On Friday, 🇺🇸David Benavidez was taking shot after shot from the boxing world after giving up his WBC Super-Middleweight title for the second time without taking the ring. Benavidez came in nearly three pounds over the 168 pound limit and lost the belt on the scales, leaving his opponent 🇨🇴Roamer Alexis Angulo as the only fighter eligible to Continue reading “Title Lost, But Benavidez Punishes Angulo to Remain Undefeated”
Saturday night’s headliner will go on, but the WBC Super-Middleweight title will only be at stake for Roamer Alexis Angulo. 🇺🇸David Benavidez has been stripped after missing weight by nearly three pounds of the contracted 168 lb limit. Benavidez tipped the scales at ⚖️170.8 lbs and didn’t attempt to cut the weight. Angulo weighed in at ⚖️167.6 lbs.
This is the second time Benavidez has lost the belt outside of the ring.
🇺🇸David “El Bandera Roja (Red Flag)” Benavidez (22-0-0, 19KO) is back in action Saturday night. Continue reading “Red Flag Returns to Defend Super-Middleweight Title Against Angulo”
By Jon Uddin
| 03/23/2020
With the coronavirus shutting the world down, and bringing boxing to a halt, many of the much anticipated bouts of the spring have been cancelled. Eventually, hopefully sooner than later, we will see fighters return to the ring and finally see the Continue reading “Post Corona Boxing Wish List: Caleb Plant vs David Benavidez”
Seven months back, a head butt caused a cut above the left eye of 🇺🇸Anthony Dirrell that the ringside physician deemed to bad to continue, giving him the win over Avni Yildrim and the then vacant WBC World Super-Middleweight Title.
Saturday night at the Staples Center a cut over the right eye led to the stoppage. This time the cut came from a punch thrown by 🇺🇸David Benavidez (22-0-0, 19KO) in the sixth round, and the stoppage came from the orders of Dirrell’s own corner in round nine, saving him from any more punishment that was being unleashed from Benavidez. Continue reading “Benavidez Stops Dirrell to Become Two Time World Champion”
