Jose Benavidez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Jose Benavidez Jr. could have traveled in a straight line to the target pursued by his next opponent. The former interim junior welterweight titlist and welterweight title challenger instead chose to gamble on himself in belief that he could have his cake and eat it too.
Junior middleweight contender Jose Benavidez Jr. has received another chance to pull off a major victory. On July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Benavidez will collide with former two division world champion Danny Garcia. Garcia, who is making his debut at 154-pounds, is fighting for the first time since losing a one-sided decision to unified welterweight champion Errol Spence in December of 2020.
A new weight division to conquer was always in the cards from the moment Danny Garcia was ready to resume his career. The former lineal junior welterweight champion and WBC welterweight titlist is now set to take on the best challenges that await the junior middleweight division. His debut comes more than 19 months after his December 2020 twelve-round, unanimous decision defeat to unified welterweight champ Errol Spence Jr. (28-0, 22KOs), which he viewed as his last piece of business in the division.
Terence Crawford has pulled ahead on the scorecards in his ongoing legal battle with Top Rank. The unbeaten three-division champion and pound-for-pound entrant scored a minor victory when a Nevada District Court judge granted Crawford’s motion to remand his lawsuit against Top Rank back to state court. The ruling was handed down Tuesday in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada in Clark County, overturning a previous ruling to remove the complaint to Federal court.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Danny Garcia is only 34 years old. It’s hard to believe, that even after a nearly two-year layoff, the former two-division world champion could be in his physical prime as he approaches his return to the ring against Jose Benavidez Jr. on July 30.
Jose Benavidez Sr. knows precisely what his son is up against heading into his next fight. The younger Benavidez was tabbed as the opponent of choice for Danny Garcia’s junior middleweight debut, which headlines a July 30 Showtime tripleheader from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event will mark the ninth headliner at the famed venue for Philadelphia’s Garcia (36-3, 21KOs), a former two-division titlist who topped the first boxing show at Barclays in his repeat win over Erik Morales in October 2012.
Danny Garcia will be climbing up the weight ladder when he makes his super welterweight debut July 30 against Jose Benavidez Jr. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Junior middleweight contender Jose Benavidez is predicting a shock win over his upcoming opponent, former two division world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia.
Two-division world champion and Brooklyn fan-favorite Danny “Swift” Garcia will make his super welterweight debut against exciting contender Jose Benavidez Jr. in a 12-round showdown that headlines a stacked tripleheader Saturday, July 30 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Danny Garcia will end a year-plus long ring absence with a fight at a new weight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a July 30 date is penciled in for Philadelphia’s Garcia to make his junior middleweight debut, which will come versus former title challenger Jose Benavidez Jr. The fight will headline a Showtime card from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Garcia has fought on eight previous occasions including the building’s first ever boxing event in October 2012.