David Benavidez evidently wants fellow titleholder Callum Smith.
The two-time super middleweight champ said he’d like to fight Smith (27-0, 19 knockouts) after watching the Englishman’s tightly contested bout with John Ryder on Nov. 23, which Smith won by decision.
Many observers thought Ryder deserved the decision.
“It seemed like he was having a lot of trouble in the fight,” Benavidez said, according to a WBC release. “I thought he would look really impressive but that wasn’t what happened.
“I feel like I’m a better fighter than him and he’s a perfect opponent for me. I saw things in his style that I could use in my favor.”
Benavidez (22-0, 19 KOs) returned from a one-year suspension to take Anthony Dirrell’s title by a ninth-round knockout in September.