{"id":482368,"date":"2026-03-18T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482368\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:14:09","slug":"tim-bradley-says-no-style-slows-david-benavidez-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482368\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley Says No Style Slows David Benavidez Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bradley rejected the recent talk about potential opponents having the tools to deal with Benavidez, dismissing the idea that a certain style could slow him down or change the outcome. In his view, the usual breakdowns don\u2019t apply here.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenavidez\u2019s style breaks through anything,\u201d Bradley said on his channel, cutting off the debate before it could really start.<\/p>\n

Tim pointed to the range of fighters that The Mexican Monster Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) has already faced in his 13-year pro career. He\u2019s faced boxers, punchers, southpaws, and treated that as enough evidence.<\/p>\n

Who stands in front of him doesn\u2019t change much. Bradley keeps coming back to the same point: the hand speed, the volume, and the pressure keep building, and most fighters don\u2019t deal with it well.<\/p>\n

Volume and hand speed are two elements that are difficult for his opponents to handle. But when one factors in Benavidez\u2019s size and fearlessness, it makes it even more difficult for his opponents. We saw that in his wins over David Morrell, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, and Anthony Yarde.<\/p>\n

Bradley also referenced the fight with Morrell as an example of a different look not changing the equation. Morrell could punch and box from the southpaw stance. Bradley pointed out that Benavidez overwhelmed Morrell with punches, keeping him pinned to the ropes, though most of the 12-round fight. Yes, Morrell got his pound of flesh, hurting Benavidez twice, but he still lost in a one-sided fight.<\/p>\n

The way he talks about it, opponents don\u2019t hold up once the pace builds and the punches keep coming over twelve rounds, and Bradley doesn\u2019t sound convinced anyone can last with him.<\/p>\n

The way Tim sees it, Benavidez sets the pace early and keeps it there, and every opponent ends up fighting the same fight whether they want to or not. That\u2019s going to be bad for WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez if he can\u2019t find a way to score a knockout of Benavidez.<\/p>\n

Gilberto is not going to be able to elude him with movement, as he did in his fight against Chris Billiam-Smith in 2024. Ramirez doesn\u2019t have the punch output to match Benavidez in that department, which means he\u2019s only got a puncher\u2019s chance.<\/p>\n

Dan Ambrose is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24, recognized for his direct analysis and extensive coverage of the global fight landscape. His reporting focuses on major bouts, divisional developments, and the sport\u2019s most discussed storylines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradley rejected the recent talk about potential opponents having the tools to deal with Benavidez, dismissing the idea…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-482368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482368","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=482368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}