Bruno Surace pulled off an upset on December 14 when he faced Jaime Munguia at Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico. Going up against the hometown favorite and making his international debut, the unbeaten Frenchman claimed the win by knockout.
On his way to victory, Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) suffered a knockdown in the second round from a left hand. In the sixth round, which turned out to be the final round of their super middleweight clash, the 26-year-old dropped Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) with a big overhand right.
The 28-year-old former super welterweight champion, Munguia, didn’t beat the eight-count. The time of stoppage was 2:36 into the sixth round.
In the co-feature, Mexico’s Alan Picasso Romero (31-0-1, 17 KOs) dropped and stopped Isaac Sackey (26-3-2, 21 KOs) of Ghana. The super bantamweight bout ended at 1:55 into the third round.
Among other Munguia vs Surace results, Jorge Garcia Perez (32-4, 26 KOs) of Mexico earned a unanimous decision against Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (20-4, 12 KOs) of Uzbekistan. The 10-round super welterweight matchup ended with the scores 97-92, 99-90 and 99-90.
Also on the card, San Diego-based Mexican Sebastian Hernandez Reyes (18-0, 17 KOs) stopped Sergio Martin Sosa (14-5, 3 KOs) of Argentina at super bantamweight. The official time was 2:39 into the ninth round.
In the ESPN+ telecast opener, Juan Anacona (13-1, 6 KOs) of Colombia defeated Christian Islas Roldan (11-3-1, 7 KOs) of Mexico by unanimous decision at featherweight. After eight rounds, the scores were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.