David Benavidez already has his subsequent combat lined up following his victory over Anthony Yarde.
Benavidez efficiently made the primary defence of his WBC mild heavyweight title with a stoppage win over Yarde in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
‘The Mexican Monster’ dominated the vast majority of the motion, and regardless of Yarde displaying coronary heart all through the bout, an onslaught within the nook two minutes into spherical seven pressured the referee to step in and wave off the bout.
Benavidez has prolonged his unbeaten report to 31-0 with 25 knockouts following the win, and it didn’t take him lengthy to make his subsequent transfer completely clear.
Talking in his post-fight interview, Benavidez revealed that he’s now set to maneuver as much as cruiserweight to problem Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez.
“I bought some information for you guys. Could 2nd, me vs Zurdo Ramirez, I’m going as much as cruiserweight to problem for his titles, so I’m excited for that. I believe it is perhaps in Las Vegas. Cinco de Mayo, see you guys quickly.”
Ramirez at present holds the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles, turning into unified champion after victories over fighters akin to Chris Billam-Smith, Arsen Goulamirian and most not too long ago Yuniel Dorticos again in June.
He was beforehand world champion at super-middleweight earlier than initially stepping as much as 175lbs, however suffered a loss to Dmitry Bivol, prompting the transfer to cruiserweight.
Benavidez will probably be trying to develop into a three-weight world champion if he is ready to defeat Ramirez, having additionally held world honours at super-middleweight earlier in his profession.
