Does Mungia have a chance against Canelo?

[paulf]

Absolutely zero. Come on. Kid has never avoided a punch in his life.

[PerfectJab]

Only chance is for Munguia to fight at a very high pace from the start.
When Munguia is tired he can still force himself to throw and keep working.
When Canelo is tired he can hardly do anything these days. He basically comes to a standstill and can only throw single shots when you come at him. He even has trouble keeping both his hands up as you saw against Bivol.

But I am not expecting much from this fight. His team went through all the options and choose Munguia as the most favorable opponent for a reason.
But if this turns out to be the next cherrypick that goes wrong (i.e. Bivol) well, that would be something (funny) and also well deserved.

[garfios]

Not much but there is always the potential decline factor for Canelo now so you never know.

There's no decline in canelo's, he's a young 33yo that has never been in a shootout, the guy that fought bivol, is the same guy that fought Mayweather and Lara 10 years ago. He always look like crap when fighting a real challenge.

[HisExcellency]

Canelo has an iron chin so probably NOT...

[tophat1]

Nah, he takes too many shots

[Clegg]

Anything can happen in boxing but I don't expect it be competitive. Canelo might be slipping but he'll always be good vs aggressive guys with defensive flaws. He'll time Munguia with huge shots like he did Kirkland. Munguia has youth and stamina on his side but he'll need to push the pace and take risks to make the most of that and will get caught.

[ELPacman]

I don't think Munguia has much of a chance. He will be hella active, but the activity will lead to a lot more counters for Canelo to drop on him. Canelo shouldn't have much trouble picking him apart.

The ONLY way I see Munguia winning this is if the activity is so high, similar to Bivol, that Canelo gets to room to breath and setup the counters because there will be too much going on. This in theory is how you're supposed to handle a counter puncher anyway. The moment you slow down and let them think, you're playing their game. Munguia has to be all over Canelo. Whether he hits hard enough to make Canelo think twice is another situation. Canelo has been in with punchers and barely moved.

Overall, this should be a nice action fight for the weekend and it's Canelo trying to shun the folks that say he doesn't fight Mexican boxers.

[garfios]

I don't think Munguia has much of a chance. He will be hella active, but the activity will lead to a lot more counters for Canelo to drop on him. Canelo shouldn't have much trouble picking him apart.

The ONLY way I see Munguia winning this is if the activity is so high, similar to Bivol, that Canelo gets to room to breath and setup the counters because there will be too much going on. This in theory is how you're supposed to handle a counter puncher anyway. The moment you slow down and let them think, you're playing their game. Munguia has to be all over Canelo. Whether he hits hard enough to make Canelo think twice is another situation. Canelo has been in with punchers and barely moved.

Overall, this should be a nice action fight for the weekend and it's Canelo trying to shun the folks that say he doesn't fight Mexican boxers.

He was the one declaring he will not fight Mexicans no more, benavidez was in the division he was moving in. And the proof is in the pudding.

[ELPacman]

He was the one declaring he will not fight Mexicans no more, benavidez was in the division he was moving in. And the proof is in the pudding.

That's right, but wasn't there a backlash from that? Is this not him trying to do damage control perhaps? lol. Maybe I'm over thinking it.

[garfios]

That's right, but wasn't there a backlash from that? Is this not him trying to do damage control perhaps? lol. Maybe I'm over thinking it.

He didn't care about the backslash, his main thing is not getting another L on his record. If benavidez was a Chinese he would have found a way for avoiding the fight. Look at the pressure the public has put in him, still no benavidez. The funny thing is that he has another mandatory SMW waiting for three years and he hasn't mention him. He went out of his way to choose a limited boxer, again.