David Benavidez believes he is being denied the chance from making the biggest fight in boxing.
Benavidez became a three-weight world champion when he stopped Gilberto Ramirez to win the WBA and WBO crusierweight titles.
While ‘The Mexican Monster’ is now expected to drop back down to 175lbs, some boxing fans want to see a cruiserweight showdown against fellow unbeaten star Jai Opetaia.
Opetaia was the IBF cruiserweight champion, but was stripped of his belt after signing with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing and taking part in an unsanctioned bout against Brandon Glanton.
Benavidez revealed after the fight that he would be happy to face Opetaia, but believes that decision to sign with Zuffa is preventing the bout from happening.
“That’s the biggest fight in the world, especially in this weight division. That’s definitely a fight I want. I’m not scared of anybody. If he wants to get that fight, we can get that fight.
“I don’t know why he went to Zuffa. We could have made this fight right after this one…I’m not going to go there and fight for the Zuffa title.
“That would be a great fight to make for the future. I respect Jai Opetaia, he’s a great fighter, but he has to come over here to make these fights happen, because we can’t make no fights in Zuffa.”
Benavidez went on further to say that those who sign with Zuffa are missing out on bigger opportunities.
“[Fighters] are definitely losing their power. There’s a lot of politics in that. Dana White has shown that he doesn’t want to do fights with PBC, DAZN.
“I don’t want to sound like I’m disrespecting them but that’s just how it looks like from the outside. If we can come to an agreement and make a big fight, let’s do it.”
If a clash between Benavidez and Opetaia was to take place, Hall of Fame inductee Tim Bradley has already revealed who he would back to come out on top.
