By Dan Ambrose: Former 154 pound champion Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) believes that World Boxing Organization junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) will be there to be hit by him this Saturday night in their fight at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
By Scott Gilfoid: Liam Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) is upset that the critics are overlooking him in his fight against WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) on July 21 on HBO World Championship Boxing and BT Sports at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.