![]() ![]() His older brother, Jose Jr., is a former world champion who once fought pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford for the welterweight title. He's grown up in the spotlight and he's been around boxing for most of his life. I'm very happy with what I've been through and I feel this is the perfect time to make this fight happen." My mind, you know I'm thinking really good in the gym. Everything I've done coming up, everything I've learned, it's all been experience. I'm coming up on a decade now that I've been a professional. ![]() "I've felt like a young veteran because I've been a professional for so long. "I feel now I'm moving into my prime," said Benavidez, who is now 26 and ready to translate that potential into performance. It's been 10 months since last he fought, a third-round stoppage of veteran David Lemieux, but a lifetime away.īenavidez finally is where he wants to be as he prepares for the Plant fight. ET, Showtime PPV) at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Benavidez will take the most dangerous fight in his career when he defends the interim WBC super middleweight title against Caleb Plant. Benavidez set sail on his boxing journey with plenty of confidence and belief in the future, even if he didn't know what he didn't know. ![]() He turned professional at the tender age of 16, an age when a lot of his friends were working up the courage to ask their girlfriends to go to the prom with them. He's fought seven more times in the five years since that victory over Ronald Gavril in 2017, going 7-0 with six knockouts to establish himself as one of boxing's brightest young stars.īut as Benavidez sees it, that was all done during his apprenticeship. Chiu/The Associated Press)ĭavid Benavidez was still three months shy of his 21st birthday when he won his first world title. David Benavidez feels he is set to give his best performance Saturday when he meets Caleb Plant at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the interim WBC super middleweight championship. ![]()
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