Roy Jones Jr has urged David Benavidez to follow in his footsteps, rather than face Dmitry Bivol in an undisputed light-heavyweight clash.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 comes off a sixth-round finish over Gilberto Ramirez<\/a>, whom he dethroned to become a three-division world champion earlier this month.<\/p>\n But despite claiming the WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles, Benavidez has expressed his interest in moving back down to 175lbs, where he still holds the WBC belt.<\/p>\n This would be in pursuit of a showdown with unified champion Bivol, who must first defeat IBF mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30.<\/p>\n The Russian has not fought since outpointing Artur Beterbiev in February 2025, when he exacted his revenge by majority decision to become the undisputed king<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bivol then vacated his WBC title after deciding to undergo back surgery, enabling Benavidez to be elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full champion.<\/p>\n Instead of moving back down to light-heavyweight, though, Jones would much rather see Benavidez test himself at heavyweight, just like he did against John Ruiz in 2003.<\/p>\n Speaking with Pro Boxing Fans, the pound-for-pound legend said a shot at Oleksandr Usyk, who still holds the WBC, IBF and WBA titles, is the only fight that makes sense for him.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the only fight for him right now; that\u2019s the only fight I want to see him in.<\/p>\n \u201cYou beat everybody else in all the other divisions, [so] go up and fight Usyk. That\u2019s the best fight for him.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f “\ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7’\ud835\udde6 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde2\ud835\udde1\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddec \ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddda\ud835\udddb\ud835\udde7 \ud835\udddc \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde7 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udddb\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde0 \ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1” \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n \u203c\ufe0f @RealRoyJonesJr<\/a> CALLS FOR @Benavidez300<\/a> to fight @usykaa<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/pcSxWeol3n<\/a><\/p>\n