David Benavidez already has his eyes on the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next Saturday, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
‘The Mexican Monster’ moves up from light heavyweight where he holds the WBC crown, in an attempt to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175 pound title clash with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the unbeaten 29-year-old, but he insists he’ll return to the weight class after facing Ramirez in a bid to lure Bivol into a fight with him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the light heavyweight division,” Benavidez said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“My plan was [to] come up, grab two titles, come back down and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It’s smart for me to come back down.”
Bivol, who holds the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger, Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old captured the undisputed crown with a revenge win over Artur Beterbiev in his last outing last February.
The Russian relinquished the WBC belt that Benavidez now owns in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately failed to materialise.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyadh in November, is also hopeful of securing a showdown with former undisputed light heavyweight titlist, Beterbiev who hasn’t fought since a sole professional defeat to Bivol.
“After that fight [against Bivol] when I capture the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“The one that gets me the most excited is probably Beterbiev.
“It’s two monsters coming at a collision course.
“Beterbiev has been the boogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“So me being the monster, I’ve got to go in there and take the boogeyman out.”
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