WBC Told to Delete “Ugly A**” Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia May the 4th Be With You Poster In Scathing Response from Fans

Looks like the WBC is having a hard time impressing fans these days. As the sanctioning body relayed its excitement for tonight’s fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, it received flak for the poster it uploaded. What was so wrong about the social media post? Well, it was sort of unreal, and not in a nice way.

The WBC has been on the receiving end of plenty of flak in the days leading to the Alvarez-Munguia matchup. First, the body was accused of being partial toward the Jalisco-based fighter for not ordering him to fight his mandatory challenger David Benavidez, and instead signing off on the Munguia fight. Second, it unveiled a special, “Tamaulipas Belt.” It was inducted to commemorate the Mexican Titans taking on each other. Now, this time around, it’s a poster that the body uploaded on its X.

In the social media post, the WBC tickled pop culture geeks as it aligned tonight’s event with Star Wars Day, which also happens to be celebrated on May 4. Leveraging the Star Wars theme, it posted an artistic poster of both the fighters next to each other. It wrote, “Boxing and Star Wars fans #maythe4thbewithyou !…Canelo VS Munguia, let’s go! “

However, the poster, like many other efforts of the WBC, did not impress fans. In fact, a lot of fans came with words blazing against the sanctioning body.

Over enthusiastic graphic design team or AI?

The poster was not approved by most fans. One fan, with zero qualms, even ordered the body to delete the post. Was the poster really that bad?

Another user continued to express their disappointment with the WBC. While they expected nothing better from the body, they were shocked by the poster. So much so that they questioned if it was generated by AI.

However, another fan was as unserious as the poster. They noted that Alvarez looked like a Greek version of the iconic character from Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi. He also thought Munguia looked like the Rebel Alliance’s head military commander, Admiral Ackbar, another iconic character from Star Wars.

While artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make space for itself in the world, this post too became a debate centered around it. According to the fan, this poster was surely generated by AI. However, per the post, the digital art was made by an artist whom WBC attributes, “@sebazalas.”

One fan expressed what many were thinking, commenting that the image of Munguia in the poster looked completely unlike the Mexican fighter.

Do you think the poster was a little too unreal? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.