{"id":241073,"date":"2025-11-03T09:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/241073\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:25:09","slug":"benavidez-vs-zurdo-ramirez-talks-confirmed-by-golden-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/241073\/","title":{"rendered":"Benavidez Vs Zurdo Ramirez Talks Confirmed By Golden Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Gomez of Golded Boy Promotions says negotiations are taking place for a fight between David Benavidez and WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez. Both fighters must win their next fights for the fight to happen. That is the major complication that could hinder the contest from taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez Confirms the Talks<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) is defending his WBC light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs) on November 22, 2025, in The Ring IV <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"DAZN Boxing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxing247.com\/go\/dazn-boxing\" data-shortcode=\"true\">on DAZN<\/a> PPV, at the ANB Arena in Riyadh. That\u2019s a fight that Benavidez is expected to win.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez says that \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez (48-1, 30 KOs) will be facing IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia next in a unification. That contest is far from a sure-thing win for Ramirez, as Opetaia (28-0, 22 KOs) is considered by many as the best fighter in the cruiserweight division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, look, we\u2019re working on it. Right now, the negotiations are underway for a big fight in 2026 between Zurdo and Benavidez,\u201d said Golden Boy president Eric Gomez to Salvador Rodriguez on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChavaESPN\/status\/1985183469224222765\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> about a fight between David Benavidez and WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p>Zurdo Faces Opetaia Danger<\/p>\n<p>It would be a better idea for Golden Boy to wait for the Ramirez vs. Opetaia fight to happen rather than starting negotiations with Benavidez now. That fight is too risky for Gilberto, as his promoters would be in the early stages of planning his next fight against Benavidez. If Ramirez loses to Opetaia, there will be a lot of upset fans who pinned their hopes on the belief that Gilberto would win.<\/p>\n<p>If Either Loses, It\u2019s Over<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, it all depends on them winning their next fights. Zurdo has his [unification] against [IBF champion Jai] Opetaia in cruiserweight, and Benavidez has to get past [Anthony] Yarde at light heavyweight,\u201d said Gomez. \u201cBut if they both come through, this is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Golden Boy took the fight with Benavidez first for Ramirez, fans would be pleased. Of course, that would put the Opetaia fight at risk because Benavidez would have an excellent chance of beating Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a ton of interest on both sides. David [Benavidez] is super excited\u2014he\u2019s been telling me, \u2018Man, I want to fight Zurdo; that would be a monster Mexican showdown.\u2019 We\u2019ve had really good conversations with Sampson Lewkowicz, Zurdo\u2019s promoter. Everything\u2019s lining up. This isn\u2019t about a Canelo rematch or anything like that\u2014it\u2019s about unifying these divisions, putting on a high-stakes clash between two beasts. It could be huge for boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely real. We\u2019re operating [on it]\u2014we\u2019re showing the way,\u201d said Gomez. \u201cAnd yeah, Benavidez loves the idea. This fight is on the table, and it\u2019s going to be a total war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Gomez of Golded Boy Promotions says negotiations are taking place for a fight between David Benavidez and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-241073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}