Canelo Álvarez - Jaime Munguia live online, round by round, stats and updates

Maidana is back to moving around the edge of the ring, trying to turn Barrios, who has taken the center of the matt. Barrios lands a nice body shot and Maidana comes back with a great right hand over the top. Barrios is back to jabbing and probing as Maidana stays mobile, walking around the outside.

Barrios comes forward looking to draw blood and Maidana lands a lightning fast left hook that rocks Barrios back onto his heels. Wow! Those hands are so quick!

Barrios composes himself and stalks Maidana for the remainder of the round, landing a few shots, eating a few.

Barrios throws a lazy jab and Maidana counters it with a great right. As Maidana looks to be in full control, Barrios lands a huge right hand and Maidana crumples to the floor! That was a huge shot! Maidana gets back up but this is now a completely different fight! Maidana is now with an uphill fight ahead. Barrios lands another big right hand. Maidana answers back with a flurry of shots with both hand, just to show that he is in the fight still.

Barrios comes forward, looking to work on the front foot, but Maidana is patient, happy to fight off the back foot and has lightning fast hands. Barrios plods on, coming forward and sticking out his paw but Maidana is so fast, he is catching Barrios so cleanly with each snap of that jab.

Both men come out working orthodox and Barrios lands a nice right corss to catch Maidana's attention. Maidana comes back with a lovely, snappy on two and they trade in the middle of the ring.

Mario Barrios vs. Fabian Maidana [Interim WBC World Welterweight Title]

Now the battlefor the Interim WBC World Welterweight Title between Mario Barrios and Fabian Maidana.

What a body shot

Figueroa ended it

It looks like Magdaleno felt that was a low blow, because he didn't even try to get up, just face down and kicking his feet. But the replay shows that it was a great shot, right on the liver. What a KO! And right on the bell!

Brandon Figueroa wins by KO!

Madgaleno is still backing away but is more positive with it as he throws a series of shots off the back foot. Figueroa pushes his head down and draws another stern warning from the ref for that.

Figueroa is still trying to chip away at Magdaleno but is not able to do much real damage with his shots. The longer this goes on, the better Magdaleno is looking in the exchanges.

They trade on the ropes and both are landing heavy shots, but at the bell Magdaleno goes down and is counted out!

Magdaleno is almost directly back onto the ropes as Figueroa tries to come in close and tap away with those uppercuts and jabs.

The two fighters clench on the ropes and begin to grapple, Figueroa is managing to tap away with little short shots, but Magdaleno is keeping the distance extremely close.

Magdaleno is moving well, dancing and landing jabs on Figueroa. A good right hand stops his movement and Figueroa pushes him back onto the ropes, bullying him around and landing heavy hands to both sides.

Figueroa lands one, two, three, four, and five shots in a row to Magdaleno. That was a nice run!

Magdaleno is covered up and on the ropes as Figueroa opens up with his hands. Magdaleno lands a huge counter left hook and Figueroa is rocked! The round ends with no damage, but what a shot!

Figueroa wants to continue on his successes quickly, coming out with a flurry of shots. Magdaleno stops him by grabbing on, but this is now a round where Figueroa is trying to go hell for leather to end this.

Magdaleno is jabbing nicely but Figueroa catches him cleanly with a left hook that ends any offense that Magdaleno was planning. The ref calls time and gives Figueroa a final stern warning for leading with the head.

The fight gets back underway and Magdaleno lands a nice double right hook to the body and the head.

Magdaleno throws a beautiful one two, landing that left hand nicely. Figueroa is off balance and Magdaleno lands a sharp jab to follow it up. They come together and Figueroa opens up with his shots now, landing from both hands, and pushing Magdaleno onto the ropes. Magdaleno snaps Figueroa's head back with a nice uppercut. Figueroa answers back with a pair of hooks to the body that stop Magdaleno in his tracks. Figueroa throws a very low shot and Magdaleno crumples to the floor.

Time is called and the ref is trying to get Magdaleno to get back into the bout. Officially he has up to five minutes to gather himself, but the referee wants this fight to continue quickly.

When the fight gets underway, the bell goes without another shot being thrown.

Figueroa is back to switching stances and trying to confuse Magdaleno but it isn't working really. Magdaleno is able to hit him effectively from either side. Figueroa's best work is when he just sticks his jab and tries to let his hands do the talking.

Rather than do that however, Figueroa is waiting, looking for that one big shot and is coming up empty so far.

Magdaleno's corner work on that cut, and it is pretty open there. Figueroa will work on that from now on.

Back to the southpaw side, Figueroa is trying to jab at that injured eye of Magdaleno. They both get their shots in but the round ends with a flurry from Magdaleno that is notable.

Magdaleno comes out working from the southpaw side with Figueroa working orthodox. After the first exchange, Figueroa switches to southpaw and is happy to switch hit all night.

They are both slightly cagey, waiting to find an opening. Figueroa switches back to orthodox and they clash heads on an exchange wtih Magdalena getting a cut on the right eye in the process. The referee calls time and allows it to be looked at. The fight continues but this is always the danger with mixed stances.

Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno [Interim WBC Featherweight Title]

We now move on to a battle for the Interim WBC Featherweight Title between Brandon Figueroa and  Jessie Magdaleno.

The Winner

And still undefeated

AND STILL: Eimantas Stanionis wins by UD

The judges at ringside saw it as I did, scoring it

117-111

118-110

119-109

all three in favor of Eimantas Stanionis who remains undefeated and is still the WBA Regular Welterweight Champion.

I have Stanionis winning that fight comfortably, but it is all in the hands of the judges. Maestre certainly is acting confident in his corner. It will all come down to what the judges saw, and that can sometimes be wildly different to what I saw.

Stanionis stands and trades with Maestre. That says a lot about the type of fighter that he is. There is no need, he is way up on the cards, surely, and only needs to stay out of trouble in this final round. But the heart of a lion, Stanionis stands and trades with Maestre, offering the Venezuelan every opportunity in the world to rip the title from his hands.

As the round winds down, Maestre pushes Stanionis to the matt, not a knockdown, but he raises his hands as if it were. Perhaps he is hoping that pure bravado will sway the judges.

Both men stand in the center of the ring and trade big shots. They both land with left hooks and it is hard to see who comes out the better of that exchange. Stanionis lands a huge overhand right and that could be the shot that breaks Maestre's heart.

Maestre is more conservative here, covering more than usual. Stanionis lands another one two. As the round ends, Stanionis is pounding away.

Stanionis starts the round with a solid left hook that lands cleanly, and follows it up with a great right hand. Maestre responds with a flurry of shots, but they land on the gloves of Stanionis' guard. Stanionis tries to open up with his hands a bit more but he just leaves himself open to Maestre's counter right, which lands nicely as the round ends.

Maestre seems to have some energy back this round. Perhaps he needs to take a round off from time to time. A terrible state of affairs, particularly when he is down on the cards, as he is on mine. But here Maestre is having a good round, landing shots with both hands.

With fifteen seconds to go, Maestre lands a lovely left hook that wobbles Stanionis. That was good work for Maestre that round.

The pace has slowed markedly, which tends to favor Stanionis, who is able to pick and choose his shots. He lands that marvellous double jab that has been working all night. Maestre is sluggish here, perhaps running low on energy. His high early work rate was never going to be sustainable.

Maestre lands a nice jab and moves nicely both ways, left and right, looking better this round than last. Stanionis is having trouble finding his target with his jab, evidence that Maestre is moving better than before.

Stanionis lands a huge right cross and Maestre stumbles as the round starts. Maestre is throwing back and trying to punch his way out of trouble, but Stanionis is making him miss often and landing cleanly nearly every time. Trading is not a good plan for the Venezuelan.

Stanionis lands a great one two, and then follows it up with an uppercut that rocks Maestre's head, snapping it back. Another left hook - overhand right lands for Stanionis.

Maestre seems to have gotten his legs back under him in the fifth, moving well, jabbing with confidence and purpose once again, but Stanionis is handling him well, coming back with his own shots and keeping the challenger at distance.

But Maestre has perhaps his best round so far, jabbing away and chipping at the champ.

Both men come out trading punches, with Maestre perhaps needing to land something big here. In fact it is Stanionis who lands first, stopping Maestre's attack with a left hook. Maestre is clearly exhausted here, you can see him clearly puffing for breath. Stanionis lands another big right hand and Maestre is flagging badly here.

Stanionis stakes out the center of the ring, forcing Maestre to work outside. The champ is a little more free with his hands this round, opening up a bit more and letting his hands go. Maestre takes advantage and lands perhaps the best pair of jabs in the fight, forcing Stanionis to revert to covering up.

Stanionis lands an overhand right that stuns Maestre! He is stock still and Stanionis lands another right behind it. This seems to shake Maestre from his torpor but he is in trouble.

Maestre is sticking with his game plan of maintaining a high work rate with his jab, landing lots of shots, not all cleanly but enough to keep the judges guessing. Stanionis keeps his guard extremely tight and very little is getting through, and is content to come back with his own counter punches that are for the most part landing cleanly.

Stanionis lands a three punch combo to the head of Maestre, shoving the challenger to one side and forcing him to come in a bit wild. Stanionis makes him pay with a peach of a right hook to the jaw. Another strong round for the champ.

Both fighters come out working from the orthodox stance and Maestre is busy with that jab early. Stanionis is walking him down and working the body with a low left hook around the elbow, forcing Maestre to cover up.

Maestre throws numbers at the champ but Stanions lands a beautiful counter right cleanly.

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre [WBA Regular Welterweight Title]

The first title fight of the evening will see Venezuelan challenger Gabriel Maestre take on Lithuanian champion Eimantas Stanionis for his WBA Regular Welterweight title.

We now move onto the main card and the next bout will be Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre for the WBA Regular Welterweight Title.

What a knockdown!

Great left hook!

Cracking left

Right on the bell

Preliminary bouts

Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Ronald Cruz [super welterweight]
Vito Mielnicki comprehensively outboxed Ronald Cruz in this ten round opening bout. It isn’t like Cruz did nothing, he actually got his shots in and managed to make Mielnicki work for his money tonight, giving him a deep cut on his eyelid, but after being down twice in the early rounds, it was only going one way. Mielnicki moves to 18-1 with a unanimous points win.

Jesus Ramos vs. Johan Gonzalez [super welterweight]
These two supremely experienced fighters went to war, trading thumping shots through the first two rounds, until Ramos landed one that rattled Gonzales to his toes. He managed to survive the round but the tide had turned and Ramos just steadily continued to bully Gonzales, stunning him again in the fifth and sixth before a head clash cut Ramos over his left eye. Gonzales edged his way back into the bout but Ramos had Gonzales so hurt that he got the stoppage with ten seconds left to go in the ninth round. With this Jesus Ramos moves to 21-1 with this win.

Adrian Torres vs. Arsen Poghosyan [catchweight]
Adrian Torres went to 8-0 with a six-round unanimous decision over Arsen Poghosyan.

Jabin Chollet vs. Julian Bridges [lightweight]
Julian Bridges moved to 5-0 with a six-round unanimous decision win over Jabin Chollet.

Damien Vazquez vs. David Picasso [super bantamweight]
David Picasso moves to 28-0-1 with a fifth-round stoppage of Damien Vazquez.

The preliminary bouts are now underway and I will be bringing you periodic updates to the fights as they progress.

Canelo's son calls the shot

"My dad is going to win with an uppercut."

BOXING

Canelo vs Munguia: Could this be Canelo Álvarez’s last fight if he loses?

The undisputed super middleweight champion insists he is in his prime and has a three to four years at least left in the profession, but a big shot by Jaime Munguia could shift the landscape. Read it all right here!

Fan to Foe

Munguia is a Canelo fan, but he is coming for the belts!

In the gym with Munguia

He is determined.

Canelo is different

Can he be caught?

Oscar is hype!

Blessed, highly favored!

The Full Card

Main Card

Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia [Undisputed Super Middleweight Title]

Mario Barrios vs. Fabian Maidana [Interim WBC World Welterweight Title]

Brandon Figueroa vs. Jessie Magdaleno [Interim WBC Featherweight Title]

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Gabriel Maestre [WBA Regular Welterweight Title]

Preliminary Card

Vito Mielnicki Jr. vs. Ronald Cruz [super welterweight]

William Scull vs. Sean Hemphill [super middleweight]

Jesus Ramos vs. Johan Gonzalez [super welterweight]

Gabriel Valenzuela vs. Jose Angulo [super lightweight]

Damien Vazquez vs. David Picasso [super bantamweight]

Jabin Chollet vs. Julian Bridges [lightweight]

Adrian Torres vs. Arsen Poghosyan [catchweight]

The main undercard is set to get underway at 8pm ET / 5pm PT.

Tale of the tape

Canelo Álvarez
Age: 33
Country: Mexico
Height: 5ft 8in
Reach: 70.5”
Record: 60-2-2

Jaime Munguia
Age: 27
Country: Mexico
Height: 6ft 0in
Reach: 72”
Record: 43-0-0

WELCOME!!!

Welcome to Diario AS USA’s live coverage of the All-Mexican Cinco de Mayo weekend gala as Canelo Álvarez puts all his super middleweight titles on the line against knockout artist Jaime Munguia from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

This is a scintillating fight! Muguia is bigger, stronger, and younger, but has not faced anyone of Canelo’s caliber yet. Canelo is a strong tactician, the undisputed king of the super middleweight division, who can stylistically outbox his young countryman.

Two giant factors are at play here. First is that Munguia is very hittable. He is right there to be hit, and he takes a lot of shots. Up until now, he has munched up everything that has come his way and marched through it, like Pac-man. Forget about being hurt, he hasn’t really ever been troubled. But he has never been hit by anyone who can punch as hard as Canelo.

The second factor is Canelo’s age. He is still at the top of his game, without doubt, but the last few bouts have lacked the same dazzling skill that he is known for. John Ryder is not at this level and while Jermell Charlo is extremely talented, he stepped up two weight divisions to face Canelo. In both of those fights, Álvarez held all the cards. Here they are more evenly dealt. Yes, Canelo is still quick, but is he quick enough to stay away from Munguia’s devastating left hook? Does he still have the speed and reflexes to compete with a fighter six years younger than he is?

Coming as it does on Cinco de Mayo weekend, the apPetite for this fight is immense. Las Vegas is boiling with anticipation, and the antics between Canelo and Oscar de la Hoya have been a huge part of that.

Canelo was promoted by Golden Boy for much of his career and Munguia is currently being promoted by them. Twisting and grinding the knife in this affair has been Oscar de la Hoya, who has entered into and in some cases instigated it. Under fire for taking some of the spotlight away from Jaime Munguia, perhaps de la Hoya is simply playing a game; trying to get under Canelo’s skin. After all, it worked like a charm for Ryan Garcia, who dazzled Devin Haney and took his mind out of the fight. Perhaps by antagonizing his ex-stable mate, de la Hoya is in fact trying to give his fighter a leg up.