Munguia gave a very good account of himself in losing a 12 round decision to Canelo-Alvarez. He was the busier fighter, throwing 663 punches to 536. I thought he'd landed more as well but some of those may have been blocked. Punch count had Alvarez landing 234 to 170. Munguia tried to win with his jab as Bivol did, throwing 335-232 but they credited Canelo with landing more, 83-74 which seems amazing to me. Jaime threw 328 power shots to 304 but Canelo landed far more, 151-96.
Manguia got off to a good start, throwing his jabs and combination while the frequently slow-starting Canelo backed up. Munguia seemed the bigger, stronger man. He easily won the first two rounds. The third round was more even as Canelo got more active and started to turn the tide. But Jaime 'stole' the round, Sugar Ray Leonard-style, with a flurry at the end. The fact that he felt the need to do that indicated that the fight was turning.
In the four, Canelo caught him with an uppercut and Munguia went down for the only knockdown of the fight. Jaime recovered fairly quickly but seemed more cautious for the rest of the round. Then he got back to business. The rest of the fight was the classic situation where one guy is strowing more punches but the other guys' punches have the greater impact. Canelo staggered Jaime 2-3 times but failed to get him off his feet again. Jaime never put a dent in Canelo. In the end, that decided the fight.
I had it 116-113 for Canelo , 6-4-2, with the knockdown. The judges had 117-110, 116-111, 115-112.
Canelo will continue to look for fights he can make money off of. They were talking about the other Charlo brother and, believe it or not, Edward Berlanga. Benavidez is moving up to 175. There was talk about Crawford- Alvarez. That would draw a crowd. Munguia proved he's a legit contender and opponent for the top fighters.
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