Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs), the newly-crowned WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, will make the first defense of his title against former world champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round main event Saturday, July 21 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. The fight will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
By Jim Dower: Promoter Frank Warren is reporting that the fight between WBO junior middleweight champion Jaimie Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) and Liam Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) is a done deal for July 21 at a still to be determined venue. Warren says the Munguia-Smith fight could take place in Los Angeles or New York. He says he’s hoping to find out what the location of the fight is by today.
By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (37-2, 26 KOs) will be looking to earn a title shot against WBO junior middleweight champion Jaimie Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) when he faces Brandon ‘Bad Boy’ Cook (20-1, 13 Os) in a World Boxing Organization 154lbs title eliminator on July 28 on Sky Box Office at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: Liam Smith will be challenging WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia on July 21 in Los Angeles, California. Munguia-Smith will be the co-feature on the undercard of WBA super featherweight champion Alberto Machado vs. Rafael Mensah.
By Sean Jones: WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) and mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) have reportedly reached an agreement to avoid a purse bid for a fight that will be taking place in July in California, according to BoxAzteca7.
By Sean Jones: Jermell Charlo says new WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs0 is nothing but “hype” in talking about what he saw of him in his recent 4th round knockout of Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) on May 12.
By Sean Jones: The management for WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) and mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) are in talks to try and put together a deal before the June 14h deadline by the World Boxing Organization. If a deal can’t be reached, it’ll go to a purse bid.
By Sean Jones: Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) will reportedly be making his first defense of his WBO junior middleweight title against mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) on July 21 or 28 in a Golden Boy Promotions event in California.
By Allan Fox: The smoke has just barely cleared for Jaime Munguia’s 4th round demolition job on WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali from last Saturday night and already the Mexican knockout artist is targeting WBC 154lb champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) for a unification fight.
By Danni Rocket: This last chapter in my recent trilogy of articles is all about dreams and speculation. Part 1 was about the Bantamweights and their confirmed WBSS tournament. Several fighters had already been announced and the tourney has been officially given the go ahead, with the top four seeded fighters looking to take their pick of the unranked underdogs at some point in the coming months. In Part 2, we explored the opportunities available to the leaked first six fighters of the eight-man Light Welterweight tournament, which looks to be announced very shortly. In Part 3 I’d like to muse on the potential third weight class.