Showtime: Anthony David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo & Otto Wallin vs. Travis Kauffman RBR.

Or given the ultamadum of picking his poison and fighting one of the top fighters in his natural division CW as punishment for his transgressions.

 

Madness is right. He was massive, I honestly thought he was 2 bills when I saw him in the ring. I absolutely love David the fighter. He’s an immense talent, but cmon dude, just move to LHW and fight guys your own size already. I’ll hate the “weight bully” phrase because cutting is part of the game. But once you miss weight, especially as a World Champ, all bets are off. He’ would be a huge LHW as it is. He’s 6’2 with a 77 inch reach and 200 pounds. WTF are you doing at 168?

 

175 was and is too good. That's why he, Smith, Ramirez among others have instead opted to boil down to 168 a fairly weak division. Ramirez has moved up to 175 though. I suspect the cut was becoming too much for him and that he will bide his time fighting bums until he can be manavured into picking up an easy belt. He's definitely not going anywhere near Beterbiev or Bivol. He can barely beat Jessie Hart.

 

Read somewhere Japan bans fighters for a year for missing weight. They've got it right.
I like David Benavidez too, but it was very disappointing to see him miss weight and not even try to take off the pounds.