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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Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch is standing firm on his disapproval with the recently finalized clash between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou.
The big men will collide in a cross-sport boxing match on October 28th in Saudi Arabia.
Fury's WBC world title will not be at stake.
"Fury and Ngannou is a load of rubbish. The only reason that fight is happening is because he's got a Netflix series coming out and a crossover fight fits well into a Netflix show. I think Fury is more interested in the glitz and glamour around his own Netflix show than fighting anyone else, but Tyson Fury can do whatever he wants," Froch told Genting Casino.
"He had that trilogy with Deontay Wilder, he beat Wladimir Klitschko, he's the main man in the heavyweight division. If Tyson Fury says it's Tuesday, it's Tuesday, no-one is going to argue with him. But Fury-Ngannou is a load of rubbish, not interested at all, not in the slightest, because it's not a boxing match.
"I'm interested in MMA and the UFC, but crossover fights don't work. Mayweather proved that when he fought McGregor, it was a mismatch, and it will always be a mismatch when a boxer fights a mixed martial artist in the boxing ring and vice versa if a boxer jumps into the cage."
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has also voiced his displeasure with the contest.
Usyk and his handlers believe Fury should be stripped of his WBC strap, but Froch disagrees with that position.
"If the WBC calls a mandatory and he's not fulfilling his mandatory obligations then they should strip him but if he's not been ordered to fight, he's within his right to keep hold of that belt and go and do this celebrity clown show that he's involved in," Froch said.
"The WBC should not strip him. If I had the belt and I was going to earn a fortune to fight for an easy win, then I'd ask 'why are you taking the belt off me?' Tyson Fury is the man in the division who can demand all the money and TV, and he's fought and beat everyone.
"We do need to see him fight Usyk though, but not so much Anthony Joshua, at least until we see AJ back to his previous best. If AJ does a job on Whyte, blasts him out and looks really good doing it, then we're going to want to see AJ-Fury, but at the moment, the only fight out there for Fury is Usyk and Usyk's fighting Dubois."
