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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Saturday night in Leeds, it was another short night for Liverpool super-middleweight Callum Smith, but his third-round stoppage of Rafael Sosa Pintos was merely a tune-up for his WBC eliminator against Nikola Sjekloca next month.
Smith once again boxed with authority and poise against a smaller and vastly inferior opponent, and it was a set of stinging body shots that eventually did the trick, in what will be Smith’s last easy night’s work.
Smith’s promoter Eddie Hearn now sees the youngster really stepping up his game, and possibly fighting for a world title sometime next year if everything goes to plan.
“We've made a huge fight for him against Sjekloca, an eliminator for the WBC title,” Hearn told Sky Sports at ringside.
“Tonight was a routine victory, the hands are fine and he moves on to that huge fight on the 22nd (of November). Next summer he will be ready for the WBC title, whoever has got it - hopefully George Groves.”
