Jose Benavidez Sr. says he was surprised that Dmitri Bivol dropped his WBC lights of heavyweight belt because he didn’t think he would do it to swing his compulsory David Banavidez.
Jose Sr. Still hope that the winner or loser of the Bivol- against Artur Betterbiev trilogy will fight the newly crowned WBC 175-pound champion David Benavidez (30-0, 24 food). They have to go anywhere else unless Turki wants to set up a fourth battle between them.
Smith or Yarde next?
Benvidez Sr. says David can make a defense of his WBC title against one of these two:
– Callum Smith
– Anthony Yarde
Jose Sr. Mention that anyone who wants to see the people ‘the Mexican monster’ facing benavidez between the two will do it. Yarde (26-3, 24 costs) has a fight that is already scheduled on April 26 at Lyndon Arthur in London. He may not be ready to challenge Benavidez for his WBC title in the summer.
The WBO tussent champion Callum Smith (31-2, 22 CO’s) is able to challenge the winner of the Bivol-Beterbiev 3 match. So, he probably won’t agree to fight benavidez. Even if he wanted it, his promoter, Eddie Hearn, could advise him to wait for the more profitable fight against Bivolie or Betterbiev.
“He looked impressive, really good. We were there. We watched him. He is one of them, I believe, and Anthony Yarde, ‘says Jose Banavidez Sr. Millcity Boxing About whom David Banavidez could oppose his first title defense of his WBC Light Welterweight in the summer. “It’s a surprise. I didn’t think Biblical would leave the belt like that. ‘
Smith’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is perhaps reluctant to make him fight against Benavidez for his WBC belt if he thinks there is a chance that he could fight biblical or betterbiev. There is potentially more money for Callum who is fighting the Bivol-Beterbiev 3 winner or loser than against benavidez.
Waiting for the winner
“We wanted to fight Bivolution, and then the plan was to fight against Zurdo Ramirez. Let them (Artur Betterbiev and Biblical) do the trilogy, and we will fight against the winner or loser. Meanwhile, these other two battles (Smith and Yarde) are not easy. ”We said.
It will be to the Saudi if they want to make Benavidez cast on the winner of the loser of the Betterbiev vs. BIVOL 3 -TRILOGY -GEG. They knew that none of these outdated fighters would match him well. We saw that Betterbiev lost a lot from his game in his last fight against Biblical, and it would be worse for him if he was fighting benavidez.
‘I believe David (benavidez) is on a different level (than Callum Smith). Whoever people want to fight, we will fight. Everyone thought the other man (Joshua Buatsi) was going to win (against Callum on February 22). This is a difficult struggle. We will fight against him, and if they want to see the fight with Anthony Yarde, we will also fight against him.
“We were able to fight him on 168, 175 or a crossweight,” Jose Sr. said that David Banavidez is willing to fight Canelo Alvarez at any weight. “With David, he (Canelo) makes every excuse there.” $ 200 million, nothing brings to the table; He is not a champion. I don’t know what he’s coming out next. ‘
Last updated on 04/08/2025
