Ryan Garcia is the latest big name to offer his thoughts on Saturday’s clash between David Benavidez and Gilberto Ramirez.
One of the biggest fights of the year so far takes place at the at the T-Mobile Arena this weekend as ‘The Mexican Monster’ heads up to cruiserweight to challenge Ramirez for his WBA and WBO titles.
Benavidez is the reigning WBC light heavyweight champion, and now attempts to earn world honours in a third division having also previously reigned at super-middleweight.
It will be a difficult task against Ramirez though, who has won 48 of his 49 professional bouts, with his only blemish coming against Dmitry Bivol back in 2022.
With the fight quickly approaching, WBC welterweight champion Garcia has made his prediction for the match-up, posting on social media to reveal that he is backing Benavidez to win inside the distance.
“Corner stoppage round 8 in favor of Benavidez.”
Benavidez has displayed big power throughout his career, as 25 of his 31 wins have come by knockout, the most recent of those occurring during his last outing in November when he stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Competing at 200lbs could be a whole different prospect though, and with Ramirez having won all of his cruiserweight bouts in fairly convincing fashion, it would be a big statement if ‘The Mexican Monster’ is indeed able to claim a stoppage victory.
One man who doesn’t think Benavidez will be capable of achieving that is Oscar De La Hoya, who has questioned the challenger’s chin ahead of the bout.