What Flag Does Jaime Munguia Carry? Nationality, Ethnicity, and Religion

At 27, Jaime Munguia comes with an intimidating record of 42 unbeaten. Tonight, he stands at the precipice of the biggest fight of his career. However, most wonder who this fighter is and where he came from.

Tonight, at the Footprint Centre of Phoenix, Arizona, a lethal battle will ensue between Munguia and British fighter, John Ryder. At stake remains the WBC Silver Super Middleweight belt and the chance for the orthodox fighter to shoot up in the elite circles of the boxing sport. He has remained in the sport for more than a decade and has fought nearly as much as the elite boxers of his weight class. However, he has been limited to fights in the heartland of Mexico. Is tonight’s fight his leap into international fame? Well, before that, let’s get an understanding of his lineage.

The Roots of Jaime Munguia

Per the profile detailed by his promotions company, Golden Boy Promotions, Jaime Aaron Munguia Escobedo was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on Oct. 6, 1996. Son of a heavyweight boxer, and a favorite of the Mexican crowd, Jaime “Rambo” Munguia, Junior Munguia entered the ring at a very young age. After amassing an impressive amateur record, instead of taking on the Olympic tournaments as most fighters would, he turned pro.

At the raw age of 16, the fighter, whose religious affinities have no public mentions made his debut and immediately registered his name as a rising fame in the Mexican boxing scene. From 2013, the year he debuted, to almost the next four years, he went on to claim victories one after the other. However, in 2016, a crucial year in his career, he made headlines. He undertook 7 fights that year, and for the first time, ventured outside his home state of Baja California.

The following year, 2017, was even more crucial for him. After having hoisted the flags of his victory in his country, he turned international. In December 2017, the Spanish-speaking fighter travelled to the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for a fight against Paul Valenzuela Cuesta. He marked his first fight and victory outside of Mexico. Furthermore, next year, he’d travel to Verona, US for his first title challenge. He defeated Sadam Ali in May 2018 to become the WBO champion of the super welterweight division.

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Since then, he has defended the title 5 times and has moved up the weights to fight at the middle and now super middleweight. Having oscillated between weight classes and Mexico and the US, Munguia is on the path to big things in the boxing realm. Today, he ranks second on Boxrec’s Mexican Male Pro-fighters list.

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