Canelo Alvarez A resounding favorite to beat Jaime Munguia in May title fight
Super middleweight kingpin, Canelo Alvarez is officially set to make his return to the ring for the first time this year in May – taking on unbeaten challenger, Jaime Munguia in an all-Mexican championship – and the Guadalajara striker has opened as an impressive favorite to beat the Tijuana upstart.
Canelo, the current WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO super middleweight champion, most recently headlined a pay-per-view card back in September, landing a one-sided unanimous decision win over Jermell Charlo to successfully retain his championship in his fight with the Lafayette boxer.
As for Munguia, boasting an impressive 43-0 professional record, Munguia most recently landed a knockout win over common-opponent, John Ryder back in January, to retain the WBC silver super middleweight crown.
And slated to take on the formidable challenge in the form of his Mexican counterpart in May, Jaime Munguia is currently riding a +425 betting underdog line to beat the -600 betting favorite, Canelo Alvarez in the pair’s championship showdown.
Fans and punters can avail of a William Hill bonus code before betting on Canelo Alvarez’s title fight against Jaime Munguia in May – in what promises to be one of the biggest championship fights of the year, and one of the biggest all-Mexican pairing’s in recent sport memory.
Linked with a title fight against David Benavidez before the booking of his title fight with Munguia, Canelo – who is still expected to fight the former in the future, claimed he would require a massive payday to score the clash,
“If some promoter – not him (David Benavidez) he has nothing to offer me, but if some promoter offers $150,000,000 – $200,000,000, then I will fight tomorrow,” Canelo Alvarez explained. “That’s the only reason I’d fight with him.”
Riding an impressive three-fight winning run since his decision loss to Dmitry Bivol in the pair’s light heavyweight title clash back in 2022, Canelo has since turned in consecutive decision wins over three-time foe, Gennady Golovkin, as well as the above-mentioned, common-foe, Ryder, to go with his September decision success against Charlo.
Winning his WBC silver super middleweight title with a victory against Sergiy Derevyanchenko back in June of last year, Munguia would successfully retain that crown with his January knockout win over Ryder inside nine rounds in Phoenix, Arizona. From his 43 professional victories, Munguia has turned in a notable 34 professional knockout successes
