Jaime Munguia restarts career with brutal dominance of Jose Resendiz to seize WBA title

“He did a great job in the gym and he learned a lot to [apply] that in the fight,” Alvarez said of his stablemate.

“I always try to give advice but Eddy Reynoso is the one who taught him, and he’s done a good job.”

A good job is an understatement.

Munguia, 29, looked physically imposing at the super middleweight limit, with hulking biceps and shoulders — like a light heavyweight despite weighing 167.4 pounds. He was only 0.4 pounds more than Resendiz on the scales, but visibly more on the night.

Resendiz brought his trademark pressure but it was plodding and predictable, and so Munguia picked him apart with volume, surgical body work and thudding uppercuts. Even by the third round, the crowd favorite’s efficiency was clear as he out-landed his opponent by 21 shots to five.

In the fourth, Resendiz found some success as he took constant forward steps to get on the inside, backing Munguia against the ropes — an area Reynoso told his fighter to stay away from.

But Munguia’s response was one of fortitude as he refused to concede anything to Resendiz, unleashing a brutal left uppercut to the face, right hook to the body combination to punish the defending champion for having the nerve to trade.

Taking heed of Reynoso’s advice to hit him with a 1-2-3 before getting out, Munguia controlled the middle of the ring and, by the 10th round, Resendiz, the champion, was depleted of all confidence and no longer able, or willing, to swang and bang.

To reiterate his comfort level, Munguia danced on the periphery before punishing Resendiz for every lead step forward.

This was a world-class dismantling. It made Munguia a two-weight world champion, but perhaps more importantly, it reminded the boxing world why they were excited about him in the first place.

Munguia is back, and after a unanimous decision win with scores of 117-111, 119-109 and 120-109, he has a new championship belt to prove it.

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