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 Miguel Rivera
Centro de Expositores, Puebla, Mexico - Dante Jardon (19-2, 17KOs) and Sammy Gutierrez (30-7-2, 21KOs) have vowed to avenge their knockout defeats from Saturday night. Jardon lost his WBC Youth World super featherweight title to Kyohei Tamakoshi (28-7-6, 11KOs). The Japanese boxer stopped him in three rounds, the first loss for the Jardon since his second pro fight in 2006. It was Tamakoshi's first fight outside of Japan. A strange fight for a "Youth title" with Jardon being 23-years-old and the 30-year-old Japanese pug.
Gutierrez saw his two fight win streak get snapped, and he lost his WBC silver light flyweight title to lightly regarded Armando Torres (17-9, 12KOs), who was coming off a loss to Juan Palacios.
The promoters are hoping to stage a rematch doubleheader in the first quarter of 2012.
