David Benavidez’s Team Eyes Artur Beterbiev

Jose Benavidez Sr., the father of David Benavidez is hopeful his son can get a fight with Artur Beterbiev.

Beterbiev scored a decision win over Dmitry Bivol in a highly-anticipated fight. Although a rematch is likely to happen, Benavidez has to fight David Morrell first.

“David’s next fight is David Morrell. Everyone is super excited about it. We’ve been trying to make that fight for three years, but I believe David Morrell needed a little more experience to show the world that he deserves this fight,” said Jose Benavidez Sr. to Probox TV (via BoxingNews24).

It’s a big fight for David Benavidez and should he win, his father wants him to face Artur Beterbiev in what would be one of the biggest fights in boxing.

“David called him and said, ‘Hey, I want to make this fight. Let’s make it happen.’ It got made right away. I’m super excited about fighting a young talent, a strong fighter, and I think it’s going to be a tough fight,” said Jose Sr. about how the fight with Morrell was finally made.

“Hopefully, we can get an opportunity to fight Beterbiev. He just won on Saturday. So, hopefully, we can get that, but right now, we’re focused on David Morrell. We got to look impressive in order to go to the next level,” said Benavidez Sr.

David Benavidez is 29-0 as a pro and coming off a decision win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk. In his career, Benavidez has notable wins over Demetrius Andrade, Caleb Plant, J’Leon Love, and David Lemieux among others.