{"id":553001,"date":"2026-03-22T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553001\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:04:13","slug":"ryan-garcia-david-benavidez-cool-on-zuffa-belt-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553001\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia, David Benavidez Cool On Zuffa Belt Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot right now because what I really want to win the belts we\u2019ve been programmed to want since we were little kids,\u201d Benavidez said.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan immediately agreed, offering a more direct read on how he views the alternative. \u201cYeah, I feel that. It would be hard for me to want to win that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez followed up to confirm the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo win a Zuffa belt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, \u2018Zuffa champion,\u2019\u201d Ryan replied.<\/p>\n<p>The moment stands out less for confrontation and more for alignment. Two active, high-profile fighters were presented with the idea of a new championship track and defaulted to the existing system without hesitation. The response was not framed as rejection or criticism, but as a simple acknowledgment of what still holds value to them.<\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing\u2019s entry into the sport has brought attention to how a new promotional structure might position its own titles. That model has worked in MMA, where brand-led championships hold value across divisions and events. Boxing has long operated differently, with recognition tied to sanctioning bodies and a long-standing culture around traditional belts.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s wording spelled out that difference in plain terms. The idea was not unfamiliar, but it did not carry the same pull. Benavidez echoed that view, sticking with the belts fighters are raised to chase rather than something new.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters remain focused on the same path the sport has always set, even as a new one tries to take shape alongside it.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Galm is a boxing journalist who has covered the global fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNot right now because what I really want to win the belts we\u2019ve been programmed to want since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-553001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}