David Benavidez’s dad, Jose Benavidez Sr., is already speaking about wanting WBA gentle heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol subsequent regardless of Oleksandr Gvozdyk being on David’s plate for this Saturday evening on June fifteenth.
Jose Sr. believes the victory is already within the bag for his son, Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs), in his twelve-round conflict towards former WBC 175-lb champion Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs), and he’s assuming that Bivol will defeat IBF/WBC/WBO champ Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth.
It’s not a foregone conclusion that Bivol wins that struggle, despite the fact that Beterbiev is being rushed again into the ring after rupturing his meniscus.
This Saturday, Benavidez will struggle Gvozdyk for the WBC interim 175-lb title on PBC on Prime Video Pay-Per-View on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Benavidez and his dad, Jose Sr., ought to deal with Gvozdyk slightly than speaking up a struggle towards Bivol and whining about Canelo Alvarez 24/7.
Previous Success Does Not Assure Future Victory
“We’re not attempting to cease this man, however we need to be spectacular, and I feel David goes to cease Oleksandr,” mentioned Jose Benavidez Sr. to the media about his prediction of a knockout win for his son David Benavidez towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk this Saturday evening on June fifteenth on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.
If Jose Jr. and Benavidez weren’t overlooking Gvozdyk, why all of the speak about Bivol and Canelo? Within the interviews within the build-up to Saturday’s card, Benavidez has talked about Canelo, and has mentioned nearly nothing about Gvozdyk.
When Benavidez has talked about Gvozdyk, he’s talked about getting the higher of him sparring years in the past when he was round 21. It’s fairly apparent that Benavidez doesn’t respect Gvozdyk and feels it is a sure-thing win for him.
“We ready ourselves tremendous exhausting for this struggle. It’s a brand new division,” mentioned Jose Sr. “We’re preventing a man [Gvozdyk] who was an ex-Olympian, an ex-champion. He solely has one loss. He misplaced to [Artur] Beterbiev [in 2019]. He’s a really harmful fighter. He has to indicate the those who he belongs right here.”
Gvozdyk has crushed higher opposition than Benavidez, and if there’s anybody who wants to indicate they belong, it’s David. Benavidez’s finest profession win is Caleb Plant, who Canelo had already knocked out. Gvozdyk stopped Adonis Stevenson, a fighter that was on one other degree than Plant.
“This can be a massive alternative for Oleksandr to beat David. We skilled tremendous exhausting to look spectacular,” mentioned Benavidez Sr. “We are able to’t simply beat Oleksandr. We’ve got to look spectacular to maintain exhibiting individuals he’s the perfect at 168 and 175.”
Benavidez won’t get an enormous quantity of credit score for beating Gvozdyk, regardless of how good he seems to be. Gvozdyk is now 37 and was retired from 2019 to 2023.
He simply got here out of retirement final 12 months. If Benavidez wished to obtain credit score, he ought to have accepted the decision out from David Morrell Jr., who’s 26 and harmful.
Untimely Concentrate on Bivol
“Bivol beat Canelo Alvarez, so we’re attempting to beat the one which beat the one. I feel it’ll be an honor for us to struggle Bivol as a result of he beat Zurdo Ramirez and he beat Canelo Alvarez,” mentioned Jose Sr. “So, if we are able to beat the one which beat the ‘Face of Boxing,’ I feel that’ll put David in a higher place than he’s now.”
As you’ll be able to see, Jose Sr. is trying previous Gvozdyk and assuming that Bivol will defeat Beterbiev on October twelfth. It might not play out like Jose Sr. sees issues. Benavidez might lose to Gvozdyk this Saturday evening, and Bivol might come unglued towards Beterbiev.
“We’re attempting to search for the larger fighters, the harmful fighters, the fighters that nobody desires to face,” mentioned Jose Sr. “These are those we’re after. Oleksandr has nothing to lose and rather a lot to realize. If we beat Oleksandr, we’re not going to get the credit score that we deserve.”
If Jose Sr. thinks Benavidez received’t obtain credit score for beating Gvozdyk, he shouldn’t have chosen to struggle him. He solely has himself guilty for choosing Gvozdyk slightly than David Morrell Jr. or Jai Opetaia. Each of these fighters are involved in preventing Benavidez, however he’s not desirous to face both.
“Persons are going to say, ‘He’s achieved.’ He solely has one loss. Like I mentioned, he’s not a pushover. We skilled extraordinarily exhausting to look spectacular. We’re going to try to harm him and try to put him out,” mentioned Jose Sr.
