BENAVIDEZ: SAME OLD STORY?

With the WBC declaring earlier this year that David Benavidez’s win to become interim light-heavyweight champion puts him first in line to fight the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol winner, will he actually be next for Beterbiev now? Cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez is angling toward the heavyweight division as he prepares for his unification bout against fellow champion Chris Billam-Smith Nov. 16 in Saudi Arabia. As we head to Saturday’s junior-middleweight title fight involving former WBO champion Tim Tszyu, not much is known about his IBF champion opponent Bakhram Murtazaliev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices