“Benavidez’s style breaks through anything,” Bradley said on his channel, cutting off the debate before it could really begin.
Tim pointed to the range of fighters The Mexican Monster Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) has already faced in his 13-year professional career. He faced boxers, punchers, southpaws and considered that proof enough.
Who stands before him does not change much. Bradley keeps coming back to the same point: the hand speed, the volume and the pressure keep building, and most fighters don’t handle it well.
Volume and hand speed are two elements that are difficult for his opponents to handle. But considering Benavidez’s size and fearlessness makes it even more difficult for his opponents. We saw it in his wins over David Morrell, Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Anthony Yarde.
Bradley also pointed to the fight with Morrell as an example of another look that doesn’t change the equation. Morrell could punch and box from the southpaw stance. Bradley pointed out that Benavidez overwhelmed Morrell with punches and pinned him to the ropes, despite fighting for most of the 12-round bout. Yes, Morrell got his pound of flesh and hurt Benavidez twice, but he still lost in a one-sided fight.
As he talks about it, opponents don’t stop once the pace builds and the punches keep coming over twelve rounds, and Bradley doesn’t sound convinced anyone can hang with him.
As Tim sees it, Benavidez sets the pace early and keeps it there, and every opponent ends up fighting the same fight whether they want to or not. It’s going to be bad for WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez if he can’t find a way to score a knockout of Benavidez.
Gilberto is not going to be able to dodge him with movement, as he did in his fight against Chris Billiam-Smith in 2024. Ramirez doesn’t have the punch output to match Benavidez in that department, meaning he only has a puncher’s chance.
