Boxing's youngest super middleweight champion lost nearly 100lbs after five-year transformation
Golovkin is one of the hardest punchers in boxing history and yet a teenage Benavidez ‘held his own’ against him in sparringOkolie became world champion with stunning one punch KO that left opponent flat on back'Malicious, jealous, bitter and vindictive' - Okolie rips into Hearn following splitEddie Hearn vs Simon Jordan: Watch back heated showdown live in talkSPORT studioBenavidez continued: “I held my own ground. Imagine being 15 and sparring Golovkin.
Despite his success, however, Benavidez had still not managed to attract the attention of a promoter until he was invited into the camp of former Olympian Julius Jackson as a sparring partner.: “I’m not even playing, I landed like an 18-punch combination.”Even Benavidez’s dad Jose Benavidez Sr, who had always been his biggest supporter, was shocked. “After that, his life changed. I didn’t know he was that good. He was the ugly duckling. Nobody had believed in him but us.
The build-up to the fight was tumultuous to say the least for Benavidez, as his older brother Jose Benavidez Jr, who is also a professional boxer, was shot in the leg putting his career in jeopardy.Then, just three weeks before Benavidez was scheduled to be in the ring, he received a phone call that his Uncle had been fatally shot during a confrontation with police in Arizona.
Benavidez immediately defended his world title in a rematch with Gavril, but before he could make his second defence, he tested positive for Benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine, and he was stripped of his belt.
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