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Jaime Munguia Battles Maciej Sulecki At UTEP
Don Haskins Center In El Paso, Texas On April 24
Mexico’s biggest rising star Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29 KOs)
will face his toughest challenge to date as he defends his
WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Championship against
Maciej Sulecki (29-2, 11 KOs) in a 12-round battle on
Saturday, April 24 at The University of Texas at El Paso’s
Don Haskins Center under strict COVID-19 fan safety
protocols and with a reduced event capacity below 40%.
The fight will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN
worldwide, excluding Mexico. Similar to Garcia vs. Campbell,
the event will feature an earlier start time of 12:30 p.m.
PT/ 1:30 MDT/3:30 ET to maximize the audience across North
America and Europe.
Additional information regarding the undercard will be
announced soon.
“There is no more exciting a middleweight in the world today
than Jaime Munguia, and every time he fights, he brings huge
knockout power into the ring,” said Oscar De La Hoya,
Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. “Sulecki is a tough customer
who gave Danny Jacobs all he can handle, but if Munguia can
pass this test, a world championship fight is right around
the corner.”
Munguia is a 24-year-old former world champion from Tijuana,
Mexico who leaped onto to the highest levels of the super
welterweight division by knocking out Sadam "World Kid" Ali
to capture the WBO title. Munguia then defended his title
against Liam "Beefy" Smith, Brandon "Bad Boy" Cook, Takeshi
Inoue, Dennis Hogan and Patrick Allotey. After five defenses
at junior middleweight, Munguia moved up to 160 pounds to
capture the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Title against
Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, which he defended against Tureano
Johnson. Munguia looks to demonstrate the new skills he’s
acquired under head trainer Erik “El Terrible” Morales
against the toughest challenge of his career to date.
“I feel very happy to be returning on April 24 against
Maciej Sulecki,” said Munguia. “It will be a great fight
against great challenger. We are training at 100% to be in
the best of conditions, and we promise to deliver an
exciting battle.”
Sulecki is a Polish contender who has scored knockout
victories against Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. and countryman
Grzegorz Proksa. The 31-year-old puncher has only suffered
two defeats, which were against Daniel “The Miracle Man”
Jacobs and Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade. Sulecki believes
Munguia is standing in his way of another title shot.
“I’m very excited for the opportunity to return to the
United States and fight in the main event of such a big
card,” said Sulecki. “Jaime Munguia is a strong, young
warrior, but I have fought against some of the best of this
division. On April 24, I will show the world that I am a top
middleweight contender and that I deserve another world
title shot.”
“Maciej Sulecki is very excited about this opportunity to
test his skills against Jaime Munguia,” said Leon Margules,
President of Warriors Boxing. “This is the perfect challenge
to demonstrate that Sulecki deserves another world title
shot, and it has all the ingredients to make for an
action-packed battle.”
Munguia vs. Sulecki is a 12-round fight for the WBO
Intercontinental Middleweight Title presented by Golden Boy
in association with Zanfer Promotions and Warrior’s Boxing.
The event is sponsored by Tecate “The Official Beer of
Boxing” and Hennessy "Never Stop. Never Settle.” The fight
will take place on Saturday, April 24 at the Don Haskins
Center in El Paso, Texas and will be streamed live
exclusively on DAZN worldwide, excluding Mexico, beginning
at 12:30 p.m. PT/1:30 MDT/3:30 ET.
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