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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York Hall, UK - Mark Chamberlain put on a show to retain his IBF European lightweight championship with a tenth round stoppage of Artjoms Ramlavs.
Chamberlain, 24-years-old, had to overcome a bad cut above his right eye to secure the win - and raised his undefeated record to 14 wins and 10 of them by knockout.
“It was a new experience getting a cut; we got through it and it wasn’t very nice. Any fighter that’s had a cut will know that if the Vaseline gets in your eye, you’re blinded in one eye. In one of the rounds, I got through with one eye and I couldn’t judge where the punches were coming from. But it was a new experience, I kept calm and got through it,” Chamberlain told TNT Sports.
Henry Turner retained his WBC International silver super lightweight championship with a ten round unanimous decision win over Billy Allington.
Middleweight Liam Williams stayed busy with a first round destruction of Romanian Florin Cardos.
Williams was initially scheduled to return on December 2 against undefeated puncher - Hamzah Sheeraz - at the Copper Box. Sheeraz suffered a training camp injury and was forced to withdraw. Their fight was pushed back to first quarter of 2024.
