On April 21st, Beijing time, former WBA featherweight world boxing champion Xu Can’s management company Quanwei Sihai announced that Xu Can will fight Mexican boxer Brandon Bennett in Florida, USA on May 21st. Sri Lanka conducts a 10-round transitional battle. This is Xu Can's first game since he lost his championship belt in August last year. The Chinese boxer will once again attack the top from here.
Xu Can was training before. Training hard, I want to fight back. Although he lost the gold belt last year, Xu Can is still the highest-ranked boxer in China's P4P - he is ranked 7th in the WBA and 10th in the WBC. He is still regarded as a strong contender for the championship. who. However, if he wants to re-enter the championship, Xu Can must be fully prepared. Benitez in front of him is the first hurdle he needs to pass.
According to data, Benitez’s current career record is 18 wins and 2 losses, and he is on the rise of his career. The game against him will effectively verify Xu Can’s status. Liu Gang, chief promoter of Quanwei Sihai, said: "This match is of great significance. On the one hand, it proves that Xu Can can still fight and wants to regain the gold belt; on the other hand, it can also boost the morale of Chinese professional boxing and practitioners. ”
“Due to the epidemic, Xu Can initially trained in Thailand. Later, after many twists and turns, he flew to the United States and entered the training camp of the famous coach Pedro Diaz. It had already been arranged at that time. Both opponents ended up losing their fight midway because the other was infected with COVID-19. "In this case, the British boxer Leigh Wood challenged Xu Can, but he was only willing to fight locally, and Xu Can moved to the UK... Zhouche. Due to the fatigue and the huge temperature difference, Xu Can’s physical condition has not been adjusted to the best.”
Qinwei Sihai CEO Lu Xiaolong also revealed to The Paper reporter that professional boxing dominates the mainstream market in Europe and the United States. , Chinese professional boxers face too many difficulties when working overseas, and the outbreak of the epidemic has increased the uncertainties. Xu Can in the game. A battle that cannot be missed Looking back at Xu Can's career, he played 3 games non-stop in 2019, won the gold belt and defended it twice.
The latest news shows that after defeating Conlan, Leigh Wood regards Santa Cruz, the super boxing champion of this level, as his next opponent, and the WBA is also happy to complete the unification fight within the organization as soon as possible. At present, the official has not disclosed how many games Xu Can needs to go through to return to the championship. The future depends largely on his ranking and performance in the game. This means that there is no room for failure in the battle with Benitez, and only a strong defeat Opponent, Xu Can can win priority for himself.
According to the schedule, Xu Can will fly to the competition venue in May. According to the description of the relevant team members, Xu Can’s training situation in the past few months has been very good, “He has gained a lot of muscles. "I am stronger than before." Xu Can himself said: "I am increasing the reserves in my arsenal. Not only do I need to fight hard, I also need to make good use of my distance advantage to maximize my height and wingspan."
It sounds like Xu Can learned a lot from a defeat, and he is physically and mentally prepared to make a comeback. Meng Fanlong will also appear. It is worth mentioning that on the day of the competition, another outstanding Chinese professional player Meng Fanlong will also compete against the Canadian star Pascal. Meng Fanlong has a professional record of 17 wins and 10 KOs, and is already qualified to challenge IBF light heavyweight world champion Beterbiev. It was also due to various interference factors that the match never took place. Meng Fanlong could only retreat to the next best option and challenge Pascal. Winning the match would greatly provide chips for challenging the boxing champion.
This event is promoted and organized by the American company ProBox, and exclusively broadcast live in mainland China by the official cooperation platform KOTV. ProBox Promotion was co-founded by Roy Jones, Juan Marquez, Antonio Tarver and many other boxing legends. This time, it joined hands with two Chinese boxing stars for a very clear purpose: ProBox values ??the performance of Chinese players in recent years. With progress and the huge potential market in China, they hope to help more outstanding Chinese players move to the world stage.