David Benavidez’s team isn’t buying former undisputed light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev’s recounting of conversations to arrange a high-profile showdown between the pound-for-pound members.
“They’re lying,” Benavidez’s father-manager-trainer, Jose Benavidez Snr told BoxingScene Thursday. “We want to fight him. Let’s make that fight happen. Tell the [Beterbiev] manager to contact me, and we will make that fight happen in five minutes. Do you have his manager’s number? Let’s go.”