“Benavidez’s style breaks through anything,” Bradley said on his channel, cutting off the debate before it could really start.
Tim pointed to the range of fighters that The Mexican Monster Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) has already faced in his 13-year pro career. He’s faced boxers, punchers, southpaws, and treated that as enough evidence.
Who stands in front of him doesn’t change much. Bradley keeps coming back to the same point: the hand speed, the volume, and the pressure keep building, and most fighters don’t deal with it well.
Volume and hand speed are two elements that are difficult for his opponents to handle. But when one factors in Benavidez’s size and fearlessness, it makes it even more difficult for his opponents. We saw that in his wins over David Morrell, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, and Anthony Yarde.
Bradley also referenced the fight with Morrell as an example of a different look not changing the equation. Morrell could punch and box from the southpaw stance. Bradley pointed out that Benavidez overwhelmed Morrell with punches, keeping him pinned to the ropes, though most of the 12-round fight. Yes, Morrell got his pound of flesh, hurting Benavidez twice, but he still lost in a one-sided fight.
The way he talks about it, opponents don’t hold up once the pace builds and the punches keep coming over twelve rounds, and Bradley doesn’t sound convinced anyone can last with him.
The way Tim sees it, Benavidez sets the pace early and keeps it there, and every opponent ends up fighting the same fight whether they want to or not. That’s going to be bad for WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez if he can’t find a way to score a knockout of Benavidez.
Gilberto is not going to be able to elude him with movement, as he did in his fight against Chris Billiam-Smith in 2024. Ramirez doesn’t have the punch output to match Benavidez in that department, which means he’s only got a puncher’s chance.
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