No deal in place yet for Bruno Surace-Jaime Munguia rematch
Jan 11, 2025 • 2:20 PM ET
There is presently no deal signed for Frenchman Bruno Surace to rematch Jaime Munguia, although talks between the two camps are ongoing.
Surace stunned super middleweight star Munguia on December 14, landing a terrific right hand to score the Upset of the Year for 2024 as a huge underdog. Mexican Munguia had been in control, and had floored Surface, but the resilient Frenchman powered through with a heavy right that was also a Knockout of the Year contender.
Team Surace, who are presently in London for The Ring awards, said they have been offered a return with Munguia in April, but nothing is confirmed, despite speculation that the rematch is headed back to Mexico on April 12.
“You should not listen to rumours,” said Abdel Achour. “We haven’t signed anything. We are still in negotiations. They offered us the contract for April.”
Surace told BoxingScene in the aftermath of the Munguia victory that he knew a win in Mexico could change his life.
“I didn’t think about the people who didn’t believe in me. My main thoughts were about the people who believed in me,” he said, having improved to 26-0-2 (5 KOs).
Munguia, who had gone the distance with Canelo Alvarez earlier in the year, and who also defeated John Ryder and Eric Bazinyan in a busy 2024, dropped to 44-2 (35 KOs).
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
