Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Munguia Is Interested In Fighting Benavidez, Looking Forward To Starting Discussions

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Oscar De La Hoya is prepared to discuss the possibility of Jaime Munguia next facing an unbeaten super middleweight. Just not the one who fought last weekend. David Benavidez has caught the attention of the Hall of Fame former six-division titlist and head of Golden Boy Promotions, who teased the possibility of a showdown with Tijuana's Jaime Munguia. Both are in search for a relevant opponent to face later this fall.
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[tkoboxingscene]

By the end of the year de la hoya might only have ortiz left, all his golden girls are getting smoked and munguia is getting smoked too if he fights Benavides. Doubt this fight actually happens

[Rebelrbg]

De La Hoya is now willing to let the Trash Collector Mungia get the stuffing beat out of him for the big bread, because his biggest money maker, Ryan, is about to jump ship. Well, its a start, and the Trash Collector is going to get paid well to lose his 0.

[chepboxingking]

10000000% not happening. If you believe Oscar, I got a beach house for sale in Idaho. Let me know if you’re interested…

[Lefty0616]

Despite what people say about Munguia, this would be an excellent matchup. It's not a given that Benavidez will win. Munguia isn't the only fighter with flaws. Benavidez showed flaws against Plant - he should've stopped Plant, but due to a lack of some skills he couldn't. This would be an excellent test for both fighters. The winner of this fight should be automatically in line to face the winner of Canelo VS Charlo.

[BoxingParadigm]

I don't believe for a second this fight will actually happen

[Rebelrbg]

Despite what people say about Munguia, this would be an excellent matchup. It's not a given that Benavidez will win. Munguia isn't the only fighter with flaws. Benavidez showed flaws against Plant - he should've stopped Plant, but due to a lack of some skills he couldn't. This would be an excellent test for both fighters. The winner of this fight should be automatically in line to face the winner of Canelo VS Charlo.

No, he didn't stop Plant because the ref didn't do his job. Plant was basically diving in hugging him nonstop to stay on his feet. Benavidez will give the Trash Collector a brutal lumpfest, and David knows that which is the exact reason his father called Mungia on the phone during Jaime's post fight press conference, to make sure they were the first one in line. I'm glad to watch it, and they both will get major coins.

[Bronx2245]

Oscar should just become a PBC Promoter! Lol! I hope they make the fight, although I would much rather see Benavidez vs. Morrell Jr.!!!

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Banavidez ruins Munguia. Stops him after a severe beating.

People keep saying Benavidez didn't stop Plant. Lol. Plant held on for dear life and will never be the same after the beating he took. Put a decent ref in there who stops the holding and Plant is ko'd. Far worse damage than the Canelo stoppage of Plant.

[Bronx2245]

David Benavidez Vs. Jaime Munguia Possible, Oscar De La Hoya Wants To Make It Next

Oscar De La Hoya said today on social media that he wants to make a fight between his fighter Jaime Munguia and WBC interim super middleweight champion David Benavidez next.

De La Hoya says the former WBO junior middleweight champion Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) wants the match-up against the former two-time WBC 168-lb champion Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs).

Munguia taking this fight suggests that he’s given up on his hopes of getting fights against Canelo Alvarez & Gennadiy Golovkin by calling them out after beating B-level opposition.

Now, Munguia will try to earn the fight by knocking off the dangerous Benavidez. If Munguia can defeat Benavidez, Canelo won’t be able to ignore him.

While it may seem like a crazy fight for Munguia to make, given how he looked in his last fight against Sergiy Derevyanchenko on June 10th, it’ll be a massive payday for him to take on Benavdiez because that would be a PPV clash that will bring in a lot of buys.

For Munguia, who has failed to get the big names, Canelo Alvarez, Jermall Charlo & Gennadiy Golovkin to face him, Benavidez is the next best thing.

Even if Munguia loses, the money will be good, the experience could help him, and his popularity could increase if he’s competitive.

This won’t make Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn overjoyed because he wants Munguia for his fighter Edgar Berlanga next, as the New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent called out Jaime repeatedly last Saturday night after his twelve round unanimous decision win over Jason Quigley at the Hula Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The way Hearn talked after the fight, he wasn’t going to accept no for an answer for his plans to put a fight together between his recently signed Berlanga and Munguia.

Benavidez-Munguia is a good fight for both guys. It works well for Benavidez because it allows him to get David Morrell Jr off his back, and that’s someone that he doesn’t want to fight.

For Munguia, it works because Benavidez is a huge name, and the upside in facing him would be far better than if he were to agree to a fight against Berlanga, who many boxing fans view as a hype job, a manufactured fighter’ created by his former promoters with ultra-soft match-making against stiffs dragged into the ring to make him look good.

The PPV money that Munguia can make fighting Benavidez will be excellent, and it puts the winner in the catbird seat to face Canelo Alvarez in May 2024.

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