Canelo Álvarez and Jaime Munguía, the two Mexican boxing legends, are coming to Las Vegas for the historic pound-for-pound fight during Cinco de Mayo weekend. Canelo Álvarez will defend his undisputed super middleweight world title against undefeated all-action former world champion Jaime Munguía inside T-Mobile Arena on May 4.
With victories across four weight classes, boxing icon Canelo Alvarez has already cemented his legacy in the Hall of Fame. The current undisputed super middleweight world championship may still be in the prime of his career despite all of his achievements.
Jaime Munguia has been assigned to take against Canelo Álvarez in this year’s Cinco de Mayo weekend bout. Munguía and Álvarez have decided to compete for the undisputed super middleweight title in Las Vegas on May 4.
After parting company with Premier Boxing Champions in February, Álvarez collaborated with them to arrange the fight. With two bouts left on a three-fight contract that was signed in June 2023, they called it quits.
After defeating Jermell Charlo by a unanimous decision to keep the undisputed middleweight title on September 30, this will be Álvarez’s first fight since then.
With PBC, the fight between Álvarez and Munguía is regarded as a “one-fight deal”. The fight will be available for pay-per-view on both DAZN, which has an exclusive arrangement with Golden Boy Promotions, and Prime Video, which has an agreement with PBC.
Álvarez has fought 64 times and has a 60-2-2 record. He has won three straight fights since losing to Dmitry Bivol in May 2022 for the WBA light heavyweight crown. Álvarez will be participating on the weekend of Cinco de Mayo for the tenth time in his career and the fourth year in a row. In the nine prior fights, he is 8-1.
Munguía has a 43-0 record and 34 career knockouts. After stopping John Ryder by TKO in the ninth round on January 27 to keep the WBC Silver super middleweight title, this will be his second fight of the year.
Álvarez vs Munguía event info
Promotion: Premier Boxing Champions
Event: Super Middleweight Title Fight
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT
Venue: T-mobile Arena
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Canelo Álvarez preview
Canelo Álvarez is the only boxer in history to hold the titles of World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), and Ring magazine since 2020. Since 2021, he has also held the titles of International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO).
Álvarez is renowned for his extraordinary ability to counterpunch as well as bodypunch. As of April 2024, The Ring and BoxRec rank Álvarez as the fourth and third best active boxer in the world, respectively, pound for pound. As one of the biggest pay-per-view stars in boxing history, he constantly ranks among the world’s highest-paid sportsmen, appearing on Forbes’ list of the highest-paid athletes in 2019, 2022, and 2023.
Jaime Munguía preview
From 2018 to 2019, Jaime Munguía was the WBO junior middleweight champion. Munguía is ranked fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and fourth best active middleweight in the world as of June 2022, according to BoxRec, ESPN, and The Ring magazine. Munguía has a 79% knockout-to-win ratio.
Jaime Jr. began boxing at an early age. Jaime “Rambo” Munguia, his father, was a heavyweight boxer. When Jaime Jr. was young, he started going to his father’s boxing gym and quickly showed that he was a natural fighter.
Canelo Álvarez records and bio
Nationality: Mexican
Age: 33
Record: 60-2-2
Knockouts: 39 (65%)
Weight: 168 lbs (76.36 kg)
Height: 5’8″ (1.73 m)
Reach: 70½” (179 cm)
Stance: Orthodox
Jaime Munguía record and bio
Nationality: Mexican
Age: 27
Record: 43-0-0
Knockouts: 34 (79.07%)
Weight: 168 lbs (76.36 kg)
Height: 6’0″ (1.83 m)
Reach: 72″ (183 cm)
Stance: Orthodox
Canelo vs Munguia fight card
- Canelo Álvarez vs Jaime Munguia – Undisputed Super Middleweight Title
- Mario Barrios vs Fabian Maidana – Interim WBC World Welterweight Title
- Brandon Figueroa vs Jessie Magdaleno – Interim WBC Featherweight Title
- Eimantas Stanionis vs Gabriel Maestre – WBA Regular Welterweight Title
