Jaime Munguia is looking to make 2024 his busiest year since 2018, as Salvador Rodriguez reports that he’ll meet Ronald Gavril on December 14th in his native Tijuana.
2024 has already seen Munguia (44-1, 35 KO) stop John Ryder, fall to Canelo Alvarez, and most recently batter Erik Bazinyan this past Friday. The hope was that he’d take on Christian Mbilli, a TOp Rank stablemate and his most appealing opponent in the division, but instead it’s Gavril (25-3, 20 KO). The 38-year-old is 7-0 over marginal opposition in the six years since his duology with David Benavidez, which saw Gavril floor Benavidez en route to a split decision loss before eking out a single round on a single scorecard in the rematch.
He’s spent his last four bouts at 175, but it’s unclear whether he’ll come down for Munguia or Munguia will just skip the weight cut. It shouldn’t make a huge difference; Gavril doesn’t have a lot to offer besides durability.
Props to Munguia for staying active, at least, but he better take on Mbilli or one of Eye of the Tiger’s other super middleweights next.