{"id":573952,"date":"2026-05-09T02:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573952\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:04:10","slug":"zab-judah-sees-only-one-winner-in-david-benavidez-vs-dmitry-bivol-hes-mastered-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573952\/","title":{"rendered":"Zab Judah sees only one winner in David Benavidez vs Dmitry Bivol: &#8220;He&#8217;s mastered it&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zab Judah has offered his initial thoughts on a clash between David Benavidez and Dmitry Bivol, who could collide for the undisputed light-heavyweight crown later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/dmitry-bivol-talks-for-undisputed-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Both sides have already held preliminary talks<\/a> for their potential encounter, which would see Bivol look to become a two-time undisputed champion.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian claimed all four world titles at 175lbs in February 2025, exacting his revenge over Artur Beterbiev with a majority decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>After that, he vacated his WBC strap to undergo and recover from back surgery, but is now gearing up for a mandatory title defence against Michael Eifert on May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez, meanwhile, was elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13539605\/david-benavidez-calls-out-canelo-alvarez-after-destroying-gilberto-zurdo-ramirez-to-capture-the-wba-and-wbo-cruiserweight-titles#:~:text=Benavidez%20(32%2D0%2C%2026,Mobile%20Arena%20in%20Las%20Vegas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">jumping up to cruiserweight and defeating Gilberto Ramirez<\/a> last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth-round stoppage saw him collect the WBO and WBA titles at 200lbs, becoming a three-division world champion, but the 29-year-old now seems as though he is eying a move back down in weight.<\/p>\n<p>Even before his last outing, Team Benavidez had begun exploring a fight with the man that handily defeated Canelo Alvarez and Ramirez in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But despite Bivol\u2019s dominant points victory over his latest victim, Judah has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V2HMSoJJXpY?si=VyTe6TamxzuBRF8Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MillCity Boxing<\/a> that he sees Benavidez stopping the 35-year-old in a similar fashion to what he managed against Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good fight \u2013 I like it. I\u2019ll still say the same thing: another [Benavidez] stoppage. I predict the same thing [as the Ramirez stoppage].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid Benavidez has his own style in boxing; he\u2019s the first fighter we know with this style. He\u2019s mastered it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there is no real defence for this style yet. Until people can learn this style completely, you\u2019re not going to know how to defend against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While an interesting observation from Judah, many would argue that Benavidez\u2019s high-volume style could at least be tested by the sharp footwork of Bivol. Fans will hope to find out soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zab Judah has offered his initial thoughts on a clash between David Benavidez and Dmitry Bivol, who could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-573952","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\/573952","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=573952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}