{"id":792726,"date":"2026-10-05T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792726\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:08:09","slug":"robert-garcia-predicts-david-benavidez-vs-andy-ruiz-jr-at-heavyweight-hed-be-too-much-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792726\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Garcia predicts David Benavidez vs Andy Ruiz Jr at heavyweight: “He’d be too much for him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top trainer Robert Garcia has considered a potential clash between Andy Ruiz Jr and David Benavidez<\/a>, whose father and trainer is keen for their heavyweight showdown to eventually take place.<\/p>\n

Having previously expressed his interest in joining the land of the giants, Benavidez, too, would likely be eager to face Ruiz, who is coming off a unanimous decision defeat to Damian Knyba.<\/p>\n

The Mexican-American made his eagerly-awaited comeback last month, ending over two years of inactivity that followed his controversial draw with Jarrell Miller.<\/p>\n

But while he was heavily favoured to defeat Knyba, the former unified world champion suffered a seventh-round knockdown and ultimately lost convincingly on points<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benavidez, on the other hand, is coming off arguably a career-best performance against Gilberto Ramirez<\/a>, who he dethroned with a sixth-round finish for the WBO and WBA titles in May.<\/p>\n

As a result, \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 became a three-division world champion and is now targeting a unification match with WBC cruiserweight champion Michal Cieslak, who he is expected to face on either December 5 or December 19.<\/p>\n

Then, as far as Jose Benavidez Sr is concerned, the 29-year-old is likely to move up to heavyweight after colliding with Jai Opetaia in 2027.<\/p>\n

Speaking with ProBox TV<\/a>, Benavidez Sr outlined this plan and, in response, fellow coach Garcia immediately expressed his enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Benavidez] fighting someone like Andy would be unbelievable, man. What a fight it would be. We know Andy\u2019s gonna be there to fight, but Benavidez is just unbelievable: his speed, his combinations, throwing so many punches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019d be a little bit too much for Andy \u2026 but Andy\u2019s a solid heavyweight. He\u2019s already there, he\u2019s strong \u2013 if he takes the punch, Benavidez could be in trouble. Man, I would love to see that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Ruiz would certainly make for an intriguing opponent, it must be said that the 37-year-old looks a far cry from the \u2018Destroyer\u2019 that stopped Anthony Joshua in seven rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top trainer Robert Garcia has considered a potential clash between Andy Ruiz Jr and David Benavidez, whose father…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-792726","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\/792726","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=792726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}