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looks like canelo has found his next opponent
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Bad Left Hook
Michael Woods
May 15, 2018:
On Saturday night, the Twittersphere was in salivating mode. What about, they said, a smashup of 154 beasts, Munguia against Jarrett Hurd? Both jumbo 154s, and we’d see how that Munguia power worked against a true 154 in Hurd.
I reached out to Team Hurd, in the form of trainer Ernesto Rodriguez, to see what’s what.
“We are targeting Kell Brook right now,” Rodriguez told me. “Munguia just won his title. He is an exciting young fighter with much ahead. No need to call anyone out. We will wait and see what happens. He still has a fight left with Golden Boy and after that, anything is possible. Very good fight for us and anyone in 154, but unification is definitely in the near future...”
“We hold three belts (IBF, IBO, WBA),” Rodriguez continued. “And every fight from here on out is about making the best of it before moving up to 160. The Jermell Charlo fight will happen before moving up, one hundred percent.”
As for Brook, no word on that. “We have not heard anything. That’s the fight we would like,” the trainer stated.
So, inside 154, we get Jermell (WBC 154 champ) vs Austin Trout next up, June 9. Might Hurd fight the winner?
“Not yet. We need to get a right-handed fighter before Charlo. Last two and three of last four lefties were our last opponents. As a trainer, it’s not too smart to go into a fight with a guy like Charlo before getting my fighter totally prepared.”
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