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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French heavyweight Tony Yoka (11-1) meets veteran Carlos Takam (39-7-1) on March 11 in Paris, France, reports L'Équipe. It will be Yoka's first fight since losing to Martin Bakole in May of last year - a loss that derailed his career.
The 42-year old Takam comes in off back to back losses against Joe Joye and Aslambek Makhmudov but is still well regarded.
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It's official (finally): Danish boxer Enock Poulsen (12-0) defends the EBU super lightweight title against the official challenger Franck Petitjean (25-6-3) February 4 in Creteil (France) with Y12 headed by Johann Zaoui.
Poulsen is currently training in Aarhus (Denmark) and has former EBU champ and two-time world title challenger Anthony Yigit (26-2-1) as chief sparring partner.
EBU super welterweight champ Milan Prat (18-0) is supposed to defend the title on the same show but no opponent has been named as of yet.
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Unbeaten featherweights Davide Tassi (14-0) and Jose Antonio Romero Sanchez (15-0-1) clash for the vacant WBC International Silver title on February 17 in Massa (Italy).
Romero Sanchez hails from Spain but has been based in Finland for the last few years.
In the co-feature Claudio Granne (9-2) and Jonathan Sannino (15-3-1) meet with the vacant Italian bantamweight title at stake.
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Italian Buccione Boxing Team promotes a show in Rome February 24 headlined by a fight between Khalil El Harraz (14-3-1) and Vincenzo Bevilacqua (18-2) with the vacant IBF Mediterranean middleweight title at stake.
In the co-feature Anna Lisa Brozzi (4-2) defends the EBU female featherweight title against Sheila Martinez (4-3-1) from Spain.
