Jaime Munguia - John Ryder summary online, round by round, stats and updates
Jaime Munguia moves to 43-0
Jaime Munguia remains undefeated, doing what Canelo couldn’t, stopping John Ryder
This was always going to be a great moment. John Ryder is widely viewed as the almost champion, who came so close, on so many occasions. One thing that Ryder has always been is durable. He has shared the ring with the best: Callum Smith, Rocky Fielding, Billy Joe Saunders, and of course Canelo Álvarez. And he took them all the distance. No matter the beating that was dished out, Ryder got back up and came back for more.
Jaime Munguia had something of the opposite problem. A beast who has knocked out over three quarters of his opponents on his way to a 42-0 record, there were question marks in some quarters over the quality of his opposition. With the exception of Takeshi Inoue and Liam Smith, no names really jump out in his resumé. Is he really worthy of a shot at Canelo, they would ask.
Well all of that is put to rest now. And the answer is an emphatic yes.
In stopping John Ryder, Jaime Munguia has done something big in boxing. He has proven that his 43-0 record is not manicured. And he has done something even bigger in the eyes of the swathes of loyal Mexican boxing fans: he has shown that he is worthy to share a ring with their other great boxing hero.
So many fans have been clamoring for Canelo to fight David Benavidez, but there are rumors that Canelo is more interested in Jermall Charlo next. Now, those cries are going to simplify things for Álvarez. It is Benavidez or Munguia. Nobody else.
For John Ryder, this may be the end of the road. The Brit strongly hinted that if he lost, he would likely retire. And right to the end, he was a warrior in the ring. Knocked down four times, Ryder was back on his feet and would have kept coming for more were it not for trainer Tony Sims in his corner throwing the towel in. If it turns out to be that this was his last outing, then he went out on his shield and should be saluted for that.
For Munguia, the big money fight that has always eluded him seems tantalizingly close, just within his grasp. The next few weeks will tell whether or not Canelo is serious about pursuing a fight with Charlo. But even if an all-Mexican clash doesn't pan out next, you have to feel that it is just a matter of time before Munguia gets his due.
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In the post fight interview, Munguia calls on Canelo to give him a shot, saying, "It would be my honor to share the ring with him. It would be a great fight between two great Mexicans."
That is an emphatic win that puts paid to any whispers in boxing circles about the legitimacy of Jaime Munguia's record. No longer can you say "but who has he beat?" Jaime Munguia has now done something that Canelo Álvarez couldn't do in stopping John Ryder.
Jaime Munguia wins by TKO
Munguia comes out and lands a huge overhand right and Ryder wobbles and then collapses, this is bad! Ryder beats the count but another shot sends him to the floor again. Tony Sims throws in the towel from Ryder's corner! That is it! Munguia wins!
Munguia comes out in full on assault mode trying to get an end to this thing. He jumps all over Ryder and lands combo after combo, but to no avail. As the round winds down, Munguia has to go onto the defensive as Ryder comes back with an attack of his own.
This round is slower than any of the others as they both seem to be getting their timings down. Munguia is warned for a low blow and then pushing Ryder's head down, while Ryder is warned for holding. This has the look of two fighters who have gone through their bag of tricks and survived the initial onslaught and are now trying to find out a new angle of attack.
They paw and jab their way to the end of the round.
Ryder lands a nice series of jabs, as Munguia stays composed and keeps the fight to the outside, not getting baited into moving in and onto that right counter hook.
Down twice now, Ryder will probably need a knockout to win this. This will see him likely take a few more risks here.
Munguia needs to keep calm, stay in control, not get dragged into a senseless brawl. He is winning this thing and just needs to keep ticking through the rounds here.
Munguia lands a huge right hand and Ryder leans back on the ropes, drawing Munguia in before landing a huge left of his own, stopping Munguia in his tracks. They are trading bombs here!
As Ryder is building momentum, he leaps forward for a right hook and gets caught with a counter, sending him to the mat for the second time!
Munguia comes out full of life, ready to end the fight. That knockdown has him convinced that the end is nigh.
Ryder hands him a great one two for his trouble. Munguia eats another shot before Ryder goes down, but the referee rules that Munguia pushed him down, no knockdown.
Munguia jumps straight onto the chin of Ryder as the round starts before Ryder ringst the fight to the center of the ring. A great one two lands and sees Ryder go down! He is half out of the ring! Ryder gets up and shakes his head as if upset with himself.
Both fighters come out fierce and throwing punches, with Ryder on the attack as much as he was defending.
Jaime Munguia vs. John Ryder
And now, the card is dealt with and we are at the main event! The undefeated Mexican Jaime Munguia makes his bona fides real when facing two-time world champion challenger John Ryder.
Oscar Collazo wins by TKO
In the third round, Oscar Collazo landed so cleanly, so much, that Reyneris Gutierrez was just in trouble from the outset. The referee had already given Gutierrez a count after going down with a great right hand. Another barrage sees the ref step in and put a stop to it.
Oscar Collazo vs. Reyneris Gutierrez
Now the co main event as Oscar Collazo defends his WBO Mini Flyweight title agianst Reyneris Gutierrez.
I could see giving Alantez Fox a round or two - MAYBE. But a draw? What fight were they watching?
Darius Fulghum wins by MD
The judges saw it:
95-95
100-90
98-92
giving a majority decision to Darius Fulghum. WOW!
The judges will have their own view of course, but for me Fulgham won every round there.
The final round and Fulghum is cruising here. Fox is somehow still standing.
As the round ticks down, they both switch back to jab and move.
With the final bell, they are clenched.
Much of the round is a repeat of the former, with a body shot with seconds to go seem to have shaken Fox slightly
Fulghum lands a great right to start the round and Fox is immediately on the back foot. To his credit, Fox manages to box his way out of it but he is exhausted.
Fulghum comes out and lands a big right hand. Fox is hurt! Again, Fulghum doesn't step on the gas and let his hands fly.
Fox partially recovers before Fulghum goes back onto the attack. Fox holds on and just manages to see the end of the round.
Fox is visibly tiring now and Fulghum gets him onto the ropes, landing a nice one-two but then failing to work up through the gears.
The two fighters seem to have settled into a jab and move style, with occasional clenches. The crowd is vocally restless and it is hard to blame them. Fulghum is landing the cleaner shots.
The fighters switch to a more outside gameplan, but the pace has visibly slowed. The jabs are not sharp any more, both men are more ponderous before letting their hands go.
Both fighters are back to working inside and Fulghum is warned by the ref for putting Fox in a headlock.
As they continue to mine that inside vein, it is Fulghum who looks to be getting the better shots in. Fox looks tired.
The second round starts like a hurricane as Fox charges in and this time doesn't bother to grapple, just banging away. Fulghum manages to slip out of trouble and land a nice check left.
As Fox heads in with a jab, Fulghum lands an eye-catching uppercut. That left eye of Fox's is stating to swell.
Both men work orthodox and Fox jumps straight onto the front foot, pushing Fulghum onto the ropes. The referee seems to have his hands full with both men holding on as they both go in and grapple.
Fox lands a nice right hand but it is Fulghum who seems to have come away better in this round, opening up a cut on Fox's eye.
Darius Fulghum vs. Alantez Fox
Now a step up in weight with a super middleweight bout between Darius Fulghum and Alantez Fox.
The stoppage
Here is the stoppage. She was clearly covering up and defending herself. Terrible call.
Fundora probably would have won the bout anyway, winning six of the ten rounds on my card, but that stoppage just makes a mockery of the whole thing.
Gabriela Fundora wins by TKO
Cruz needs to win this round and she comes out with a great one-two combo but Fundora lands a shot and Cruz covers up. Fundora moves behind her and keeps punching. The ref thinks Cruz is hurt and waves the fight off! Oh dear! That is terrible!
She was clearly just covering up! What an awful decision.
Fundora is staying on the front foot and Cruz is almost completely gassed. She holds, she grapples, and in the end, the bell finds her nearly stumling her way back to her stool.
Fundora lands a huge left hand to start the round! Cruz recovers well but the pace has slowed a lot here. This should suit Fundora down to the ground.
As the round ends, Fundora is looking in complete control.
Cruz is visibly slower this round and is trying to tie Fundora up a lot more. Fundora is becoming frustrated and trying to punch in the clenches, but on the other side, Cruz is looking exhausted.
As the round starts, Fundora finally lands a meaningful left hand, it slows Cruz down for a moment. But only a moment.
Fundora grabs onto Cruz and lands five uppercuts in a row! How the referee doesn't warn her for holding and hitting I don't know! As the bell sounds, Cruz lands a great right hand.
Cruz is moving around the ring, forcing Fundora to chase her, trying to cut the ring down. This is clever boxing from Cruz. Fundora is being outboxed and if she can now be worn down, then the title could change hands.
Fundora answers with a nice combo, but Cruz immediately moves out of range and continues the attrition.
As long as this fight remains a stick-and-move contest, then it suits Cruz better. Fedora needs to break down that distance and turn this into an inside fight, a brawl.
Cruz stays outside and Fundora continues to stake out that center of the ring.
Fundora is still on the center ground and Cruz is continuing to work around the edges. It is now the turn of Fundora to get caught with a few counters as she comes in recklessly looking for a shot to land.
As the bell sounds, they trade jabs.
Fundora stakes out the middle of the ring, forcing Cruz to work the outside. Cruz pushes forward a bit more to try and get the punches in, with means that she also takes more punishment on the way out.
Fundora is the taller of the two women and works southpaw to boot, making her an awkward proposition. Cruz is wary and tries to probe her way in, jabbing and moving. If his turns into a brawl, it will suit Fundora nicely.
Cruz tries to move in and out, stealing a point, but gets caught with a counter jab for her trouble.
Gabriela Fundora vs. Christina Cruz
Now we move onto a title bout as Gabriela Fundora defends her IBF flyweight title against Christina Cruz. This will be ten two-minute rounds.
Huge flurry of shots
David Picasso was maybe two or three punches from getting a stoppage here.
Alan David Picasso Romero wins by UD
Let's see what the judges say. They scored it:
99-91
98-92
98-92
all in favor of David Picasso. That is a fair reflection of the fight. He outclassed Ruiz at every turn.
We will have to wait for the judges decision, but I gave Ruiz three rounds total. This should be a wide decision in Picasso's favor.
For the final round, Ruiz comes out emptying the tank, knowing perhaps that nothing less will do. Picasso, on the other hand, needs to simply stay away from Ruiz for three minutes more.
Ruiz gets Picasso into a spot of bother here, landing a huge right hand and Picasso's legs buckle! Ruiz steps on the gas a little and unloads a few combos but Picasso eventually gets ahold of himself and comes back off the ropes. He got out of jail there!
Picasso is visibly in pain, but manages to get to the end of the fight!
Ruiz comes out swinging and lands a nice body shot to Picasso, one that has him visibly wince. Ruiz finds some encouragement in that and starts to set his feet and unload with combos. He doesn't seem to have the stamina left to really notch up the gears though.
Picasso comes out on the front foot and tries to jab Ruiz into submission. Ruiz is durable, although clearly not at the same skillset level as Picasso, and he won't be cowed so easily.
As the momentum switches, Ruiz now goes on the attack and Picasso has to punch off the back foot, something that he does nicely.
This might be Ruiz's best round so far, as he stays on Picasso, pressuring him, getting on top of him when he backpedals and staying on him when he is on the ropes.
He lands a nice right counter but is not able to really trouble Picasso.
Picasso comes out more serious, less showy, not switching stances and working behind his jab. He catches Ruiz with a nice one to get things going.
As the round wears on, Picasso reverts to showboating and switches stances again, leading to a nice Ruiz counter right catching him flush just at the end of the round.
While Ruiz has never been truly hurt yet, he is being thoroughly outboxed by Picasso. Just levels, pure and simple.
Picasso slows things down and now switches to southpaw in an effort to simply keep Ruiz off balance. They jab and move, each one slowed from their opening flurry of shots.
Ruiz lands a nice counter right over the top of Picasso that got his attention.
Picasso comes out throwing flashy combos, quickly and cleanly, landing nearly everything. Ruiz is throwing back and is still in the fight, but all of the momentum of this fight is going one way.
Picasso lands nine shots to the head in a row, all clean, all unanswered! Finally, he manages to tie Picasso up and gets a few jabs in but that was perhaps only a punch or two away from having the ref step in!
They come out and trade shots as the round starts and Picasso gets the upper hand, backing Ruiz onto the ropes. Picasso sets his feet and starts to unload! Ruiz is moving well and although he eats a few of those shots, he is not unduly hurt by the moment.
The two fighters move to the center of the ring and trade again before Picasso once again finds his footing and lays into Ruiz.
Picasso is more busy this round, walking Ruiz down and landing nice body shots. Ruiz is backed onto the ropes but manages to find his way off. If Picasso keeps him moving this much, he will slow in a round or two.
Both men trade shots, but Ruiz's are already starting to look less powerful, like he is wearing out. Picasso's shots are spiteful and with a lot of sting in them.
Both men come out working from the orthodox stance. Picasso has a more wide stance, more open, taking advantage of his greater reach. Ruiz is more compact, pushing inside and trying to work the body of his opponent.
Ruiz lands a nice one-two combo and Picasso comes back with a left uppercut to the body that the ref warns him about, saying that it landed low.
With a minuted to go, Ruiz is staying n the attack, but now it is Picasso's turn to land a great shot on his opponent! A double jab and then a one-two to the head slows Ruiz and backs him onto the ropes.
Alan Picasso Romero vs. Erik Ruiz
Now that the preliminary bouts are done, we move on to the main card! We kick things off with a super bantamweight contest between Alan Picasso Romero and Erik Ruiz.
Preliminary match results
Jonathan Cañas moves to 3-0 after an uppercut to the body followed by a right hand to the ear saw Kameeko Hall unable to beat the count in the first round.
Gael Cabrera got a unanimous decision over Miguel Ceballos in a pretty one-sided bout to remain undefeated at 4-0.
Gregory Morales really had to earn his unanimous decision over Ronal Ron in an eight round scrap that sees Morales move to 15-1
Daniel “Junebug” Garcia dropped Daniel Lugo with an outstanding overhand right in the first round to move to stay undefeated at 8-0
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John Ryder, known as “The Gorilla,” brings his own set of credentials to the ring. With a professional record of 32 wins and 6 losses, Ryder has proven himself as a resilient fighter.
Our own Andy Restrepo takes a look at the man standing across the ring from Munguia right here.
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Our own Paul Rudder breaks down the financial side of this sweet science, right here.
The Full Card
Jaime Munguia vs. John Ryder [super middleweight]
Oscar Collazo vs. Reyneris Gutierrez [WBO Mini Flyweight title]
Gabriela Fundora vs. Christina Cruz [IBF flyweight title]
Alan Picasso Romero vs. Erik Ruiz [super bantamweight]
Darius Fulghum vs. Alantez Fox [super middleweight]
Gregory Morales vs. Ronal Ron [featherweight]
Gael Cabrera vs. Miguel Ceballos [bantamweight]
Daniel Garcia vs. Daniel Lugo [super featherweight]
Jonathan Canas vs. Kameeko Hall [lightweight]
The main card is set to get underway at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT.
Tale of the tape
Jaime Munguia
Age: 27
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6ft 0in
Reach: 72”
Record: 42-0-0
John Ryder
Age: 35
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5ft 9in
Reach: 72”
Record: 32-6-0
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Welcome to Diario AS USA’s live coverage of undefeated Mexican superstar Jaime Munguia’s bout with two-time world title challenger John Ryder from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jaime Munguia is an impressive specimen, coming off a huge win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko last June, and still undefeated after 42 bouts. He has been circling around that big-money payday that a stellar career deserves and John Ryder takes him one step closer to that.
When it comes to box-office payouts, there is no doubt that Canelo is King. A win over Ryder would put Munguia directly in the path of Canelo and make him an almost irresistible opponent.
While Ryder is not expected to derail Munguia’s game plan, he is more than capable of doing so. The Brit dropped a lopsided points decision to Canelo last year, although he showed grit by taking the Mexican the distance. Add to that a controversial loss to Callum Smith, in a fight that most thought Ryder should have won, and you can see that Ryder is more than just a punching bag.