Davis Replaces Former Champion Jose Uzcátegui in Main Event
FENIX(Oktober 28, 2021) – Unbeaten two-time world championDavid “El Bandera Roja” Benavídezwill make his homecoming return to Phoenix against 168-pound contenderKyrone Davis in a 10-round match that headlines live on SHOWTIME Saturday, November 13 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Footprint Center.
Benavídez was originally scheduled to face former world champion Jose Uzcátegui, who was forced to withdraw due to a failed pre-fight drug test.
Showtime Championship Boxing telecast börjar vid 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT and will feature the much-awaited return of longtime contenderJosé Benavídez, the older brother of David Benavídez, facing Argentina’sFrancisco Emanuel Torres in the 10-round super welterweight co-main event
Biljetter för live-event, which is promoted by Sampson Boxing and TGB Promotions, are on sale now and are available for purchase throughTicketmaster.com.
Still just 24-years-old, Benavídez (24-0, 21 Kos) enters this fight having knocked out his last four opponents, including a September 2019 knockout of two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell. Benavídez is trained by his father José Sr., tillsammans med sin bror och tidigare titelutmanare, Jose Jr. I 2017, han blev den yngsta mästaren i supervikt i boxningshistoria genom att besegra Ronald Gavril på SHOWTIME på bara 20 år gammal. Representerar hans infödda Phoenix, Ariz., and returning to fight there for the first time since 2015 november 13, Benavídez gick från en 15-årig barnbarn sparring med Gennady Golovkin och Peter Quillin, till världstitel utmanare med en 10-fight knockout-rad från 2015 genom 2017, including a highlight-reel knockout of Rogelio Medina with a seven-punch combination that earned him his first title opportunity.
A native of Monmouth, N.J., Davis(16-2-1, 6 KO) most recently won an exciting September clash against Martez McGregor, triumphing by decision after eight action-packed rounds. Davis had previously been impressive against the toughest test of his career, as he fought two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell to a split-draw in February. It was the 26-year-old’s debut at super middleweight, after beginning his career at middleweight. Davis had won five of his six previous outings heading into the Dirrell clash. He is trained by renowned coach Stephen Edwards in Philadelphia, alongside former unified world champion Julian Wiliams.
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