On May 22, two-time world middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg) American David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) won the “interim” WBC title by beating and stopping Canadian David Lemieux in the 3rd round.
Benavidez’s next entry into the ring is scheduled for November, and the boxer’s promoter Sampson Levkowitz has already named three “real options” for the ward.
“We have three options for November,” Levkowitz reports. “One of them is (Caleb) Plant. The second is (David) Morrel. And the third is (Jermall) Charlo. Nothing else. As I said, Canelo is out of the question. Those are the three real options. The best of them is Plant, because they have a personal vendetta there. Morrel loves to talk, and this is not surprising, because he is Cuban. And Charlo deserves to make his own decision.”
Don’t compare Benavidez to Bivol, Canelo can stop him – Tarver
