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 Edward Chaykovsky
Madison Square Garden, New York City - Junior middleweight Delvin Rodriguez (26-5-3, 14KOs) won a clear ten round unanimous decision over Pawel Wolak (29-2-1, 19KOs) . The scores were 98-91, 98-92 and 100-90.
In July, they fought to a ten round majority draw. The action was non-stop and their first meeting is a serious contender for "Fight of The Year" honors.
Rodriguez looked strong at the start. He was outboxing and outlanding Wolak with ease. In the fourth, Rodriguez started giving Wolak a beating with multiple hard combinations landing flush. The rematch was a far cry from the first meeting. Rodriguez fought smart and continued to catch Wolak coming in nearly every time. Wolak couldn't get off with his punches and allowed Rodriguez to move him around.
Around the seventh round, Rodriguez appeard to slow down a little while Wolak was comimg forward and trying to hunt him down. Rodriguez would spin away from the ropes almost every time and tried to keep Wolak in the center of the ring.
Wolak rallied well in the late rounds. Rodriguez answered back with every charge, while outlanding and outworking Wolak during close exchanges.
In the tenth and final round, Rodriguez had Wolak in trouble after he unloaded with a lot of flush punches to Wolak's head. At certain points Rodriguez was measuring Wolak and landing big punches with both hands and the referee was getting close to stopping it. Wolak was close to going down in the closing seconds but stayed on his feet.
