A GROWING LEGACY
DAVID BENAVIDEZ SHATTERED ANY DOUBTS (THOUGH THERE WEREN’T MANY) THAT HE COULD DOMINATE AT CRUISERWEIGHT, BUT THE ULTRA-CONFIDENT THREE-DIVISION TITLEHOLDER SAYS HE COULD GO EVEN HIGHER By Joseph Santoliquito
C hoices, choices, choices. They seem to be growing in abundance at the feet of David Benavidez after he obliterated the rugged Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on May 2 in Las Vegas. For years, it was Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) chasing the likes of Canelo Alvarez around the boxing world. Now, prime talent is coming for the 29-year-old Mexican “Monster” from Phoenix, Arizona, after he captured the WBA and WBO cruiserweight belts to become a three-weight world titleholder. “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this opportunity and where I am today, which I know is among the best in the world,” Benavidez told The Ring a few weeks after he dispatched Ramirez in six rounds. “I’ve been chasing guys
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