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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Gabriela Fundora remains on track to make the second defense of her undisputed women’s flyweight championship September 20 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California – but she will now face a new challenger.
Fundora, 16-0 (8 KOs), will defend her four sanctioning body belts and The Ring title against Canada’s Alexas Daria Kubicki as part of a main-event doubleheader with unified minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo’s defense against Jayson Vayson. Fundora-Kubicki is scheduled for 10 two-minute rounds and will be featured on a DAZN-streamed card.
Fundora, a 23-year southpaw fighting out of Coachella, California, was originally scheduled to meet Argentina’s Ayelen “Piru” Granadino, 12-2-4 (1 KO), but on Thursday a source close to the fight proceedings told BoxingScene that Granadino had been denied her visa into the US.
Kubicki, 13-1 (2 KOs), a 22-year-old from Edmonton, Alberta, most recently outpointed Mexico’s then-undefeated Alondra Yamile Hernandez Mendoza in May. Her only defeat came in her seventh pro fight, an eight-round decision against Linda Contreras Ibarra in 2023. Kubicki, currently ranked No. 8 at women’s flyweight by the WBA, has since won seven straight.
Fundora became a world titlist at age 21, knocking out Arely Mucino in five rounds in October 2023. She consolidated all the belts to become undisputed in a seventh-round stoppage of Gabriela Celeste Alaniz last November.
Jason Langendorf is the former Boxing Editor of ESPN.com, was a contributor to Ringside Seat and the Queensberry Rules, and has written about boxing for Vice, The Guardian, Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. A member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, he can be found at LinkedIn and followed on X and Bluesky.
