By Sean Jones: Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) brought in respectable ratings for his first fight on HBO last Saturday night in stopping WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) in the 4th round to claim the WBO belt on HBO at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
By Trevor McIntyre: Promoter Frank Warren says he just received the notification that the World Boxing Organization has ordered WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) to defend against #1 WBO mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) next. Warren says he expects the Munguia vs. Smith fight will take place in August or September.
By Dan Ambrose: It didn’t take newly crowned WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 24 KOs) to attract interest from unbeaten IBF 154lb champion Jarrett ‘Swift’ Hurd (22-0, 15 KOs).
By Sean Jones: Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) had his coming out party last Saturday night in obliterating a very good fighter in WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOIs) in a 4th round knockout at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.
Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs), the dangerous undefeated native of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, scored an emphatic fourth-round technical knockout victory against Sadam “World Kid” Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) of Brooklyn, N.Y. to capture the WBO Junior Middleweight World Title in the scheduled 12-round main event of HBO World Championship Boxing at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. Munguia was too big and powerful for Ali, sending him to the canvas several times before a left hook forced the referee to stop the fight at 1:02 of the fourth round.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy promotions prospect Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) used his superior size and power to quickly dismantle and destroy WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) in stopping him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.
By Jim Dower: WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) weighed in at 153 pounds on Friday afternoon for his first defense of his WBO title against unbeaten #6 WBC Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs) in this Golden Boy promoted fight at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) plans on taking advantage of his replacement opponent Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) will be defending his title on May 12 against replacement opponent Jaime Munguia (28-0, 24 KOs) at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady Golovkin’s management is in the process of moving his May 5th fight from Las Vegas to the StubHub Center in Carson, California, according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times. In the past, Golovkin brought in a huge crowd for his fight against Marco Antonio Rubio in 2014 at the StubHub Center.