Cinco de Mayo weekend is long linked with boxing. The weekend has hosted major boxing events for decades. Most recently Mexican legend Canelo Alvarez has headlined the weekend. This year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo Alvarez will put all four 168-pound world titles on the line against Jaime Munguia in an all-Mexican Showdown. The undercard will feature two former world champions from the Lone Star State. Former 140-pound world champion Mario Barrios, 28-2 (18), will defend his WBC interim welterweight title against Fabian Maidana, 22-2 (16). Barrios last fought in September and beat down former welterweight world champion Yordenis Ugas and took a wide decision in what was the best performance for the San Antonio slugger thus far.
Also on the card is former Super Bantamweight world champion Brandon Figueroa, 24-1-1 (18), who will end a 15-month layoff and battle Jessie Magdaleno. Figueroa has been out of the ring with promotional issues since his highly impressive March 2023 win over Mark Magsayo. The Weslaco native has a big challenge with Magdaleno, who held a super bantamweight world title from 2016-2018. He lost his last fight, a 12-round affair with Raymond Ford, who has since gone on to win a world title. That was in April of 2023 on the undercard of Bam Rodriguez vs Cristian Gonzalez card in San Antonio.