| Jaime Munguía | |
| Realname: | Jaime Aarón Munguía Escobedo |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
| Reach: | 72 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 44 |
| Wins: | 43 |
| Ko: | 34 |
| Losses: | 1 |
Jaime Aarón Munguía Escobedo (born 6 October 1996) is a Mexican professional boxer. He held the WBO junior middleweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Munguía turned professional in 2013 and compiled a record of 28-0 before challenging and beating American Sadam Ali on 12 May 2018 for the WBO junior middleweight title.[1]
In his first defense on 21 July 2018, Munguía scored a unanimous decision victory over former light middleweight champion Liam Smith, with scores of 119-108, 117-110 and 116-111. Munguía had knocked Smith down in the sixth round.[2]
Munguía scored a third-round technical knockout victory against Brandon Cook on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs Gennady Golovkin II on 15 September 2018 for another successful defense of his world title.[3]
On 13 April 2019, Munguía returned to defend his title against mandatory challenger Dennis Hogan. Munguía won by controversial majority decision.[4]
Munguía made the fifth defense of his WBO light middleweight title when he defeated Patrick Allotey by fourth-round technical knockout on 14 September 2019 in Carson, California.
Following Munguía's victory against Patrick Allotey, he vacated his WBO light middleweight title as he moved up to middleweight to face Gary O'Sullivan on 11 January 2020. Munguía won his middleweight debut via eleventh-round technical knockout.[5]
In his second bout at middleweight, Munguía faced Tureano Johnson on 30 October 2020. In the sixth round of the fight, Munguía landed a right uppercut which caused a nasty gash in Johnson's lip. This caused a doctor's stoppage, giving Munguía the victory and the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title. After the fight, he made clear his desire to win a world title at middleweight, saying "I want any of the 160-pound champs. Any [of them] would be great for me."[6]
On 19 June 2021, Munguía faced former world title challenger Kamil Szeremeta who had taken the fight on short notice. Munguía won the fight via sixth-round corner retirement. Now ranked number 1 by the WBC and WBO, he said, “I would like to [fight for a world title] by the end of the year. If not, a battle between Mexico and Puerto Rico with Gabriel Rosado [who had knocked out [[Bektemir Melikuziev]] on the undercard], he looked really good tonight.”[7]
Munguía was scheduled to make his first WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title defense against the 41-fight veteran Gabriel Rosado on November 13, 2021, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[8] Munguía entered the fight as the significant betting favorite, with most odds-makers having him -700 or -750 betting favorite.[9] [10] Munguía won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 118-110, 119-109 and 117-111. He landed 328 total punches to Rosado's 154, and successfully connected with 50% of his power shots.[11]
Munguía faced Jimmy Kelly at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California scoring three knockdowns before the referee stopped the bout in round five.[12] At the immediate post-fight interview, Munguía called out Jermall Charlo seeking a world title.[13]
Munguía was scheduled to face Brit John Ryder in a super middleweight bout, on the 27th January 2024, in the Footprint Center, in Phoenix, Arizona.[14] He won the fight by TKO in the ninth round.[15]
On February 27, 2024, it was reported that Munguía would challenge Canelo Álvarez for the undisputed super middleweight titles on May 4 in Las Vegas.[16] The fight was confirmed on March 12, 2024.[17] [18] [19] Álvarez dropped Munguía for the first time in his career in the fourth round.[20] [21] Álvarez won the fight by unanimous decision (117-110, 116-111, 115-112).[22]
Munguia is scheduled to face Erik Bazinyan in a super middleweight bout at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, AZ on September 20, 2024.[23]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Loss | 43–1 | Canelo Álvarez | UD | 12 | 4 May 2024 | |||
| 43 | Win | 43–0 | John Ryder | TKO | 9 (12), | 27 Jan 2024 | |||
| 42 | Win | 42–0 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | UD | 12 | 10 Jun 2023 | |||
| 41 | Win | 41–0 | Gonzalo Gaston Coria | KO | 3 (10) | 19 Nov 2022 | |||
| 40 | Win | 40–0 | Jimmy Kelly | KO | 5 (12) | 11 Jun 2022 | |||
| 39 | Win | 39–0 | D'Mitrius Ballard | TKO | 3 (12), | 19 Feb 2022 | |||
| 38 | Win | 38–0 | Gabriel Rosado | UD | 12 | 13 Nov 2021 | |||
| 37 | Win | 37–0 | Kamil Szeremeta | RTD | 6 (12), | 19 Jun 2021 | |||
| 36 | Win | 36–0 | Tureano Johnson | RTD | 6 (12), | 30 Oct 2020 | |||
| 35 | Win | 35–0 | Gary O'Sullivan | TKO | 11 (12), | 11 Jan 2020 | |||
| 34 | Win | 34–0 | Patrick Allotey | KO | 4 (12), | 14 Sep 2019 | |||
| 33 | Win | 33–0 | Dennis Hogan | MD | 12 | 13 Apr 2019 | |||
| 32 | Win | 32–0 | Takeshi Inoue | UD | 12 | 26 Jan 2019 | |||
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Brandon Cook | TKO | 3 (12), | 15 Sep 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Liam Smith | UD | 12 | 21 Jul 2018 | |||
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Sadam Ali | TKO | 4 (12), | 12 May 2018 | |||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Johnny Navarrete | KO | 3 (10), | 17 Mar 2018 | |||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Jose Carlos Paz | KO | 3 (10), | 10 Feb 2018 | |||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Paul Valenzuela Jr | TKO | 2 (8), | 9 Dec 2017 | |||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Uriel Gonzalez | KO | 2 (8), | 2 Sep 2017 | |||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Miguel Angel Lopez | KO | 3 (10), | 1 Jul 2017 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Johnny Navarrete | UD | 10 | 29 Apr 2017 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Gabriel Agramon | RTD | 2 (4), | 1 Apr 2017 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Jorge Juarez | TKO | 1 (8), | 24 Mar 2017 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Juan Macias Montiel | KO | 2 (10), | 2 Feb 2017 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Álvaro Robles | TKO | 5 (10), | 10 Dec 2016 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Alfredo Chavez | TKO | 1 (8), | 22 Oct 2016 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Ramiro Alcaraz | KO | 3 (8), | 13 Aug 2016 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Oscar Mora | KO | 2 (8), | 30 Jul 2016 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Seth Carrillo | KO | 2 (8), | 18 Jun 2016 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Elliot Cano | TKO | 5 (8), | 30 Apr 2016 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Frank Verduzco | TKO | 1 (8), | 23 Jan 2016 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gabriel Agramon | TKO | 6 (8), | 5 Dec 2015 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Jose Maria Valdez | TKO | 2 (6), | 10 Jul 2015 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Julio Nario | KO | 4 (8), | 14 Mar 2015 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Alan Zavala | UD | 6 | 10 Jan 2015 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jose Maria Valdez | UD | 4 | 20 Sep 2014 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Jose Arteaga | UD | 4 | 27 Jun 2014 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Gerardo Mendoza | TKO | 2 (4), | 28 Feb 2014 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Juan Velasquez | TKO | 2 (4), | 11 Jan 2014 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Abraham Marquez | TKO | 1 (4), | 22 Nov 2013 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Benjamin Urias | RTD | 3 (4), | 26 Oct 2013 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Luis Contreras | TKO | 2 (4), | 23 Aug 2013 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Manuel Mora | TKO | 2 (4), | 13 Jul 2013 |
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