David Benavidez says he can beat WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and even knock him out.
Benavidez states that he used to spar with Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) prior to now, and from these sparring periods, he realized his weaknesses, and he is aware of how one can defeat him now.
It’s simpler stated than performed making an attempt to beat a fighter of Bivol’s stage, and he’ll seemingly outbox Benavidez in the identical means that he did Gilberto Ramirez & Canelo Alvarez.
We may ultimately see Benavidez face Bivol at 175 as a result of he’s planning on shifting up in weight after 4 extra fights at 168, if not sooner.
Benavidez stated on Thursday that he desires to struggle Canelo Alvarez, David Morrell, Demetrius Andrade, and, after all, Caleb Plant. If Benavidez can’t get all of these fighters, he’ll transfer as much as 175 sooner.
Combating Plant, Morrell & Andrade is a given for Benavidez, nevertheless it could possibly be difficult to get a struggle towards Canelo as a result of he’s not proven a large amount of curiosity in combating him.
Benavidez says he’ll KO Bivol
“I sparred Bivol quite a bit, so I do know what occurred throughout these sparring periods. Yeah, I can beat him. I can knock him out,” stated David Benavidez to the media about his perception that he can defeat WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
“He does depart himself open quite a bit,” Benavidez stated when requested about his view on the efficiency of IBF, WBC & WBO 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev final weekend together with his stoppage win over Anthony Yarde in London, England.
“I really feel like I may have quite a lot of success with him [Beterbiev], and I’d like to struggle him sooner or later. He leaves his physique open quite a bit. You’ll be able to actually hit him with quite a lot of mixtures.
“It could be an especially powerful process. I’d need to go as much as 175 and see how it’s first earlier than I am going to the principle man. However I feel at 175, I’m going to be much more stronger and quicker,” Benavidez stated.
Hearn picks Benavidez over Plant
“Plant is an excellent fighter. I feel he’s an excellent technician. I simply assume Benavidez is an enormous man. I feel If Benavidez is available in form, I feel he’ll be a favourite within the struggle, however Caleb Plant is a world class fighter as properly. So I feel it’ll be struggle,” stated Eddie Hearn to Fighthype TV concerning the March twenty fifth contest between Caleb Plant and David Benavidez.
