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.

Canelo Comparison

What made this knockout of Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) more impressive was that he had to get up from the deck in the second round to come back to KO Munguia with one punch in the sixth round.

What does that say about Canelo Alvarez? Even he failed to knock out Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) when they fought on May 4 in Las Vegas. Canelo defeated Mugnuia by unanimous decision in 12 rounds and did not come close to a knockout.

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

Berlanga’s plans failed

Edgar Berlanga took the news of Munguia’s loss quite hard. He was hoping to fight him next in the Mexico vs. Puerto Rico PPV match. Berlanga complained that Munguia blew the bag, which is a fair statement.

Surace would knock out Berlanga because of the way he fought tonight. He would make his job as easy as he made Munguia’s.

A fight between them on PPV would be impossible to sell, since both are losing. It would be impossible to sell, especially when one of them didn’t even try to win but just came to survive.

What the New York native Berlanga should do is call up Surace, and if he can’t get him, fight Caleb Plant. There is no bag for Berlanga. Canelo won’t fight him again, and surely neither will Munguia.

SMH!!!! Mungia screwed up the bag !!!!!!

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