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Anthony David Benavidez (born December 17, 1996) is an American professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) interim light heavyweight title since June 2024, having previously held the WBC super middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2020.
Benavidez Jr. was an eleven time national champion, which include the Silver Gloves twice, qualifying for the Junior Olympics and earning a spot on the U.S. National Team, [3] en route to a gaudy 120–5 amateur record. [4] Benavidez is also the 2009 National Golden Gloves Champion in the light welterweight division, making him the youngest ...
Benavidez won the fight via unanimous decision. [47] Benavidez was briefly linked to a bout against former Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo on September 5, 2015, at UFC 191. [48] However, the fight never materialized. In turn, Benavidez faced Ali Bagautinov on October 3, 2015, at UFC 192. [49] Benavidez won the fight via unanimous decision. [50]
Benavidez is widely recognized as the world’s best super middleweight after Canelo Alvarez. ... 22 KOs) spent much of the fight absorbing shots from Benavidez Jr. (28-3-1), but delivered much ...
Benavidez's brother, Jose Jr. (28-2-1, 19 KOs), faces Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs), whose WBC middleweight belt is not on the line because it's a catchweight fight. Two other championships ...
Benavidez said he was offered a fight with Erislandy Lara of Cuba, who eight years ago fought one of the biggest names in the sport for the past decade, Canelo Alvarez, to a split decision. Lara ...
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
That fight clearly established Benavidez as the biggest threat to Alvarez's reign atop the 168-pound class. Actual purse would be in the neighborhood of $40 million, per source.