Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia weighed in at present efficiently at their weigh-in on Friday, each wanting nice forward of their headliner conflict on Saturday night time in Las Vegas, stay on Prime Video.
Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs) appeared intense throughout his face-off with Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs), and given the animosity that had developed earlier this week between him and promoter Oscar De La Hoya, I virtually anticipated him to shove or swat him.
Munguia stayed out of the meat between Canelo and De La Hoya, so there was no motive for the mega-star Alvarez to be upset with him.
Weights:
Canelo Alvarez: 166 3/4 lbs. vs. Jaime Munguia: 167 1/2 lbs.
Mario Barrios 146.6 vs. Fabian Maidana 146.2
Brandon Figueroa 125.4 vs. Jessie Magdaleno 128.6
Eimantas Stanionis 146.6 vs. Gabriel Maestre 146.8
Munguia’s Freshness
Undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo appeared skinny and had a stringy, drawn-out look, like somebody who had misplaced an excessive amount of muscle weight quite than water weight.
Canelo seems to have misplaced muscle, getting all the way down to 168 throughout coaching camp, and that might backfire on him on this combat; it’s in Canelo’s finest curiosity to attempt his finest to knockout Munguia to forestall the combat from going into the later rounds.
In distinction, Munguia, a relative newcomer to the 168-lb division, appeared contemporary and robust on the weight. If the combat goes into the later rounds, he might be higher conditioned of the 2. Canelo would possibly want to consider shifting as much as 175 if he loses this combat or has issues profitable.
Predictions and Feedback
“Jaime appears to be like in good type, he’s stable, he’s large and he appears to be like quick,” mentioned promoter Oscar De La Hoya to DAZN Boxing, speaking about Jaime Munguia after he weighed in on Friday. “It’s thoughts video games,” mentioned Osccar about Munguia placing a hand on Canelo’s shoulder after the 2 had confronted off.
“I do know Jaime goes to come back to combat and lay all of it on the road, however in the long run, I really feel like he would possibly get caught,” mentioned Caleb Plant to Fighthype, predicting a win for Canelo Alvarez over Jaime Munguia on Saturday night time.
“Munguia is new to the division, and that could be his downfall. He would possibly get clipped. I’m a fan of Jaime, I feel he’s an ideal fighter, however I don’t assume he’d well-rounded sufficient to not get caught for 12 rounds,” mentioned Plant.
