While a lot of people think this is Saul “Canelo” Alvarez versus Golden Boy, it’s actually Canelo vs Jaime Munguia. Not that I wouldn’t have minded a prime Oscar De La Hoya fight versus a prime Saul Alvarez, but every time machine I invented to get these prime fights set up hasn’t worked (it’s just me trying to create an E=mc squared time warp, sounds cool right, but all I’m doing is turning the lights on and off really fast……. yep, still no time warp) so we would have to opine on who would win, I’m going to call it a draw, Canelo v DLH… not Canelo v. Munguia. The Alvarez vs Munguia fight is something else, there will definitely be a winner if it isn’t a draw. Who will win… well, that’s what this blarticle is all about.

Let’s start with the Champion and pound for pound (if this were England) the dollar for dollar… moolah making, Ben Franklin printing ($100), cabbage creating, cheddar chasing, brass bringing boxing king… Canelo Alvarez… pictured above forgetting he’s an orthodox fighter…. Canelo is undoubtedly the money man of boxing. There are few fights or fighters that are as lucrative as Canelo, if any. The only person that matches Canelo’s status as a must see fighter is Ryan Garcia (who did not cheat, I’m going to call BS on that, he just has to be careful about who he associates with) and Gervonta Davis… and that’s not with every fighter they face, like Canelo. Crawford and Inoue are good fighters but they just don’t have the drawing power of these other fighters. Now for the fight at hand…. Canelo, a sure shot hall of famer, will have his work cut out for him. To be honest, I would have bet the house on Canelo before Jaime started to train with Freddie Roach. I would have said that Canelo ko’s Munguia in 7, easy. But with Roach in the picture, it changes the equation. I say this fight went from an easy fight for Alvarez to a dangerous fight for Alvarez. For Alvarez to win, he can’t just do what he ordinarily does, because as sure as your mama hated you for having a big ass head when you were born, Freddie Roach is going to come up with a gameplan that has a lot of potential to succeed. Canelo is going to have to be a little trickier and goad the big fella into a firefight, then use his slight movements to make Munguia miss while countering him with big shots. Once Munguia starts to get wary of Canelo’s power…. he can then walk the taller fighter down and land at will. Once again, body shots are going to be key.

Now, for the undefeated challenger, who hails from Tijuana, Mexico. Jaime no nickname Munguia, pictured above in what seems to be AI footage of his head on someone else’s body, to be victorious, he first and foremost needs to listen to Freddie Roach’s instructions and follow the gameplan that was outlined for him. If the younger Munguia can follow the instructions of his corner, his chances of winning rise exponentially. I’m pretty sure that Freddie is going to tell Jaime to move laterally, so as not to let Alvarez set his feet, use a long jab, and when the opportunity presents itself, or even if it doesn’t, throw that hard right down the middle to keep the iron chinned Alvarez occupied. The knockout will most likely not come so down chase it, chase the the points, that’s most likely the outcome of this fight. I’m pretty sure that they might try to emulate Bivol.

It’s going to be a great fight. My prediction is that the Mexican guy will win. Good luck to both fighters both really good guys.