Podcast: Recapping Munguia's domination of Ryder; Canelo next?
Plus: Undercard thoughts; news of the week; three big anniversaries
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There was only one notable card this weekend, Saturday’s Golden Boy show on DAZN headlined by super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia’s ninth-round knockout of John Ryder. We discussed the fight and the interesting undercard. We also discussed the biggest news items of the week and celebrated the anniversary of three historic fights.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of Munguia’s dominating, four-knockdown stoppage of Ryder in an exciting fight and one that potentially could position Munguia for a shot at undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez in May. How the fight unfolded; how did Munguia look in his first fight with new trainer Freddie Roach; what does Ryder do now; and thoughts on if Munguia can get the Canelo fight.
Recap of the undercard, including Oscar Collazo’s third-round destruction of Reyneris Gutierrez to retain the WBO strawweight title; super middleweight prospect Darius Fulghum’s decision over veteran Alantez Fox in a step-up fight; Gabriela Fundora’s 10th-round stoppage of Christina Cruz to retain the IBF women’s flyweight title; and junior featherweight David Picasso’s dominating decision over Erik Ruiz.
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Plans for undisputed junior featherweight champion and 2023 consensus fighter of the year Naoya Inoue to make his WBC mandatory defense against former two-division titlist Luis Nery on May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.
The Sebastian Fundora-Serhii Bohachuk bout being upgraded for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title after Jermell Charlo was re-classified as its “champion in recess.”
Announcement that Bakhram Murtazaliev and Jack Culcay will meet for the vacant IBF junior middleweight title on April 6 in Germany, to fill the title Charlo relinquished.
The 50th anniversary of the second fight between legends Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, the one bout of their iconic trilogy that was not for the heavyweight championship but still a very important fight.
Memories on the 30th anniversary of when Frankie Randall scored a huge upset by outpointing the great Julio Cesar Chavez, who he knocked down for the first time in his career, to win the WBC junior welterweight title and end his 89-0-1 unbeaten streak in the main event of the first boxing card at the famed MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The 42nd anniversary of when the great Wilfred Benitez outpointed fellow Hall of Famer Roberto Duran to retain the WBC junior middleweight title in a huge win for Benitez and reputation-redeeming loss for Duran.
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Munguia photo: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing
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