“You’re already a champion, man. It’s time to unify in September. Let’s go for it, with God leading the way,” said Iglesias on X.
Munguia is coming off a win over Jose Armando Resendiz last Saturday night in Las Vegas, where he captured the WBA super middleweight title, giving him a direct path to a unification fight.
Iglesias has followed his own route to a belt. He improved to 15-0 with 14 knockouts when he stopped Pavel Silyagin in the eighth round on April 9 to win the IBF title that had been vacated by Terence Crawford, adding another active titleholder into the mix at 168.
At the time Iglesias won his title, the division already had multiple belt holders, with Jose Armando Resendiz holding the WBA title and Christian Mbilli the WBC belt, while the WBO title remained vacant. That structure has left the weight class without a single direction, increasing the value of any unification fight that can bring clarity.
Munguia’s recent win also came at a time when the division has multiple titleholders without a clear direction. A unification fight would immediately connect two of those belts and give the weight class a defined path instead of scattered matchups.
A meeting between the two would immediately connect those belts and bring clarity to a division that has multiple directions but no single line of movement.
Munguia has not responded to the call. That silence leaves the next move with him. Iglesias, 28, has made his side clear.
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