Munguía vs Resendiz set
- Super-middleweight champion Jose Armando Resendiz is slated to defend his title against Jaime Munguía on a major pay-per-view co-feature. ( ) - Resendiz won the belt by upsetting Caleb Plant a year ago and says he can treat Munguía the same way. ( ) - Reports say Canelo has shown confidence in Munguía, but Resendiz is the immediate obstacle, not a Canelo rematch. ( )
Jose Armando Resendiz is set to defend his World Boxing Association super-middleweight title against Jaime Munguía on May 2 in Las Vegas. (premierboxingchampions.com) The fight is the co-feature to Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez vs. David Benavidez at T-Mobile Arena, with the card scheduled for Prime Video pay-per-view in the United States and DAZN internationally. (premierboxingchampions.com) Resendiz, 27, enters at 16-2 with 11 knockouts. Munguía, 29, is listed at 45-2 with 35 knockouts for the 12-round bout at 168 pounds. (premierboxingchampions.com) This is Resendiz’s first defense since he beat Caleb Plant by split decision in May 2025 to win the interim belt. He was later elevated to full World Boxing Association champion after Terence Crawford retired and vacated the title. (boxingtalk.com) The matchup changed in March, when ESPN reported that Jermall Charlo was pulled from the May 2 title fight and Munguía was brought in as the replacement opponent. (espn.com) For Munguía, the booking puts him back into a title fight less than a year after his loss to Canelo Álvarez and after a stretch in which his recent results drew scrutiny. Sports Illustrated reported in March that he was returning to the title picture 10 months after what it called a drug-testing debacle tied to his win over Bruno Surace, though it also said he had been cleared of wrongdoing. (si.com) Resendiz has framed the bout as another upset opportunity. BoxingScene reported this week that he said he was not overlooking Munguía, but also pointed back to the Plant fight as proof he can beat another bigger name. (boxingscene.com) FightMag reported that Resendiz called it an “all-Mexican showdown” and said he expects Munguía’s advantages on paper to matter less once they are in the ring. (fightmag.com) Reports in Mexican media have also tied Munguía’s name to Canelo again, but the immediate stakes are narrower: Munguía has to get past the titleholder in front of him on May 2. (bolavip.com) If Resendiz wins, he keeps the belt he took from Plant and extends a run built on late-career turns. If Munguía wins, he leaves Las Vegas with a title and a new place in the super-middleweight picture. (boxingscene.com)
