![]() Johnson’s only losses came against Curtis Stevens and Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Tureano Johnson (21-2-1, 15 KOs) is coming off a shocking knockout victory over previously unbeaten Jason Quigley. “He’s tough, charismatic and has the physique to win world titles at both middleweight and super middleweight after a successful reign at 154 pounds.” ![]() ![]() “Jaime Munguia has all the qualities to become Mexico’s biggest boxing superstar,” said Golden Boy chairman and former six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya. The event will be closed to the public and media. The undercard for the event is still coming together. ![]() Like Ortiz, Mexico’s Munguia (35-0, 28 knockouts) also has knockout power and it’s a big reason he’ll headline the card that will be streamed live, exclusively on DAZN. Golden Boy hosted a successful card at Fantasy Springs on July 24, with rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist and current top-rated 160-pound contender set for a dangerous showdown with fellow unbeaten middleweight D’Mitrius ‘Big Meech’ Ballard (21-0-1, 13KOs). 28 card at Fantasy Springs after former world champion and headliner Jorge Linares tested positive for the coronavirus and the promotion was unable to find a suitable replacement on short notice. It has been nearly five years since Jaime Munguia has fought in his hometown, though never like what he will experience in his next bout. Jaime Munguia versus Gary Spike O’Sullivan, which will air on DAZN Saturday night from San Antonio, and Jesse Hart versus Joe Smith Jr., which ESPN will broadcast from Atlantic City, N.J. The bout is the main event of the second Golden Boy Promotions card amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Munguia, the World Boxing Organization’s intercontinental middleweight champion, is slated to step into the ring for the first time since January against challenger Tureano Johnson. The win over Kelly was the sixth for Munguia at or above middleweight, though his team drew criticism for the fight that didn’t take place that night.Boxing will return to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Oct. 30, when unbeaten middleweight champion Jaime Munguia defends his title. It marked a career-heaviest weight for Munguia, who has spent the last two years at middleweight after previously campaigning at junior middleweight where he crammed six title fights into a sixteen-month span. He could be in line to fight WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo or WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade. The fight was contested at super middleweight, coming at a contracted limit of 165 pounds. It’s official, Fernando Beltran, Munguia’s co-promoter and head of Zanfer Boxing, confirmed Thursday evening. Munguia now has 29 knockouts to his credit. In his most recent start, Munguia scored a fifth-round stoppage of Jimmy ‘Kilrain’ Kelly on June 11 at Honda Center in Anaheim. It will mark his debut in San Diego, less than 40 minutes from home and after previously fighting twice in Anaheim and once in Tijuana all in his prior bouts dating back to last November. The announced date will mark his third fight of 2022 and fourth within an eleven-month span, all taking place roughly within two hours of his Tijuana hometown. Munguia (40-0, 32KOs)-who turns just 26 on October 6-continues his run as one of the sport’s most active fighters. However, representatives from Zanfer Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions would not speculate on whether the former title challenger is still the frontrunner or if other options were being explored. ![]() Previous rumors suggested that Munguia’s team was in advanced talks to next face England’s John Ryder in a super middleweight bout. ![]()
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