Jaime Munguia has been offered a world title shot by PBC against WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo for June or July.
No Puedes Jugar Boxeo are reporting that #1 WBC Munguia has been offered the title shot by PBC against Charlo.
It’s a risky fight for Munguia, who didn’t look spectacular in his last two contests against D’Mitrius Ballard and Gabe Rosado.
The former WBO junior middleweight champion Munguia (39-0, 31 KOs) and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Boxing must decide on whether to face the unbeaten Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) or potentially take the WBO route and battle the Golovkin-Esque devastating puncher Zhanibek Alimkhanuly for the WBO interim 160-lb belt.
Munguia vs. Zhanibek has already been ordered by the World Boxing Organization, so a decision must be made soon by Jaime to avert a purse bid.
There’s a VERY real possibility that Munguia will reject both the Jermall Charlo title shot and the fight against the dangerous Zhanibek (11-0, 7 KOs) for the WBO interim middleweight title.
The fight that the 25-year-old Munguia and his promoters appear to want the most is a title shot against the aging soon-to-be 40-year-old IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin.
Munguia would make a lot of money challenging Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) for his IBF 160-lb title, and it’s now a winnable fight for him.
It wouldn’t have been had Munguia fought Golovkin in May 2018 when he was one of the options for his fight in Carson, California.
At the time, Munguia was 21-years-old and had very little experience against world-class opposition. Fortunately for Munguia, the California State Athletic Commission failed to approve him as an option for Golovkin’s fight.