Lampley Believes Benavidez Could Become “Face Of Boxing”

Commentator Jim Lampley believes David Benavidez has an opportunity to grow to be “the face of boxing.” The previous HBO blow-by-blow announcer Lampley is excessive on Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs), believing he can sometime transfer as much as heavyweight to grow to be a doable world champion.

For now, Benavidez is combating Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) for the WBC interim mild heavyweight title this Saturday night time, June fifteenth, on PBC on Prime Video PPV on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas.

If Benavidez is profitable, he might face the winner of the Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev undisputed 175-lb championship in 2025. Benavidez’s probabilities of turning into the ‘Face of Boxing’ could be good if he might defeat Gvozdyk after which beat the Bivol-Beterbiev winner

Staying at 175 after which transferring to cruiserweight will assist Benavidez grow to be the face of boxing as a result of if he strikes again all the way down to 168, he gained’t get the fights he must grow to be the #1 star within the sport.

Canelo Alvarez gained’t combat Benavidez, and there aren’t any massive names within the 168-lb division for him to combat. If he stays at 175 lengthy sufficient to grow to be undisputed, that’ll assist his reputation. Going to cruiserweight after which heavyweight will remodel Benavidez into an enormous star if he retains successful.

Jim Lampley: “David, I simply had a stunning second. I mentioned to Oleksandr Gvozdyk, ‘What occurred between you and David if you sparred in Oxnard,’ and he mentioned, ‘It didn’t go nicely for me in any respect,’” mentioned Lampley to PPV_Com. “Usually, you don’t get that trustworthy of a solution.

“He mentioned, ‘The very fact of the matter was, I couldn’t deal with him. He was too robust, and he was too highly effective. These weren’t good sparring periods for me, however this may go in another way.’ Are you amazed that he would give me an trustworthy reply like that?”

David Benavidez: “I’m amazed and I recognize his honesty, nevertheless it’s not going to go any higher for him. Once I sparred him, I used to be 20 or 21 years outdated. So think about every little thing I’ve been by way of and every little thing I’ve discovered.

“Not solely on the boxing aspect, however with the energy and conditioning; every little thing I have to do to get the very best out of myself. It’s going to go even worse for him. Hats off to him. He’s a terrific man. It’s going to be a terrific combat whereas it lasts, however I’m undoubtedly going to go in there and take him out.”

Lampley: “I requested him, ‘How about your jab, it’s the very best one within the sport?’ He mentioned, ‘It didn’t work for me towards him.’ So, once more, it’s fairly superb.”

Benavidez: “Neither his jab labored or his proper hand. I took away his greatest weapons. Now that I do know what he does, it’s going to go even worse for him. I’m not utilizing that to strive, and be boastful and attempt to overlook him. I’m nonetheless working extraordinarily laborious, as a result of I do know these weapons are there, nevertheless it’s going to be a terrific victory for Crew Benavidez.”

Lampley: “I simply watched lots of speak on the information convention, and there have been lots of references to cite, ‘The face of boxing.’ I feel you could have an opportunity to obviously grow to be the face of boxing, and I’m considering it will likely be a much more dignified mode than what I noticed at the moment.”

Benavidez: “Oh yeah, undoubtedly. Typically, it does get to that boiling level the place two males don’t like one another, however I wish to present the fighters that we may be gents within the sport. We will conduct ourselves with totally different habits.

“Typically, you get two people who don’t like one another, and that’s what you get typically. It doesn’t must occur like that on a regular basis.”

Lampley: “Nothing occurred on this information convention that might change your strategy to the combat.”

Benavidez: “Me and my combat, I’m finding out lots of movie and doing my homework on this man. He’s a terrific man and it’s going to be a terrific combat. I sit up for it.”