On Tuesday, after the announcement of the retirement from professional boxing of American boxer Terence Crawford at the age of 38, the ‘Pandora’s Box’ was opened as to who would be the candidates to fight for the titles that were already vacant and that with his departure have also been left without an owner in all organizations within the competitive super middleweight division.
And among those candidates, in MARCA we made an analysis that included the boxer from Tijuana, Baja California, Jaime Munguia, who has not fought professionally since last May when he got revenge against the Frenchman Bruno Surace in a fight that took place at The Venue Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the Mexican won by unanimous decision after falling at the Estadio Caliente in his hometown by technical knockout in six rounds in December 2024.
When will Jaime Munguia return to the ring?
However, after the fight, Munguia failed a doping test and, as a result, his return to action has taken longer than expected. However, in statements to Frontera TV according to the boxing media outlet Izquierdazo, the 29-year-old from Baja California (October 6, 1996), acknowledged that he is already anxious to be given the green light to return to the ring.
“I think March, April or the end of February, on any date we are ready,” said Jaime Munguia confidently. “As you know last year I didn’t have much activity, so I had a lot of things, a lot of issues to fix, so I feel very happy right now with this time, this break I’ve taken, so we’re going to come back very well.”
Christian Mbilli, the ideal opponent for Jaime Munguia
Although, in a previous note in October, it was mentioned that the two rivals who could face Jaime Munguia would be Christian Mbilli and Hamzah Sheeraz, according to information from ESPN journalist Salvador Rodriguez, another candidate who has joined this equation would be Diego Pacheco. Despite all these speculations, the Mexican has very clear preferences.
“I think Mbilli I like right now, I think it’s a good fight, Pacheco also I think is a very good fighter and would be very good also the fight,” said Jaime Munguia, who also spoke about the fight that seems to never happen against ‘Bud‘. “I really wouldn’t know what to tell you, I don’t know, let’s see what Crawford does, I think he’s going to go down to 160 pounds to look for the championships there at 160, but let’s see what happens.”
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