Benavidez really needs to do something, I had a lot of faith in him pre Herrera match, but with every match first Paez now this one, he's becoming less and less impressive.
WTF is that graphic UniMas just put up? El Monarcas del 140lb? Broner, Postol, Crawford, Troyanovsky and Benavidez. Postol and Crawford, yes, fine, call them kings of light welter. Both have belts and good wins. Broner, though? Granted his two losses came at welterweight, but still. I don't think his resume at 140 is strong enough to put him up there with Crawford or Postol. Allakhverdiev is a very good W, but otherwise he only has Tranzformer and the Molinas. Troyanovsky has done nothing prior to having fought Cuenca. ...and Benavidez, despite being 2-0 in WBA interim "world title" bouts, is still a prospect! (and struggling to impressively take out the garbage in hometown showcases, from the sounds of things..)
That is only the Pinoy's 2nd KO defeat. Sanchez has fought Jaguarcito Gutierrez, Rey Vargas, and Wilton Hilario (not all on the same level but they can all punch) and never been down until he fought Sergei Lipinets thirteen months ago.
That's exactly what Ernie did. He did it earlier in the round and got caught, too. He actually landed a flush left hook of his own at the exact moment he was KTFO.