{"id":641175,"date":"2026-05-01T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641175\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:09","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-delivers-ko-verdict-for-david-benavidez-vs-zurdo-he-doesnt-have-a-good-chin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641175\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya delivers KO verdict for David Benavidez vs Zurdo: “He doesn’t have a good chin”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> has questioned the punch resistance of David Benavidez<\/a> ahead of his world cruiserweight title challenge against Gilberto Ramirez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena this Saturday, with Benavidez jumping up from 175lbs in an attempt to claim Ramirez\u2019s WBO and WBA belts.<\/p>\n

Victory would see him become a three-division world champion, while retaining the WBC light-heavyweight title he successfully defended via a seventh-round finish over Anthony Yarde<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen, however, whether \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 possesses the physical attributes to compete with a world-class operator such as Ramirez at 200lbs.<\/p>\n

Like Benavidez, \u2018Zurdo\u2019 claimed and made multiple defences of his first world title at 168lbs, before becoming a fully-fledged cruiserweight.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old has made his mark on the division by dethroning Arsen Goulamirian and Chris Billam-Smith in 2024<\/a>, outpointing both of them by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Ramirez then defended his unified crown against seasoned veteran Yuniel Dorticos last June, again securing a unanimous verdict, but is widely considered to be an underdog against Benavidez.<\/p>\n

While boasting a significant speed advantage, many are also expecting the 29-year-old to bring his power and ring IQ up from 175lbs.<\/p>\n

Golden Boy boss De La Hoya, meanwhile, has told Fight Hub TV<\/a> that Ramirez, who he promotes, should only be one punch away from stopping his American opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenavidez throws a lot of punches. [But] he doesn\u2019t throw everything with power, and he doesn\u2019t really have a good chin.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Zurdo\u2019, on the other hand, takes his time, is very calculated\u2026 but every punch he throws, it\u2019s hard; it\u2019s got bad intentions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll it takes is one exchange, when Benavidez is throwing punches in bunches. All it takes is one [hard punch from Ramirez].\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike Ramirez, who is yet to be dropped as a professional, Benavidez has previously been floored by David Morrell and Ronald Gavril, albeit in fights he ultimately won on points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya has questioned the punch resistance of David Benavidez ahead of his world cruiserweight title…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-641175","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\/641175","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=641175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}