Middleweight contender Jaime Munguia prolonged his unbeaten report to 41-0 by stopping unrated Gonzalo Coria within the third spherical of a major occasion in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday. The 26-year-old Tijuana native notched his thirty third knockout with a left hook to the physique that zapped Coria’s legs for the referee’s full 10 rely at 2:32 of the spherical.
Munguia, The Ring’s No. 4-rated middleweight, began slowly, ineffectively stalking the southpaw counterpuncher in Spherical 1. Nevertheless, a counter proper hand dropped Coria (21-6, 8 KOs) with 45 seconds left in Spherical 2 and shortly turned the tide in favor of the Mexican quantity puncher.
The 25-year-old Argentine was unable to evade Munguia with stick-and-move ways or gradual him down by holding in Spherical 3. As soon as Munguia switched his assault to the physique, it was over.
Munguia, a former 154-pound beltholder who moved to middleweight in 2020 (he’s now 7-0 at 160), says he desires to problem one the division’s titleholders (Gennadiy Golovkin, Jermall Charlo or Zhanibek Alimkhanuly) in 2023. Golovkin, Ring’s No. 1-rated middleweight and a future corridor of famer, is who he talked about by identify throughout his post-fight interview.
Within the co-featured bout of the Zanfer/Golden Boy co-promotion, junior bantamweight fringe contender Argi Cortes struggled his option to a 10-round break up resolution over former junior flyweight contender Erick Lopez.
Cortes (24-3-2, 10 KOs), a 25-year-old native of Mexico Metropolis, suffered flash knockdowns in Rounds 2 and 6 however was the busier, cleaner-punching boxer when he might management the gap. The Nacho Beristain disciple gained by two scores of 95-92. Lopez, a former sparring accomplice of Cortes, gained by a 96-91 tally on the third card.
Lopez (16-7-2, 10 KOs), a brief (and portly) Guadalajara resident, was not as polished as Cortes however was extra bodily when in shut. Cortes flashed tight approach throughout exchanges however Lopez’s haymakers and sneaky uppercuts landed sufficient to make the battle aggressive.
In his earlier bout, Cortes ran Ring Journal 115-pound champ Juan Francisco Estrada shut in a 12-round resolution loss.
