David Benavidez has become one of the most fearsome fighters in boxing in recent years.
The two-time super-middleweight champion has recently moved up to light heavyweight, where he has already become a force after wins over Oleksandr Gvozdyk and David Morrell.
It has seen him claim the WBC interim title and the WBA ‘Regular’ title, putting him in line for a showdown against current undisputed king Dmitry Bivol.
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Bivol became undisputed last weekend with a majority decision victory over Artur Beterbiev, gaining revenge after Beterbiev won their first meeting in October.
Benavidez – who has 24 knockouts in 30 wins – and Bivol have sparred in the past, and one man who has witnessed their sessions is film director Peter Berg, who alongside Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing runs the Churchill Boxing Club in Los Angeles.
Berg was recently on The Joe Rogan Experience, initially stating what he saw when the two light heavyweight stars sparred.
“Bivol trains in our gym. The hardest punch I’ve ever seen anybody throw in my life was in our gym. David Benavidez was sparring Bivol and Bivol caught him and dropped him with a jab in sparring.”
Berg later clarified on social media that he got mixed up, and it was instead ‘The Mexican Monster’ that dropped Bivol.
“I have to retract something that I said because I was wrong. I said Bivol dropped Benavidez at Churchill Boxing Club with a jab, I remembered it wrong, it was Benavidez that dropped Bivol.
“I don’t know why I remembered it wrong but I did, and I suspected actually when I was saying it that I was wrong, but it was Benavidez that dropped Bivol, straight up, with an incredible jab.”
Whether Bivol and Benavidez do indeed meet should become clear in the next few months, with a potential trilogy against Beterbiev also an option for the undisputed champion.
