David Benavidez says he will fight Callum Smith or Anthony Yarde. He bends towards Smith because he has a transient WBO title. Benavidez (30, 24 KO) believes that he needs this belt to support the winner of the trilogy Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev 3.
David Benavidez already has the title of WBC and WBA “Regular” 175-LB, but he wants the next belt to support press who will win in the clash of the Bivol-Betiview trilogy.
Further plans of opponent Benavidez
“We are currently thinking about Callum Smith or Anthony Yard. Of course, these are the two best guys in this division,” said David Benavidez to a pound of 4 pound from Kamar and Henryk YouTube canal.
Smith and Yarde are the two best fighters, but not the two best guys below Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. David Morrell is still there. I doubt if any of these guys would beat Morrella. Benavidez focuses on the attempt to force the winner of the trilogy Dmitry Byvol vs. Artur Beterbaview Fight to face his next one. However, this will require the involvement of Turk Alalshikha.
Bivol has already shown that he is ready to sacrifice the title to turn Benavidez, and if he did it once, he could do it again. This is a bad style for Bivol to face the “Mexican monster” and he is not a spring chicken at the age of 34.
We saw Bivol broke up in the 12th round in his rematch with Beterbav in February last year, when Artur suddenly came out with pressure for the first time in the fight. The way Beterbiev waited until the 12th to finally spend Bivol under the pistol, looked suspicious to some fans on X. They felt that Arthur refrained because he did not want to win the fight.
If that were the case, he would not be a lucrative trilogy match and he would shoot himself at the foot. The way Bivol broke up in these three minutes of pressure, explained that he would be an basic victim for the younger, high -pressure Benavidez style.
It would not matter how much Bivol Run, Benavidez tracked him, overwhelmed him with volume and lost his victory. That is why it is very possible that Bivol will leave or retire again, and will not fight with the “Mexican monster” and end in knocking out for the first time in his career.
Why Bivol can avoid benavidez
“We think about this fight to happen in the USA, which will take me a step to fight these guys because I have a transient WBA, I am the world champion in WBC. Then, after I beat Callum Smith, I will have WBO WBO WBO [interim]Benavidez said.
It seems that Benavidez is worried about things that he has no control over. He should assume that Bivol will avoid him again, because he has already shown that he did not want to fight him. Why would Benavidez expect something different? He should hope that Beterbiev will win because he is brave enough to fight him. However, if Turki decides that he wants to see the fourth Bivol vs. Beterbiev, Benavidez can not do much about it. He may want to consider moving to the circuitous weight and follow the master of Jai Otetaia, because he would fight him.
“So if they [Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol] After that, don’t fight me, there is not much to say. I don’t want to say that people tilt me, but if you get the most you’ve ever done in your career. And apparently I am an basic warrior to beat, so why are you doing this? “Said Benavidez.
Bivol and Beterbiev are quite elderly and will be wealthy enough to retire without needing additional money that will bring a clash with Benavidez. He will probably leave if Turki does not want to finance the fight between Benavidez and Bivol vs. Beterbiew. They will not want to take a significant excision of the remuneration of the fight against Benavidez, which would be more hard for them. Apparently they got $ 10 million for a rematch in February last year.
Without the involvement of Turki, they would achieve much less. They are older fighters again. I move in with a teenage left, such as Benavidez, would not be perfect. 40-year-old Beterbiev looked like he lost a few steps from his first fight with Bivol. Dmitry is now a pure runner and there is not enough in the tank to fight a teenage pressure fighter such as Benavidez.
Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.
Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.
The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.
Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.
Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.
“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.
It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.
“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”
Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.
Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.
Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.
Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.
Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.
Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.
“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”
Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through.
Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 25, 2026
The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.
Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.
Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.
‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.
One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.
“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.
“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.
“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.
“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”
The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.