Oscar De La Hoya Believes Munguia Will KO Golovkin, Doubts Canelo Wants GGG Fight

Oscar De La Hoya is confident Jaime Munguia would KO Gennady Golovkin if they would end up fighting.

Munguia is expected to face former world title challenger Maciej Sulecki on April 24. Before this fight was made, De La Hoya wanted him to fight GGG as he knew it would be an entertaining fight.

“I believe [Munguia-Golovkin] is the fight to make, and that’s a fight that fight fans would really, really enjoy,” De La Hoya told Fino Boxing (via boxingscene). “Just the fact that Canelo doesn’t want to fight GGG anymore, I think [Canelo] passed that. Why not fight another Mexican in Jaime Munguia, which would be a barnburner.

“Jaime Munguia comes forward, he fights, and it would be a great fight, a great matchup. We know that Golovkin doesn’t shy away from any matchup. So that’s one fight I can hopefully make down the road.”

The hope for De La Hoya is to still make that fight if Munguia wins on April 24. He believes he is the next big superstar in boxing and would not only beat GGG but would knock him out.

“Now I feel Jaime Munguia is more than ready for Golovkin,” said De La Hoya. “I say Jaime Munguia knocks him out. Straight-out knockout just because of the styles. Just because of Golovkin’s last performance [against Kamil Szeremeta in December]. He looked slow; he looked beatable. And he had nobody in front of him, obviously. I feel like with Jaime Munguia’s age, his strength, and youth, obviously, he can just adapt. I’m ready; let’s do it … Jaime Munguia is a star in the making, and he’s the next big Mexican champion.” 

Jamie Munguia is currently 36-0 with 29 wins by KO.

Would you like to see Jamie Munguia face GGG? And, do you think he would KO GGG as De La Hoya says?