Benavidez Says He Hurt Bivol in Sparring: “I Touched Him”

David Benavidez reminded The Media Today of How He Hurt Dmitry Bivol During Their Last Sparring Session. Hey Says He Sparred The Light Heavyweight Champion “A Lot,” and Had Hurt.

Benavidez Reminds Bivol of Sparring Pain

Benavidez (30-0, 24 kos) States That Heesn’t See Any Difference Between Sparring and Fighting. Hey Says Can Hit Someone in Sparring, He Can Do It In A Fight. Bivol (24-1, 12 kos) Is The One That Benavidez Is Targeting His Three Belts So That He Bececome The Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion.

“It is The Same Thing. If You Can Touch Sumebody In Sparring, You Can Touch Sumebody in A Fight,” Said David Benavidez Ring champsDiscussing the success He had sparring with Dmitry Bivol. “I Sparred Him A Lot. I Hurt Him The Last Time We Sparred. I Was 22 Years Old.

“I Hurt Him”: The 2019 Sessions Revisited

The Sparring Occurred Around 2019, When Wip Wip Wip and J’leon Love, Looking unstoppable. With The Way He Was Was Him Fighting Back, It’s Understandable Why Bivol Had Problems With Him. He Doesn’t Handle Pressure Well, As We Saw In His Two Fights With Artur Beterbiev. It Must Have A Nightmare For Him To Deal With Benavidez Attacking Him Nonstop During The Sparring Sessions.

“Hey Had Way More Experience Than I, But I Did Do I Had. Now, I’m Smarter and I’m Better Better Fighter,” Said Benavidez.

That Sparring Session Might be One of the Reasons That Bivol has been to Heen Reluctant to Fight Benavidez. I Mean, He Vacated His WBC title When ‘The Mexican Monster’ was Benavidez Was Mandatory. The Official Reason Was Had with the Trilogy Match with Arthur Beterbiev That He Was Going To Take.

Fear of the Mexican Monster?

That Fight Never Happened, So It Makes Sense to Conclude That Bivol Wasn’t Interested in Fighting Benavidez and Dealing With The Combination Punching That He’s Known.

Benavidez is Still Hoping A Fight With Bivol Will Happen at Some Point, But It’s Questionable Whether It Will. Bivol Isn’t Getting Any Younger. He turns 35 on December 18, 2025, and he’s coming off back surgery.

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