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David Benavidez reacts to Canelo’s presence during Zurdo Ramirez fight
David Benavidez believes that Canelo Alvarez will come to see how he will perform in Saturday’s match against Zurdo Ramirez.
Canelo has long been accused of avoiding a fight with Benavidez and has consistently distanced himself from a potential fight with him.
Alvarez is set to presence on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to support stablemate Jaime Munguia, who will face WBA super middleweight champion Armando Resendiz on the fight card.
Benavidez, however, believes the Mexican champion will actually come to see how he will do in his cruiserweight debut against Zurdo.
“It’s a large event,” the 29-year-old told reporters on Wednesday.
“You can judge the scale of the event because Canelo wasn’t even at Jaime Munguia’s last fight.
– He says yes [coming] for Munguia.
“He won’t come to see Munguia, he will come to see me up close.
“I don’t know if it’s about looking forward to the next fight, but you can see how everything turned out.
“I went to his fights, now he comes to my fights.
“I don’t need to say anything more.”
This will be the first time in six years that Alvarez has not fought on the Cinco De Mayo weekend, and his return from his loss to Terence Crawford will likely take place on September 12 in Riyad.
The 35-year-old was sidelined after elbow surgery.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBA and WBO cruiserweight world titles, live on DAZN and Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” remains the WBC delicate heavyweight champion and defended his title for the first time with a seventh round stoppage over Anthony Yard in November in Riyad.
The Arizona native will become a three-division world champion if he defeats Ramirez, but he later vowed to return to delicate heavyweight to face Dmitry Bivol in an undisputed title bout.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the delicate heavyweight division,” he further said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez believes a long-awaited clash with Naoya Inoue is “inevitable” ahead of his return on Saturday.
Bam Rodriguez is closing in on one weight class for undisputed super bantamweight champion Inoue when he fights Antonio Vargas for the WBA bantamweight world title on Saturday in Arizona live on DAZN.
A meeting between the pair would pit two true pound-for-pound superstars against each other, and the Texan believes the clash will definitely happen, with Ring magazine owner Turki Alalshikh already expressing interest in promoting the fight.
“I know that when this Inoue fight happens, the fans will be in for a great night of boxing,” the 26-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“People are already talking so much about this fight that it is inevitable at this point.
“And I feel like when the time comes, it will be a great fight, probably one of the best in boxing history.”
Inoue retained his undisputed crown thanks to A unanimous decision victory over Japanese rival Junto Nakatani last month.
Bam is the current unified super flyweight world champion and is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed title.
The Texan admits he would like to join forces with WBC bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue, Inoue’s younger brother, if he defeats Vargas at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.
“I think that’s the perfect storyline for this fight,” he said.
“Beating up a brother [WBC bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue] First.
“I think it’s almost the perfect storyline for Inoue’s fight, where he first beats his brother and then fights the other brother.”
Bam, who is the overwhelming favorite among bookmakers, is fighting for the first time since the unification of the super flyweight division following a 10th-round knockout of Fernando Martinez in November in Riyad.
Vargas first defended his WBA belt last July, but lost to Daigo Higa.
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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez looks to make more history as he moves up to bantamweight to face WBA champion Antonio Vargas on Saturday in Arizona.
Bam Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KO) will face Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KO) at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.
The two-division world champion wants to conquer a third weight class, having already won the flyweight and super flyweight world titles.
The 26-year-old Texan united the division with: Knockout of Fernando Martinez in the 10th round in November.
“Bam” is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed crown later this year and then face undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
Vargas defended his WBA bantamweight crown in July, although he drew with Daigo Higa.
Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – date, place, start time and ring walk
- The fight will take place on Saturday, June 13, live from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, UK
- Broadcast will start at 16:00 PT/19:00 ET/12:00 BST (Sunday)
- Main event will start around 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET / 3:30 AM BST (Sunday)
Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – how to watch
- The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN
Bam Rodriguez vs Vargas – last three fights
Bam Rodriguez
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Fernando Martinez – 10th round KO
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Phyulela Cafu – TKO, round 10
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Pedro Guevara – TKO, 3rd round
Antonio Vargas
- Antonio Vargas – Daigo Higa (official video)
- Antonio Vargas bt Winston Guerrero – TKO in the 10th round
- Antonio Vargas bt Jonathan Rodriguez – 7th round RTD
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Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – Undercard
- Arturo Cardenas (17-0-2, 9 KO) vs. Jordan Martinez (16-0-1, 15 KO) – WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title
- Elif Nur Turhan (13-0, 8 KO) vs Gabriela Tellez (7-0, 3 KO) – IBF lightweight world title
- Adrian Rodriguez (10-0, 6 KO) vs. Elias Montoya Terrazzo (13-0, 8 KO) – lightweight
- Ronny Alvarez (6-0, 5 KO) vs. Filip Stankovic (9-3, 6 KO) – super middleweight
- Trini Ochoa (21-1, 9 KO) vs. Cristian Perez Hernandez (12-4-1, 7 KO) – super lightweight
- Hector Beltran (7-0, 5 KO) vs. Shaquile Felicia (3-1, 1 KO) – super welterweight
- Xechal Xavier Esquivel (5-0, 4 KO) vs. Rayshawn Taylor (1-1-1, 1 KO) – featherweight
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