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Jose Pedraza, Benavidez, Stevenson Workouts Photos Gallery - Terence "Bud" Crawford looks to conquer yet another weight division Saturday evening, when he challenges WBO welterweight champion Jeff "The Hornet" Horn at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (by Mikey Williams)
Welterweight contender Jose Benavidez Jr. is really hoping to get his hands on Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs). The two boxers have traded words in person, and they have also traded words on social media. Both of them will be in action on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Jose Benavidez Jr. didn’t waste any time beginning his campaign to fight Terence Crawford. As soon as he won his comeback bout Saturday night in Corpus Christi, Texas, Benavidez took to social media to call out one of the best boxers in the world. Crawford, who watched from a front-row seat as Benavidez beat Matthew Strode by eighth-round technical knockout, isn’t impressed.
Jose Benavidez Jr. made a predictable but impressive comeback from getting shot Saturday night. Benavidez beat Matthew Strode by technical knockout in the eighth and final round in a welterweight fight on the Gilberto Ramirez-Habib Ahmed undercard in Corpus Christi, Texas. Phoenix’s Benavidez completely controlled the action before dropping Strode with a right uppercut with 59 seconds left in the eighth round.
Ancajas vs. Ahmed Top Rank on ESPN will kick off its 2018 season with a sensational Super Bowl weekend world championship event. GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMÍREZ , Mexico's super middleweight champion with the matinee idol looks, defending his world title. Ramírez (36-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will make his third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Top-Five world-rated contender HABIB "Wild Hurricane" AHMED (22-0, 17 KOs) from Accra, Ghana. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
Ancajas vs. Gonzalez, Lopez, Hart Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Top Rank on ESPN will kick off its 2018 season with a sensational Super Bowl weekend world championship event. GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMÍREZ , Mexico's super middleweight champion with the matinee idol looks, defending his world title. Ramírez (36-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will make his third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Top-Five world-rated contender HABIB "Wild Hurricane" AHMED (22-0, 17 KOs) from Accra, Ghana. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
Ramirez, Ahmed, Benavidez Training Photos Gallery - Top Rank on ESPN will kick off its 2018 season with a sensational Super Bowl weekend world championship event. GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMIREZ , Mexico's super middleweight champion with the matinee idol looks, defending his world title. Ramírez (36-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will make his third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Top-Five world-rated contender HABIB "Wild Hurricane" AHMED (22-0, 17 KOs) from Accra, Ghana. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman has advised BoxingScene.com that former champion Jose Benavidez Jr. will make his long awaited return on February 3rd in Corpus Christ, Texas. WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez faces Habib Ahmed in the ESPN headliner while IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas defends his title against Israel Gonzalez in the televised co-feature.
In the late summer of 2016, undefeated welterweight Jose Benavides was shot in the leg by an unknown assailant while walking his dog in in Arizona. The severity of the injuries sustained to his leg left doubt on his professional career.
Welterweight contender Jose Benavidez, Jr. is resting and recuperating after being shot over the weekend, Jose Benavidez, Sr. told BoxingScene.com late Thursday morning. Benavidez has been recuperating at a Phoenix-area hospital since Sunday night when he was shot while walking his dog near his home.