World News – US – Jaime Munguia stops Tureano Johnson with nasty cut to his lip after six rounds

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A good fight ended with a nasty cut caused by a legal punch and a solid win for Jaime Munguia

Jaime Munguia got a good test from a determined Tureano Johnson tonight in California, but Munguia blew the veteran’s lip with an uppercut in the sixth round, ending the fight and winning a solid victory

Munguia (36-0, 29 KOs) was put under pressure from the start by Johnson (21-3-1, 15 KOs), 36, who absolutely came to win this fight and who fully believed he could do just that You have to give Johnson great credit for fighting as hard as he did and tackling a younger man known to be tough and tough himself, but you also have to give credit to Munguia; he withstood that early pressure and started pulling some really good return shots, especially the good uppercut that ultimately ended the fight

24-year-old Munguia seemed almost incapable of missing out with that inside uppercut, but Johnson was still fighting pretty well when the fight was rightly stopped after round six. The cut was really horrible, and there was just no choice but to stop the fight It was a legal punch and a nice win for the Mexican, who won a title at 154 and wants get there at 160 next year

« He surprised me with his pressure But I adjusted and landed inside The uppercuts were very important, » Munguia said after the fight « I want another fight in January, then potentially a fight for the world title « 

When asked if there was anyone in particular he wanted to fight, Munguia replied, « I want one of the 160-pound champions Any of them would be awesome for me « 

It was a risky game for both guys, and a good game made by Golden Boy to get these two to get along and come together Ellis is the one keeping his ‘0’, like the 27-year-old de Lynn, Mass, won by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112 BLH had it slightly wider in his favor, 117-111

Ellis (23-0, 14 KOs) seemed to have too much speed for Rocha (16-1, 10 KOs) at the start of the fight, but the 23-year-old California had their moments and pockets of success in this fight too. He was sometimes able to put his pressure to work enough to get Ellis around the corner, but in general Ellis was able to come out without too much trouble.

At his age, Ellis really wants to get into a higher level fight, but it’s going to be tough considering he’s in the welterweight division and Golden Boy just doesn’t have much. at 147, and no one other than PBC It was for a WBC minor to minor belt (as in, not even a full version of a WBC minor belt, it was for the « International Silver » title), so it is on his way to a ranking there The WBC welterweight title is currently held by Errol Spence Jr, who like most of the best guys at 147 is with PBC, and PBC has very little reason to come out of his list for fights at 147

So it might be tough for Ellis to get the kind of fights he wants, but if he can get a solid ranking with the WBO, hey, Terence Crawford will likely still be desperate for his opponents next year. , and Top Rank and Golden Guys are having easy business together these days when the fights are there Nobody is claiming Crawford-Ellis, but they haven’t exactly claimed Crawford-Benavidez, Crawford-Khan, Crawford-Kavaliauskas or the next Crawford-Brook, either

As for Rocha, he had a tough fight last time around with Brad Solomon, and he gave up the decision here He’s a young fighter still looking to ride him, but he’s already a solid fighter S ‘ he can learn from these fights, keep improving, there is certainly no reason to write him off He could easily have taken an opponent inferior to Ellis and clinched a victory tonight, but he dared to take a real risk It should be commended, not shit, and if he uses experience and it can improve him, that’s nothing that should define his career

The judges had this one 115-113, 117-111 and 119-109 for Soto The first card is OK The second card pushes it The third card is professional boxing

Soto (18-1, 12 KOs) had a great argument for the win, as he was the aggressor for most of the fight, did a solid job, came in as « champion » if he ‘is something you think should matter, and lots of laps the two guys have had their moments But it’s hard not to feel Buitrago (32-6-1, 18 KOs), who failed in a title fight world for the sixth time (0-5-1 now), if you count the interim titles, and the fourth even if you don’t At 28, he’s not old, but he’s already had a lot of shots , and it could easily have been the last he received

For what it’s worth, BLH even fought, 114-114, just like Sergio Mora and Chris Mannix on DAZN Soto has now managed two 108-pound WBO title defenses, and the two have been very close in reality, although the scores don’t fully reflect this. And Soto wasn’t delusional about the fight either, saying afterwards that Buitrago had definitely tested him

“I’m very happy to come away with the win,” said Soto. “I tried as much as possible to push for a win. These are the kind of tough fights you find yourself in when a world title is at stake His style was tough for me, but I felt I was doing enough to win Now is the time for me to rest and see what my team has in store for me « 

It was a WBC flyweight eliminator, and Esparza (8-1, 1 KO) took scores of 78-74, 80-72, 80-72 It was a much closer fight and more competitive than the shutout scores would suggest, as Urbina (12-1, 2 KOs) fought a good fight in the first half, but Esparza took over in the home stretch BLH even had it at 76-76, but with a feeling that Esparza probably deserved the win if anyone had, as a few laps cut to Urbina on our map could easily have gone to Marlen

Esparza, 31, was coming out of his first professional loss last year against Seniesa Estrada, and grew in that fight In the second half it was mostly Esparza in a good pace, shutting down the former amateur rival quite well Urbina, and making the best shots, and more precisely

“I knew coming into this fight would be a worthy fight, and I was very excited to show what I can do,” Esparza said after the fight “I know there have been a lot of changes in my camp since last fight, all the reasons I’m showing the world what I can do I’m ready to fight for the WBC title next « 

Ibeth Zamora Silva (30-6, 12 KOs) currently holds the WBC flyweight title, having won it in May 2018 She hasn’t fought since a November 2018 defense, but was expected to return in a fierce untitled fight tonight in Mexico too

Jaime Munguía, Tureano Johnson, World Boxing Organization, DAZN