Jaime Munguia is trying to make 2024 his busiest yr since 2018, as Salvador Rodriguez reviews that he’ll meet Ronald Gavril on December 14th in his native Tijuana.
2024 has already seen Munguia (44-1, 35 KO) cease John Ryder, fall to Canelo Alvarez, and most lately batter Erik Bazinyan this previous Friday. The hope was that he’d tackle Christian Mbilli, a TOp Rank stablemate and his most interesting opponent within the division, however as a substitute it’s Gavril (25-3, 20 KO). The 38-year-old is 7-0 over marginal opposition within the six years since his duology with David Benavidez, which noticed Gavril flooring Benavidez en path to a cut up resolution loss earlier than eking out a single spherical on a single scorecard within the rematch.
He’s spent his final 4 bouts at 175, nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not he’ll come down for Munguia or Munguia will simply skip the load reduce. It shouldn’t make an enormous distinction; Gavril doesn’t have so much to supply moreover sturdiness.
Props to Munguia for staying energetic, at the very least, however he higher tackle Mbilli or considered one of Eye of the Tiger’s different tremendous middleweights subsequent.
