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Four boxing cards planned for Mexico next month

Zanfer Promotions is planning to stage four boxing cards in Mexico next month, ESPN reported.

Zanfer Promotions is planning to stage four boxing cards in Mexico next month, ESPN reported.

Titleholders Miguel Berchelt, Emanuel Navarrete and Elwin Soto, as well as Luis Nery, are among those expected to get back in the ring. No spectators will attend the events and other precautions will be taken because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We plan on doing it in June,” said Fernando Beltran of Zanfer. “We’ll have a really active schedule behind closed doors. We’re working on final details so that we can make a formal announcement.”

No opponents have been selected for the titleholders, who aren’t expected to defend their belts, according to ESPN. However, Zanfer has assigned fighters to particular dates. June 6, Navarrete and Pedro Campa; June 13, Omar Aguilar and Jackie Nava; June 20, Nery and Alan David Picasso; June 27, Berchelt and Soto.

A studio set of the Mexican TV network Azteca is one site being considered, ESPN reported.

“I think we’re all thirsty for Mexican talent and live fights,” Beltran said. “We’re going through with live fights, and I think we have the opportunity to do something huge. I will tell our fans that I’m a man dedicated to this sport I so love and more than anything dedicated to our fans who have provided us with so many moments of glory.”

Jamie Munguia’s promoter calls Gennadiy Golovkin ‘ideal opponent’

Promoter Fernando Beltran said that Gennadiy Golovkin is “an ideal opponent’’ for Jaime Munguia.

Jamie Munguia returned to Tijuana this week with a victory that his promoter hopes will finally lead to a fight with Gennadiy Golovkin.

Promoter Fernando Beltran said that Golovkin is “an ideal opponent’’ for Munguia.

“(GGG) is already [37] years old, but he is no longer the destroyer that he was three or four years ago,’’ Beltran said at a news conference welcoming Munguia home after his stoppage of Gary O’Sullivan last Saturday in San Antonio. “His reflexes are half-a-second or a second delayed, and the punches he receives are hurting him.

“I think that at this moment, it would be the fight that suits Jaime the most.”

A Munguia fight with GGG was discussed two years ago. But the Nevada State Athletic Commission said no, citing Munguia’s lack of experience against world-class middleweights. Munguia, trained by four-division champion Erik Morales, also was mentioned as a possible opponent for Canelo Alvarez.

The 23-year-old Mungia (35-0, 28 KOs) won a junior middleweight title, scoring a fourth-round stoppage of Sadam Ali on May 21, 2018 at Verona, N.Y. He defended the belt five times before moving up to middleweight for an 11th-round TKO of O’Sullivan.

“I’ll fight with whomever my promoter and my working team decide,’’ Munguia said at the news conference. “There are several options on the table, but we have to go step by step and see what is best for us.”