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.
Patrick Teixeira is eager to return to past glory.
The former WBO junior middleweight titlist is hopeful of a big fight at junior middleweight or even one division north after his latest victory. Teixieira picked up his second consecutive win with a second-round knockout of Colombia’s Carlos Rivero (22-2-1, 12KOs) last Saturday in Santo Amaro, Brazil.
“I’m very happy for this second round knockout victory and winning this WBA (Fedebol) middleweight title,” Teixeira told BoxingScene,com. “I'm ready and available to fight the best at 154. And even at 160, I would give my son Carlos Adames a rematch.”
Teixeira (33-4, 24KOs) ended a nine-month gap between fights, partially due to an injury which pushed back his previously scheduled July 8 bout. His prior win over Adrian Perez last November 26 snapped a three-fight skid, including a February 2021 points loss to then-unbeaten Brian Castano which ended his WBO junior middleweight title reign. Teixeira won the interim WBO belt in a twelve-round win over an then-undefeated Adames in November 2019 and was upgraded to full champ just five days later, fittingly on his 29th birthday.
Adames has since claimed the interim WBC middleweight title and will likely receive an upgrade to full titleholder.
The loss to Castano was followed by a 14-month ring absence and a questionable disqualification loss to Paul Valenzuela last April 9 on the Ryan Garcia-Emmanuel Tagoe undercard in San Antonio. He took the bout after plans fell through for a clash with Russia’s Magomed Kurbanov due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Their rescheduled bout last July 9 saw Teixeira suffer an opening round knockdown en route to a ten-round, unanimous decision defeat.
Now armed with two straight wins, the 32-year-old Brazilian is ready to return to the same level of competition he enjpyed during his road to the title.
”I’m ready for a big fight,” insisted Teixeira.
Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
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