Jaime Munguia vs. Erik Bazinyan goes down on Friday, Sept, 20 and marks the debut under the Top Rank promotional banner for the former. Munguia is seen by many as the favorite heading in but he colldies with a Canadian combatant here who seems poised to shake up the sweet science world at large.
The Munguia versus Bazinyan event start time is 10:30 PM Eastern Time with main event ringwalks expected for 12:30 AM Eastern Time. Munguia vs. Bazinyan broadcasts on ESPN+, ESPN, as well as ESPN Deportes with the fistic fireworks transpiring live at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
The 12-round main event will see the 43-1 Munguia look to rebound from his lone career loss to Canelo Alvarez in May. This bout saw the former WBO junior middleweight champion get dropped for the first time in his pro career and lose to arguably the biggest star in the sport today on points.
To return to his winning ways, he must defeat Bazinyan who boasts a spotless 32-0-1 record within the sweet science. Bazinyan has captured NABA and NABF gold at 168 pounds but a win over Munguia here could vault him toward super middleweight gold of an even higher caliber someday.
The super middleweight matchup presents Munguia a chance to redirect his path to the top of 168 pounds by besting an undefeated fighter while the latter gets his first big step up in competition when Munguia versus Bazinyan goes down.
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Jaime Munguia vs. Erik Bazinyan is a compelling headliner with super middleweight rankings implications. But there are some compelling fights going down before these two step into the ring for the main event.
The main card also features a 10-round junior lightweight affair in the co-main event as Andres Cortes looks to grow is professional record in the sweet science to 23-0. The Las Vegas native clashes with Charly Suarez who has a pro record of 17-0 and also a Filipino Olympian to boot.
Emiliano Fernando Vargas boasts a record of 11-0 with nine stoppages and has been seen as a rising prospect in the junior welterweight ranks. Vargas is one half of the eight-round televised contest and battles 20 pro fight combatant Larry Fryers who looks to shock the world.
It is clear that many aficionados of Queensberry Rules competition will have their eyes locked on Jaime Munguia versus Erik Bazinyan later this month.