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David Benavidez is looking forward to his next fight with Ben Whittaker

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Whittaker returns on November 29 against Gavazi in Birmingham Photo Credit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing

David Benavidez is open to a future fight in the UK against Ben Whittaker. Photo: Esther Lin/Premier Boxing Champions/Lawrence Lustig/BOXXER
David Benavidez is open to a future fight in the UK against Ben Whittaker. Photo: Esther Lin/Premier Boxing Champions/Lawrence Lustig/BOXXER

David Benavidez admits that he would enjoy a future fight at Wembley Stadium and mentioned Ben Whittaker as a potential opponent.

Whittaker is ranked ninth in the WBC rankings as he chases airy heavyweight world champion Benavidez, who defends his crown against Antoni Yarde November 22 in Riyad.

“The Mexican Monster” has revealed his desire to fight in the UK to former super middleweight world champion Carl Froch and believes Whittaker could match him, but admits “The Surgeon” requires more experience having only had 10 professional fights.

“I hope one day I can fight someone,” the 28-year-old said Froch About the fight.

“Maybe me and Ben Whittaker.

“I think he is a good player, but he is still too green for now.

“He is a good player, but he needs more experience.

“But hopefully we can achieve that in the future.

“Fighting at Wembley Stadium is one of my dreams.

“The crowd and the energy there is just amazing.”

Whittaker will return to the ring on November 29 in Birmingham, where he will fight for the WBC Silver airy heavyweight title against Benjamin Gavazi.

Benavidez was elevated to full WBC champion in April after Dmitry Bivol decided to pursue the belt.

Whittaker returns on November 29 against Gavazi in Birmingham. Photo: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Whittaker returns on November 29 against Gavazi in Birmingham. Photo: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing

Yarde is looking to win the world title at his third attempt after previously failing to beat Artur Beterbiev and Sergei Kovalev, and the Phoenix fighter insists he has plenty of respect for the Londoner.

“I have a lot of respect for Anthony Yarde,” he added.

“I have been watching him for a long time, even before he fought Sergei Kovalev.

“He has good defense, he has good counter-attacks.

“I’ve been watching him for a while.

“He was there with some mighty players, Artur Beterbiev, Sergey Kovalev, but he didn’t make it.

Benavidez faces Yarde ahead of their November 22 clash Photo: Seconds Out YT
Benavidez faces Yarde ahead of their November 22 clash Photo: Seconds Out YT

“But despite this, he is a great fighter with a huge heart.

“He knows his back is against the wall, that this is his last time fighting for the world title, so he will come to the field extremely ready, but that excites me.”

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Tyson Fury’s immediate reaction to the fight with Anthony Joshua after signing the contract

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Tyson Fury was apparently left speechless when he finally reacted to Anthony Joshua agreeing on the terms of meeting him in the ring. Joshua has signed a multi-fight deal to make his comeback, starting with a fight against little-known Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on July 25.

If Joshua escapes unscathed, he will face Fury in November, most likely at Wembley, and the fight will be streamed on Netflix. After the announcement, Fury took to social media, posting only an eye emoji in response. The 37-year-old is currently recovering from his own fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov two weeks ago, which Fury won on points.

After the fight, the former Olympic champion urged Joshua to join him in the Tottenham ring, but his rival refused. Fury claimed he had already signed a contract to fight Joshua, with whom he had been on a collision course for a decade.

However, Joshua has yet to do the same, and his rival has made it clear that if the fight falls through, he will retire from the sport for good.

“If it’s not Anthony Joshua next time, I’m not interested in boxing,” Fury insisted. “I’ll eat a thousand Easter eggs, get to 35 stone and leave, I’m not interested. It’s either him or I’m gone again. Right now I’m only interested in AJ. It’s the most significant fight for British boxing; either it happens or it doesn’t.

“He was brought to the ring for a reason, to enter the ring, confront and end the fight,” he added. “He was very evasive and didn’t give any definitive answers.

“I know one thing, he didn’t say yes.” In my opinion, he didn’t want to smoke. He didn’t look like he wanted it, he was just shocked and didn’t know what to say.

“He came to the ring to fight. If it were me, I would jump into that ring and face him. Ten years of preparation and yet, after all this time, there is still no certainty that this fight will be next.”

“I don’t want to set any deadlines. Either he wants to do it or he doesn’t. It’s now or never.”

However, Joshua has now put pen to paper, stating: “It’s no secret that I’ve taken some time to consolidate and rebuild to be ready to get back into the ring, and today is the next step in that journey. I’m delighted to have agreed a multi-fight contract starting on July 25 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

“I’m looking forward to competing and picking up where I left off. Like I said, the landlord will collect rent, that’s for sure.”

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Anthony Joshua’s next opponent, Prenga – everything you need to know

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Anthony Joshua will face Kristian Prenga, who wants to finally fight Tyson Fury. Photo credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing

The long-awaited return of Anthony Joshua to the ring has been announced and he is to face Albanian Kristian Prenga.

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A boxing match turns into a mass brawl when the boxer’s trainer is taken to the hospital

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A professional boxing world championship fight descended into chaos when a massive brawl broke out in the ring. Turkish Emirkhan Kalkhan and Russian Sergei Gorokhov faced off in the Besirli sports hall in the fight for the UBO world championship.

The tension reached a breaking point after the second round when Gorokhov secured victory over his opponent. The Russian was overjoyed and celebrated with his corner team before heading to Kalkhan to seemingly check how he was doing against his opponent.

A member of Kalkhan’s entourage then pushed Gorokhov away, before one of his cornermen lunged to deliver a thrust of his own. The situation quickly got out of control as both teams clashed in corner kicks, with spectators storming the ring to exchange punches and kicks.

Plastic chairs were thrown into the ring as a group of men attacked and kicked Coach Gorokhov. The boxer himself was left stunned as he desperately pleaded for an end to the violence before another group attacked him.

Falling to the canvas, Gorokhov was hit with chairs and subjected to a barrage of kicks before disappearing under a wave of enraged attackers. Meanwhile, a separate clip shows Gorokhov’s cornerback Igor Sudalainen lying on the floor and holding his head as security personnel and some of Kalkhana’s team tried to restore order.

After the incident, Gorokhov posted updates from a nearby hospital on social media. Sharing the message via the stories section of his Instagram account, he said: “Hello everyone. We are currently in hospital in Turkey.

“Ismail [trainer] he suffered a head injury and is currently undergoing an MRI. I got through it the least badly. The gloves helped protect me. Who saw the broadcast? “We were probably attacked by about 80 people.”

“They entered the ring and beat us after our great victory in the second round, where we knocked him out twice. However, the Turks behaved very badly.

“But thank God, everyone is alive. That’s what the fight was like, difficult. I’ll tell you later. We already have a police escort, we’ll go straight from the hotel to our rooms.

“I don’t think we’ll be spending the night there tonight. If anyone tries to pull a stunt, we’ll fly straight to Georgia. Then we’ll drive through Georgia overnight to Mineralnye Vody, and from there to Kaliningrad.”

“Thank you all for your support. We will be in touch. I will tell you everything tomorrow. World champion belt – we have a world champion in Russia, in Kaliningrad, in boxing. It was a very good fight.”

Gorokhov then posted another video on Instagram, confirming that he and his team had safely reached Georgia. He said: “We are in Georgia. We have the belt, we are champions. Thank you very much for your support, friends.”

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