i like jose benavidez but when is he going to fight stiffer opposition?

Jose seems to be somewhat struggling with limited competition. If he was destroying these guys without breaking a sweat he might have been stepping up soon. His handlers think he still needs to work on things before he can take the next step. Andre Ward took a similar road early on.

hes 19 years old going on 20 here. and fighting guys with bad records. just wondering when hes going to fight a guy with a stiff one although he's still young he's really talented for his age. i don't expect him to have to go and fight for a world title right away, but i agree that he does need to start fighting much better competition.

If Jessie Vargas (yes I know different promoter) was put out there they should put Jose out there. Deffinatly better than Vargas. This right here...

If Jessie Vargas (yes I know different promoter) was put out there they should put Jose out there. Deffinatly better than Vargas.

i dont think they should pad his record too much, he should fight better opponents right now gradually and so on, you dont want him to be overwhelmed when one day BOOM he walks into a tough opponent way better than any he has faced Im not talking turning him into Fernando Vargas but also not turning him into a joke like Chavez Jr and his padded record. If this guy is the future, why not bring him up like MAyweather? He wasnt brought up too fast or too slow, these are the records of guys he fought around 15 pro fights Mayweather's opponents around 15 pro fights 17-4 8-1 20-7 So within the next few fights, they should gradually get better competition...

They are padding his record right now. He will win a vacant title at about 20 wins. Continue fighting crap until 25-30 wins. Once he gets there, he will step up in competition. Unlike other's here. I don't see much in Benavidez. He will make that transition in opposition and end up like Juanma and/or Cotto. First "real" opponent and he gets owned.

NOT ANYTIME SOON! Probably won't see him step up the competition for another 2-3 years

BUM ON BUM VIOLENCE is what i like to call it and what it actually is. but let's keep the topic on Jose. i think Jose will step up competition soon enough. no reason to rush it when people like Steroidgio Martinez are fighting even worse competition. "but lets keep the topic on jose" yet you were the one that brought oscar And the middleweight champion into this...and a sentence later you bring him up again...haha

you call what he does boxing? whoopin ass is what i like to call it

what?? oscar did that sh1t for years. Steroidgio Martinez has made an entire career out of it. Oscar fought better opposition at his stage of his career. Martinez started boxing at 20 if im not mistaken oscar in his 5th fight fought a guy 23-2-2 Jeff Money Mayweather and in benzvidez career he fought a guy 3-5-1 in his 5th pro fight

uhh he's only had like 15 fights. hes 19 years old going on 20 here. and fighting guys with bad records. just wondering when hes going to fight a guy with a stiff one

I wonder the same thing. I think Arum will build up his record to almost 20+, until he gets harder fights. But the kid is gifted