Jaime Munguía admits that Julio César Chávez would have defeated him in his first term

Mexican boxer Jaime Munguía considered Julio César Chávez to be one of the most important fighters in history and called him his greatest idol, which has raised doubts about whether the Tijuana native would have accepted a fight against the historic champion when he was in his prime; without much doubt the fighter stated that he would have received “a beating” from Chávez Sr.

During an interview for the channel ‘Aca Entre Nozz’, Munguía was questioned about what would have happened in a hypothetical fight between the best Julio César Chávez against the best Jaime Munguía, to which the fighter was quite sincere in considering that the quality of the multiple champion was too great to be able to defeat him in the ring.

“No, he’s my friend, we’re comrades. He would have given me a beating, Julio was very badass. Seriously, Julio was very badass, he’s one of my great idols and he was very good, he was very good. He put a lot of effort into it,” the Aztec said in his statements.

It is important to note that Julio César Chávez reached the incredible mark of 90 undefeated victories and was consecrated as the three-division world champion to be considered the best boxer in the history of his country and one of the best in the world; for his part, Jaime Munguía reached a record of 43 victories until he ended up suffering his first defeat against the undisputed super middleweight champion, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez.

Munguía acknowledged that one of the best things he experienced in his career was receiving advice from César Chávez himself to be able to be better every time he steps into the ring and he was very grateful for those opportunities; he stressed that he never thought he would meet this figure and much less receive advice from him.

“I will never forget when he told me: ‘Munguía, you train really hard, hit the bag’. ‘When I was training I hit the bag until I felt like my heart was going to pound, you have to hit it, fuck it, and that’s the only way to get there’,” he said.

“It’s really cool, I’m happy and proud to meet him. Because I imagine that not just anyone would do it, and much less would he tell you to try harder, to keep going and things like that,” concluded the Mexican boxer.

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