David Benavidez has earned the right to be the official challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) and aspire to be world champion, but the opportunity does not come.
First, at 168 pounds, Canelo Alvarez has avoided the fight and has decided on Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlanga in 2024.
Then the Mexican Monster moved up to 175 pounds and earned the right to challenge Artur Beterbiev, but it looks like he will commit to the rematch against Dmitry Bivol.
David Benavidez targets Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez
Faced with the impossibility of being champion in the Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight by the WBC, he now sets his sights on the Cruiserweight to challenge Gilberto Ramirez, explains his father.
“For some reason, if this fight with the winner of (the rematch) Beterbiev and Bivol doesn’t happen or whatever, we will definitely go to Cruiserweight to fight Zurdo Ramirez,” said Jose Benavidez Sr. to Fight Hub TV.
The decision to move up to the Cruiserweight division implies the need to move up to almost 200 pounds and be able to face fighters with a greater weight at the time of the fight, advice that has been given to Saul Alvarez with light heavyweights such as Bivol, who already defeated him in 2022, and Artur Beterbiev, the absolute champion of the category.
Who is Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez?
Gilberto Ramirez is a 33-year-old boxer from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, who became the World Boxing Organization champion by defeating Chris Billam-Smith on November 16.
With a record of 47-1, his only loss was to Dmitry Bivol in 2022, in his last fight at Light Heavyweight, before moving up to Cruiserweight.
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