David Benavidez has no shortage of HUGE fights on his radar. In an exclusive interview with BoxingScene, Jose Benavidez Sr. makes it clear that David still wants the biggest names at 175lbs including Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. Benavidez has previously said those are two fights he wants to make as he pursues more titles and major challenges. But there’s another name that could make things very interesting: Andy Ruiz Jr. Jose discusses the possibility of an all-Mexican showdown between Benavidez and the former heavyweight champion, along with David’s plans across multiple divisions. And with a potential Jai Opetaia showdown also building after the pair came face-to-face following Opetaia’s latest victory, Benavidez has some massive options ahead.
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By Alexey Sukachev
In a bizarre turn of events, Cecilia “The First Lady” Braekhus (23-0, 7 KOs), an undefeated multi-title (WBA/WBC/WBO) welterweight champion, has broken ties with her famous coach Ulli Wegner and relocated to the training camp of another German specialist Otto Ramin. Braekhus is set to face Frenchman Myriam Lamare (22-3, 10 KOs) on Jan. 18 in Fredrikshavn, Denmark. Ramin is known to be a coach of top-ranked heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev.
According to Bild, Wegner wasn’t given a reason on why Braekhus made the switch. It was WBO cruiserweight champion Marko Huck, also a pupil of Wegner, who unexpectedly hit Braekhus with a tennis ball during one of the practices. Huck explained this incident as just an accident, where he threw the ball in a wrong direction.
