October 31, 2025 • 7 mins
Big Q is back with the latest boxing news, focusing on David Benavidez's recent announcement. He won't be returning to 168 for a fight with Terence Crawford, a move that impacts his career and future fights. We offer boxing analysis of this developing story and its implications for the fighter.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are now listening to you rings Kings Boxing World
flash reboard right. Shout out to the ring King's family.
Y'all hit the light button. You here to talk. David
Bena Vitaz, how about that. David Benavidez dropped some news
and notes saying, hey, man, I won't be returning to
one sixty eight for Terrence Crawford me Reportedly, Bud Crawford
(00:24):
is looking to make what is it two hundred million
or whatever. He said some s and nine numbers, like
a huge number where he wants another fighter to fight.
I remember that was something similar to what Connelo Alvarez said.
He said a similar thing, but David Benavidez moved up
to on sixty eight four shot of Canelo and he
(00:45):
didn't get it. Now he decides to move on. Let's
hear from David ben Avidez in this article shout out
the boxing scene. One of the main reasons he left
the super middleweight division behind was because he couldn't get
a fight with Canelo. Benavidez is now looking to return
to the weight class now that Canelo has been dethroned.
He's not looking to do that, he says, I'm done
with super middleweight. He said this in an interview with
(01:07):
Marcos Vilicus Fighter Up Shout Out to Fight Up TV.
I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Crawford, put
on a heliup of performance. He's up there on the
Mount Rushmore of the greatest fighters of all time. Let
Crawford do his thing. Bro At the end of the day,
I have no interests in fighting Crawford. I have no
interest in going down to one sixty eight. Yeah, it
would be dope winning all the titles, but I'm past
(01:28):
that at one sixty AF. I wouldn't even go down
to one sixth day for Canelo. I'm just being real
with you. He's just worn out. He's tired of it.
So Benavidez was stilled in an interim WBC super middleweight
title holder when he fought Alexander Gazadik for the WBC
interim light heavyweight belt back in twenty twenty four. June
defeated him by Yananim's decision and gained additional leverage, but
(01:50):
he had to choose which interim title to hold onto,
though he opted for one seventy five, where he was
more likely to receive a shot at our tier Better
BF or Dimitri Bivill. You know he would back down
at the super middle weight at Canlo. So Benavidez also
added that the secondary WBCA regular title in February, three
weeks before the Better BF and bivil second with a
(02:13):
decision victory over David Morell, so Biviil vacated the WBC
belt early this year and after season the undisputed championship
from Better BF in the rematch. So Benavis was subsequently
upgraded to the Sanctioning Bodies primary title holder. He now
has been at the one hundred and seventy five pound
division for more than a year and he's not going
to go down and wait. So he's opted at light heavyweight.
(02:36):
If he comes out of victorious in this upcoming fight
on November the twenty second headlining about against Anthony Yard
and Saudi Arabia, and then he switching division is only
going to be upward on the scale, so he said.
Now he says, I'm not sick. I'm scared of Crawford
or whatever craft is the man at one sixty eight
that's his weight class. I'm done at one sixty eight.
They can throw whatever money they want at me. My
(02:58):
job is not only to get the money. My job
is to give myself the best chance to win and
give myself the best chance of looking good. This is
what David is saying. Benavidas is still hoping for a
shot at Bivil, who remains a true light heavyweight king
and has the IBFWBA and WBO belts and the Ring
Magazine championship. He also is interested in the potential class
with unified cruiserweight title Old Deserto Ramirez. He's kind of
(03:21):
moved up there. So David Benavidez is tired of waiting.
He wants to make a name for himself and move
up to the lightweights side of things. So big fights
on the way for David Benavidez, one of my favorite fighters.
So this is a look at the light heavyweight from
the different organizations. The ring is up first. Bivil is
(03:42):
the top guy there and the top contender is better
BF and then David Benevidaz is penciled then at number
two right there, so you know Bibel is better. Vas
wants another shot at Bevil the number three and will
he get it. It's just to be determined. The WB
old light Heavyweight rank kings have Dmitri Bivill Callum Smith second, Well,
(04:03):
he's supposed to be there. He considered the interim World
light Heavyweight Champion, the interim champ, so he's lined up there.
And then better BF is the number one contender, followed
by Anthony Morell Parker, and then you going so far
in the WBO, so you can see he's not ranked
that high on that side of things in terms of
the WBO, And of course you look at the rest
(04:23):
of them. The IBF has Bivil top there and you
can see that once he steps into this side, you
might see him have more of a shot or an
opportunity take on some of these top people. But right now,
David Benividaz right now, as you can see right here
at the WBC, you see IBF is Bivil, so he's
the guy that's holding one of the belts, and you
(04:45):
can see better BF is his top contender for the
WB's crown lined up. He already beat Morrell, he beat
this other guy here, so better BF is lining up
for him in the fight. So this might be something
that would be an interesting to say the least, with
a guy like David Benavids. Davia Vinez is tired man.
He wants he's a champion and he's trying to stake
(05:07):
his legacy, just like but Crawford, did you know. We'll
see how it all works, man. But really the mandatory
challenger is you know, all tier better VF and this
would be an awesome time to kind of jump in
the you can see since a mandatory one hundred and
eighty four days, six months in the day since his
last mandatory challenge there and he's been holding the belt
for that time, So will he get an opportunity? We'll
(05:29):
better Bef be the guy, you know. I think it'll
be a good fight. Like if you can't get Demitri
Belvil line up and get next bec Sting was his
artier better BF. I think it would be a good
matchup for David Bena vs. Before he moves up, which
could be a I think that'll be a solid fight
the CDs two Bivil and Benevidez go at each other.
I think it'll be a really good fight. See to
(05:51):
see David take on better BF and Belvil. I think
Bevil will be a span will be an awesome fight.
These are two crafty fighters. Bevil's very very fast, very
small fighter, both guys toughest all outdoors. But I do
like Bivil and Bet and Vidaz. I think there will
be a good one and better BF until you get
Bivil for David Benaviaz is what I'm saying. So you
(06:12):
guys let me know how you feel about this in
the commons, say we know that he wanted the fights,
he wasn't getting the fights that he wanted. He is
a champion and we would love to see David ben
Avig Videz get his his worth. It's time for the
man to get a shot at some of these other fighters.
I'm not mad at him from climbing up in higher
rankings right here to try to see if he can
solidify his legacy, because that's what it's about, right, not
(06:34):
just about the money, but it's also about the legacy,
you know, seeing if you can get a balance of both.
But in the and end, he's not running from anybody
for this fight, so we'll see how it all goes
all right, that'll be the inn for ring kings boxing.
Y'all do me a service. Hit that like button, hit
that subscribe button. Feel free to share the show on
your social media feed as well. Were talking fights man
it's a fight ring kings boxing man. We in this
(06:56):
thing man, and we're gonna oh let you on the
next one. Much love piece. Subscribe now and make Rimkin's
Boxing your source for all the latest fight news.
You are now listening to you rings Kings Boxing World
flash reboard right. Shout out to the ring King's family.
Y'all hit the light button. You here to talk. David
Bena Vitaz, how about that. David Benavidez dropped some news
and notes saying, hey, man, I won't be returning to
one sixty eight for Terrence Crawford me Reportedly, Bud Crawford
(00:24):
is looking to make what is it two hundred million
or whatever. He said some s and nine numbers, like
a huge number where he wants another fighter to fight.
I remember that was something similar to what Connelo Alvarez said.
He said a similar thing, but David Benavidez moved up
to on sixty eight four shot of Canelo and he
(00:45):
didn't get it. Now he decides to move on. Let's
hear from David ben Avidez in this article shout out
the boxing scene. One of the main reasons he left
the super middleweight division behind was because he couldn't get
a fight with Canelo. Benavidez is now looking to return
to the weight class now that Canelo has been dethroned.
He's not looking to do that, he says, I'm done
with super middleweight. He said this in an interview with
(01:07):
Marcos Vilicus Fighter Up Shout Out to Fight Up TV.
I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Crawford, put
on a heliup of performance. He's up there on the
Mount Rushmore of the greatest fighters of all time. Let
Crawford do his thing. Bro At the end of the day,
I have no interests in fighting Crawford. I have no
interest in going down to one sixty eight. Yeah, it
would be dope winning all the titles, but I'm past
(01:28):
that at one sixty AF. I wouldn't even go down
to one sixth day for Canelo. I'm just being real
with you. He's just worn out. He's tired of it.
So Benavidez was stilled in an interim WBC super middleweight
title holder when he fought Alexander Gazadik for the WBC
interim light heavyweight belt back in twenty twenty four. June
defeated him by Yananim's decision and gained additional leverage, but
(01:50):
he had to choose which interim title to hold onto,
though he opted for one seventy five, where he was
more likely to receive a shot at our tier Better
BF or Dimitri Bivill. You know he would back down
at the super middle weight at Canlo. So Benavidez also
added that the secondary WBCA regular title in February, three
weeks before the Better BF and bivil second with a
(02:13):
decision victory over David Morell, so Biviil vacated the WBC
belt early this year and after season the undisputed championship
from Better BF in the rematch. So Benavis was subsequently
upgraded to the Sanctioning Bodies primary title holder. He now
has been at the one hundred and seventy five pound
division for more than a year and he's not going
to go down and wait. So he's opted at light heavyweight.
(02:36):
If he comes out of victorious in this upcoming fight
on November the twenty second headlining about against Anthony Yard
and Saudi Arabia, and then he switching division is only
going to be upward on the scale, so he said.
Now he says, I'm not sick. I'm scared of Crawford
or whatever craft is the man at one sixty eight
that's his weight class. I'm done at one sixty eight.
They can throw whatever money they want at me. My
(02:58):
job is not only to get the money. My job
is to give myself the best chance to win and
give myself the best chance of looking good. This is
what David is saying. Benavidas is still hoping for a
shot at Bivil, who remains a true light heavyweight king
and has the IBFWBA and WBO belts and the Ring
Magazine championship. He also is interested in the potential class
with unified cruiserweight title Old Deserto Ramirez. He's kind of
(03:21):
moved up there. So David Benavidez is tired of waiting.
He wants to make a name for himself and move
up to the lightweights side of things. So big fights
on the way for David Benavidez, one of my favorite fighters.
So this is a look at the light heavyweight from
the different organizations. The ring is up first. Bivil is
(03:42):
the top guy there and the top contender is better
BF and then David Benevidaz is penciled then at number
two right there, so you know Bibel is better. Vas
wants another shot at Bevil the number three and will
he get it. It's just to be determined. The WB
old light Heavyweight rank kings have Dmitri Bivill Callum Smith second, Well,
(04:03):
he's supposed to be there. He considered the interim World
light Heavyweight Champion, the interim champ, so he's lined up there.
And then better BF is the number one contender, followed
by Anthony Morell Parker, and then you going so far
in the WBO, so you can see he's not ranked
that high on that side of things in terms of
the WBO, And of course you look at the rest
(04:23):
of them. The IBF has Bivil top there and you
can see that once he steps into this side, you
might see him have more of a shot or an
opportunity take on some of these top people. But right now,
David Benividaz right now, as you can see right here
at the WBC, you see IBF is Bivil, so he's
the guy that's holding one of the belts, and you
(04:45):
can see better BF is his top contender for the
WB's crown lined up. He already beat Morrell, he beat
this other guy here, so better BF is lining up
for him in the fight. So this might be something
that would be an interesting to say the least, with
a guy like David Benavids. Davia Vinez is tired man.
He wants he's a champion and he's trying to stake
(05:07):
his legacy, just like but Crawford, did you know. We'll
see how it all works, man. But really the mandatory
challenger is you know, all tier better VF and this
would be an awesome time to kind of jump in
the you can see since a mandatory one hundred and
eighty four days, six months in the day since his
last mandatory challenge there and he's been holding the belt
for that time, So will he get an opportunity? We'll
(05:29):
better Bef be the guy, you know. I think it'll
be a good fight. Like if you can't get Demitri
Belvil line up and get next bec Sting was his
artier better BF. I think it would be a good
matchup for David Bena vs. Before he moves up, which
could be a I think that'll be a solid fight
the CDs two Bivil and Benevidez go at each other.
I think it'll be a really good fight. See to
(05:51):
see David take on better BF and Belvil. I think
Bevil will be a span will be an awesome fight.
These are two crafty fighters. Bevil's very very fast, very
small fighter, both guys toughest all outdoors. But I do
like Bivil and Bet and Vidaz. I think there will
be a good one and better BF until you get
Bivil for David Benaviaz is what I'm saying. So you
(06:12):
guys let me know how you feel about this in
the commons, say we know that he wanted the fights,
he wasn't getting the fights that he wanted. He is
a champion and we would love to see David ben
Avig Videz get his his worth. It's time for the
man to get a shot at some of these other fighters.
I'm not mad at him from climbing up in higher
rankings right here to try to see if he can
solidify his legacy, because that's what it's about, right, not
(06:34):
just about the money, but it's also about the legacy,
you know, seeing if you can get a balance of both.
But in the and end, he's not running from anybody
for this fight, so we'll see how it all goes
all right, that'll be the inn for ring kings boxing.
Y'all do me a service. Hit that like button, hit
that subscribe button. Feel free to share the show on
your social media feed as well. Were talking fights man
it's a fight ring kings boxing man. We in this
(06:56):
thing man, and we're gonna oh let you on the
next one. Much love piece. Subscribe now and make Rimkin's
Boxing your source for all the latest fight news.
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