Davis Replaces Former Champion Jose Uzcátegui in Main Event
鳳凰(十月 28, 2021) – Unbeaten two-time world championDavid “El Bandera Roja” Benavídezwill make his homecoming return to Phoenix against 168-pound contenderKyrone戴維斯 in a 10-round match that headlines live on SHOWTIME Saturday, 十一月 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.
欣欣拳擊錦標賽轉播開始於 10 P.M. ET /下午7時. 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
門票現場活動, 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 科斯) 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., 沿著他的兄弟和前冠軍挑戰者, 約瑟夫·JR. 在 2017, 他通過在剛上精彩表演擊敗羅納德·加弗里爾成為拳擊歷史上最年輕的超中量級冠軍 20 歲. Representing his native Phoenix, 亞利桑那州。, and returning to fight there for the first time since 2015 十一月 13, Benavídez went from a 15-year-old prodigy sparring with Gennady Golovkin and Peter Quillin, 與來自10戰鬥淘汰賽連勝世界冠軍爭奪 2015 通過 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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