Golovkin vs. Álvarez II undercard

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(Note: it remains possible that Román González vs. Moises Fuentes could replace Brækhus vs. Lopez on the PPV televised card...although it will be a mere 10-rounder with nothing at stake while the latter is a 5 belt unification featuring the consensus women's p4p #1)

Compare with last time:

1. JoJo Díaz vs. Rafael Alvarado Rivera (maybe could've looked even on paper to a casual fan glancing on BoxRec, both with zeroes on the line; Rivera had a mostly padded record and this was in reality a mismatch in favor of JoJo, who pitched a shutout. Pretty dull and "meh" fight...)
2. Randy Caballero vs. Diego de La Hoya (was supposed to be a legitimately competitive battle of unbeaten stars waiting to break out; turned out to be a mismatch and near-shutout in favor of DDLH. Pretty dull and "meh" fight...)
3. Ryan Martin vs. Francisco Rojo (more of a mismatch on paper that wound up being close as Martin on an off-night fought down to Rojo's level while the latter stepped up and fought his ass off until gassing. Okay fight...)

I'd say this is looking to be a much better PPV card in comparison - and that's regardless of which 10-rounder kicks off the official PPV broadcast and which is relegated to a prelims stream.

 

I'm probably just as excited as you for that one but if we're being objective I think we have to concede that Munguia vs. Cook is right there in the same ballpark with it. Or do you foresee that one being a one sided affair, or a disappointing clash of styles?

 

The hell's wrong with Cook?!

A year ago people saw his fight with Kanat Islam as being 50-50 and among the bright spots on the Autumn '17 docket. One loss to a justifiably hyped guy in a "somebody's 0 must go" match and he's chopped liver all of a sudden?

 

Speaking of Islam, why the **** has it been a year since he fought?!?

 

Also the fact that Munguia was still a complete unknown as of, like, five minutes ago.

He beat up Sadam Ali, well okay; that could easily be attributed to "a pretty good (but constitutionally fragile) smaller guy loses to a so-so bigger strong/tough-chinned guy".

So his one name-making W is Beefy Smith? Eh. I'm going to need some more convincing that he's some new bogeyman.

 

If they were equal in size Ali would have pitched a shutout else stopped Munguia.