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

Jaime Munguia enjoyed a career renaissance Saturday night in Las Vegas, looking world class with his unrelenting dominance of Jose Resendiz to capture the WBA super middleweight title on the David Benavidez vs. Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez undercard inside the T-Mobile Arena. Since his lopsided 2024 defeat to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Munguia’s career had become a tabloid editor's dream but a promoter's nightmare.

A rebound knockout win over Erik Bazinyan preceded a baffling sixth-round collapse against the unheralded Bruno Surace . Even when he rectified that loss in a May 2025 rematch, a positive test for exogenous testosterone cast a dark shadow over the former WBO super welterweight champion’s future. But on Saturday, it looked like Munguia (46-2, 35 KOs) was motivated not just to add another championship to his honors roll, but recapture the relevancy he once had.

Against Resendiz (16-3, 11 KOs), the favorite heading into the fight, he did just that. Jaime Munguia is world champion once again 🏆 #BenavidezZurdo pic. twitter.

com/Bt8IOGt0MH — Uncrowned (@uncrownedcombat) May 3, 2026 Resendiz, 27, had punched his way to the top by dismantling Caleb Plant in an upset last year , and walked to the ring on Cinco de Mayo weekend with the WBA’s blessing as their full super middleweight champion. He was the man with the momentum — and the belt — while Munguia had the problems. But once the bell rang for this co-feature to the Benavidez-Ramirez cruiserweight showdown, the narratives quickly shifted.