Canelo vs. Benavidez: \I don't think the fight will happen\" David Benavidez's dad"

David Benavidez was in serve-notice mode. Anyone at 168 better watch out, because the rangy 25-year-onetime from Phoenix, Arizona, volition exist coming your style.

Benavidez, The Band'due south No. 1 super middleweight contender, chopped up gallant David Lemieux, ranked No. 6 By Ring, in three dominant rounds on Saturday night to claim an acting title in a PBC event on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing from the Gila River Loonshit in Glendale, Arizona.

The official end came at 1:31 of the third, after Lemieux's corner stopped it.

"Mike Tyson gave me the proper noun 'The Mexican Monster,' what do you call back I'thou gonna do?" Benavidez said. "I only feel like I'm the strongest 168 pounder. No ane tin can mess with me."

To his credit, Lemieux kept coming at Benavidez (26-0, 23 knockouts), despite being out on his anxiety.

Benavidez reaches for an already wobbled Lemieux. Photograph by Danielle Cortez

"Lemieux is a special type of breed," Benavidez admitted. "This guy was swinging until the end. I had to be on my p'due south and q'south. He'due south a tough champion, then my chapeau'south off to him. He's the only one with the guts to face up me."

Hopefully, Benavidez will become a championship shot against WBC and undisputed super middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez.

"I'm waiting for all those height guys to transport me the contract," Benavidez said. "They know what'southward up. I'm right here waiting for them. I'll put myself up confronting everyone. I guarantee I'grand knocking everyone out.

"I tin get meliorate everywhere. You tin can always larn. It merely gets better from hither. I'm just going to continue working. Facing tough guys similar Lemieux just pushes me to keep moving to the next level."

Lemieux (43-5, 36 KOs) tried applying pressure early on Benavidez, who even got nailed against the ropes with a left hook within the first minute of the fight. It did not take long for Benavidez to settle.

Once he establish his distance, he caught Lemieux with a left hook to the mentum and sent the Canadian stumbling backwards. Lemieux was never able to recover.

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Lemieux staggered in the second round and was severely cut over his left eye. By the tertiary, Lemieux showed groovy character coming at Benavidez, who slammed a left hook followed past an overhand right with 1:35 left in the third.

Bloodied, staggered, Lemieux's corner threw in the towel, ending information technology at ane:31.

"I'm good, Benavidez is a hell of a fighter," Lemieux said. "I congratulate him. Subsequently the first round I was okay, he had gotten me with some practiced shots. I tried to come up back, but he'due south a very good fighter.

"We're going to talk with my squad about what's next, but this evening was only not my nighttime. All respect to Benavidez. He's a hell of a fighter."

In the co-feature, junior middleweight southpaw Jorge Cota may accept complained a little well-nigh fighting someone "who only had five fights," but the 34-year-quondam veteran was forced to rethink that later on coming together Cuban southpaw Yoelvis Gomez.

Cuban southpaw Yoelvis Gomez shutout veteran Jorge Cota in a clash of junior middleweight southpaws.

The 24-twelvemonth-former Gomez won by unanimous scores of 100-xc across the board in going the altitude for the showtime fourth dimension in his career.

This was supposed to be a footstep up for Gomez (six-0, 5 KOs). He threw almost 100 more jabs than Cota (30-6, 27 KOs) and over the last four rounds of the fight, Gomez landed nearly five jabs per round.

"I wanted to steal the prove tonight, and all Mexicans are warriors, and (Cota) was a warrior and he took me the 10 rounds," Gomez said. "What I establish out is you have to exist prepared for 10 rounds, and I was prepared tonight for this fight. If the knockout  comes, then information technology comes. Just information technology didn't come tonight."

Cota'southward best punch of the nighttime might not have fifty-fifty been on Gomez. In the last minute of the third, Cota tried to sneak in a final shot in and hit referee Wes Melton in the chest by accident.

"The judges' decision was what it was, information technology's pointless to talk almost information technology at present," Cota said. "Yoelvis is a strong fighter and he hit me hard on my left rib, I think he injure me there. I'll become some Ten-rays to see what the impairment was.

"He kept up his consistency and his punching power throughout the entire fight. I was at 50% after the rib injury, simply credit to him for having fought like he did."

In the get-go fight of the night, 22-twelvemonth-onetime Luis Nunez (17-0, 12 KOs) beat 18-year-old southpaw Jonathan Fierro (13-i, 12 KOs) past x-circular unanimous conclusion in a featherweight fight.

Judges Chris Flores, Dennis O'Connell and Gonzalo Valenzuela all scored it  96-94 for Nunez.

"I experience corking, and this was some other positive step forward," Nunez said. "I kept my distance, hit him when I had to and built up my equity round by circular. What's side by side? In set for anybody. Bring them on."

The theme of the fight was elementary: Fierro tried connecting with direct lefts, and Nunez would counter him as he closed in.

Fierro had some good moments, like in the fifth and tenth rounds. But the fight was primarily Nunez backing upwards Fierro and landing some well-baked shots to the head, as he did in the seventh.

"I beat him, but there was favoritism," Fierro claimed. "The ref was conspicuously on his side, constantly interrupting the fight. I would accept knocked him out, otherwise. I want the rematch. In fact, he should be the one giving me the rematch, because the determination by the judges wasn't the right 1."

Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter who has been working for Ring Magazine/RingTV.com since October 1997 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be followed on twitter @JSantoliquito .

Source: https://www.ringtv.com/639378-david-benavidez-makes-easy-work-of-david-lemieux/

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