Surace KOs Munguia: Did what Canelo couldn’t

Jaime Munguia was surprisingly knocked out by Bruno Surace, a fighter with just four knockouts, on Saturday night in the sixth round of their bout at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico.

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Canelo comparison

What made this knockout of Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) even more impressive was that he had to get off the cover in the second round to come back to KO Munguia with a single punch in the sixth round .

What does this say about Canelo Alvarez? Even he couldn’t knock out Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) when they fought on May 4 in Las Vegas. Canelo defeated Mugnuia by 12-round unanimous decision, and never came close to knocking him out.

Losing in front of his hometown fans in Tijuana, Mexico must be a bitter pill for Munguia to swallow because everyone saw what happened. Its popularity will now fall in Mexico.

Berlanga’s plans were derailed

Edgar Berlanga took the news of Munguia’s loss hard. I was hoping to fight him next in a matchup between Mexico and Puerto Rico on PPV. Berlanga complained that Munguia had damaged the bag, which is a fair statement.

Surace would knock out Berlanga the way he fought tonight. He would make the work easy as Munguia did.

A fight between them on PPV would be impossible to sell as both guys are coming off losses. It would be impossible to sell, especially when one of them didn’t even try to win but came to survive.

What the New York-born Berlanga should do is call Surace and, if he can’t get him, fight Caleb Plant. I don’t have a bag for Berlanga. Canelo won’t fight him again, and Munguia probably won’t either.

SMH!!!! Mungia has fucked the bag!!!!!

— Edgar Berlanga Jr (@EdgarBerlangaJr) December 15, 2024