is hoping to work a deal to co-promote WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) with the Mexican knockout artist’s current promoter Fernando Beltrán of Zanfer. De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions company is promoting the 21-year-old Munguia’s next fight against mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) on July 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Jaime Munguia makes defense against Liam Smith on July 21

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By Scott Gilfoid: Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) will challenge World Boxing Organization junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) next month on July 21 in a fight on HBO Boxing After Dark at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. This is probably Smith’s best chance of winning back his WBO 154lb title he lost two years ago to Saul Canelo Alvarez by a 9th round knockout in 2016.

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