FORMER TWO-TIME SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLEHOLDER dAVID BENAVIDEZ RETURNS TO THE RING AGAINST KYRONE DAVIS SATURDAY ON SHOWTIME.
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DAVID BENAVIDEZ (24-0, 21 KOs) VS. KYRONE DAVIS (16-2-1, 6 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 13
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (most important occasion later in present)
- The place: Footprint Middle, Phoenix
- TV/Stream: Showtime
- Division: Tremendous middleweight
- At stake: No titles
- Pound-for-pound rating: None
- Odds: NA
- Additionally on the cardboard: Jose Benavidez Jr. vs. Francisco Emanuel Torres, junior middleweights
- Prediction: Benavidez KO 7
- Background: Benavidez was imagined to have fought rugged Jose Uzcategui in entrance of his hometown followers however the Venezuelan was pulled from the cardboard after allegedly testing constructive for a banned substance. Davis stepped in two weeks earlier than the struggle. Benavidez noticed his second reign as a 168-pound titleholder finish on the dimensions earlier than his assembly with Roamer Alexis Angulo in August of final yr, a struggle he gained by 10th-round stoppage. He adopted that with an 11th-round knockout of Ronald Ellis in March, his fourth consecutive stoppage. He’s a candidate to problem Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed championship subsequent Could if he can win on Saturday. Davis, as soon as an beginner standout, is an efficient boxer with restricted punching energy. The Delawarean enhanced his fame by drawing with former two-time super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell this previous February, which made him a reputable potential opponent for the highest 168-pounders. He adopted up with a unanimous eight-round determination over Martez McGregor in September, a struggle through which Davis struggled.
