Munguia Activates Rematch Clause After Surace Upset

By Boxing News – 12/15/2024 – Comments

Jaime Munguia’s promoters at Zanfer are planning to activate the rematch clause to force a second fight against Bruno Surace for the first half of 2025 following the super middleweight contender Jaime’s sixth-round knockout loss last Saturday night at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico.

Taking an immediate rematch with Surace is not without risk involved. While it may seem like a smart thing for Munguia’s promoters to do, it could backfire with him getting knocked out again. That would ruin his career.

Unconventional Clause

It’s unclear why Munguia’s promoters placed a rematch clause in the contract for a non-title fight that he was expected to win easily. The 26-year-old Surace isn’t ranked in the top 15 by any of the four sanctioning bodies.

The former WBO junior middleweight champion Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) came into the fight as the favorite and controlled the action through the fifth round. In the sixth, Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) dropped Munguia, 28, with a right hand. The referee had no choice but to stop the fight when Munguia returned to his feet because he was in terrible shape.

‘I’m told that Zanfer intends to activate the rematch clause for Jaime Munguía vs. Bruno Surace 2 in the first half of 2025 after the surprising result on Saturday in Tijuana. There will be details in this regard in the next few days,” said Salvador Rodriguez on X.