Is Bivol Dodge Benavides? Stevenson says this is a huge battle but promoters can block it

Shakur Stevenson believes that a match between the undisputed heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and the obligatory David Benavides is already one of the biggest battles that can be made in boxing.

When the buffalo (24-1, 12 Kos) fenced Arthur Beterbiev last Saturday night with a 12th round of Riyadh, he inherited his compulsory WBC Benavides (30-0, 24 CO), which is a lot of trouble due to its high production, strength, chin, youth and fearlessness.

“Benavides v. Buffalo is there with the best matches that can be made in boxing sports,” Stevenson said until Ring magazine About the battle he feels is one of the best at the moment.

Buffalo options

It is no surprise that buffalo promoters in the matches focus on other battles on him, and it is possible if the World Box Council tries to force his hand, the belt will be thrown into Adrift. This way, buffalo can chase easier battles that will pay well.

Turks Alalshi will decide with who the former is confronted with, but promoter Eddie Hearn has a lot of influence on him because of their friendship. If Hearn decides to make Bivol skip Benavides forever, he can do so by victims the WBC belt or ignores it.

WBC allowed popular fighters to stick to their belts for years without ordering them to protect the strap. Buffalo is popular enough to circumvent its mandatory WBC and fight anyone who wants, be it Beterbiev, Canelo Alvarez or Callum Smith. These are the big three that Hearn recently mentioned as fighters that he was interested in buffalo fight after that.

What makes even less likely that Benavides will get a chance to fight with a buffalo is his previous success, which spokes it. In an interview, he revealed that he had lit him with 20 cubic meters and approached the descent. Benavides says that he was then told after the round that he would not be allowed to put a buffalo again.