By Gerardo Romero
Apr 25, 2024, 08:38 AM EDT
Mexican boxer Oscar Valdez decided to comment on the fight between Jaime Munguía and the undisputed super middleweight champion, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, on May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada; In his words, the Aztec stated that the Russian Dmitry Bivol has already taught world boxing how to defeat Canelo and this is something that the man from Tijuana must apply to emerge victorious.
During an interview offered for Izquierdazo, Oscar Valdez assured that this will be a very interesting duel for world boxing in general because we are talking about the first confrontation against a Mexican who will have one of the best pound for pound on the planet today.
“Look, it is a very interesting fight for me, I like Jaime Munguía’s style, he is a very good boxer and I think that fight is going to be much closer than what people are thinking. “Sometimes we automatically think that Canelo is going to win simply because he is Canelo,” he expressed.
“One of the defeats you have had is with Dmitry Bivol, what did Bivol do? He threw volume of blows, many blows. Munguía is a boxer who has youth on his side, he throws quite a few punches and endures quite a few blows. “Canelo has all the experience in the world, he has good defense and hits hard, so those three against three are going to be a very important and very interesting factor for me,” added Valdez.
The Sonoran fighter also stated that the fight is going to be closer than many specialists believe due to the great performance that Jaime Munguía has shown throughout his career by accumulating a total of 43 undefeated fights.
“I think that fight is going to be closer than people think and it may be the fight that Canelo has been asking so much for, why? Because it seems very unfair to me, because it is a big weight and when they are big weights they throw fewer punches, you are not going to see a Barrera-Morales who throws 100 punches per round, it is going to be very difficult for it to be a war, but it could be that fight that people want to see,” he highlighted.
“What I like most is that Mexico ultimately wins, the championships stay in Mexico and a good purse is distributed; So, if I had to choose who wins, I would go with Canelo because of the experience he has, because of the punch he has, but I feel that it is a much closer fight than people can expect,” the man emphasized. Mexican.
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