According to the latest media news, Xu Can (18-3, 3KO), a former WBA featherweight ordinary boxer from mainland China, will return to the boxing ring on May 21, Beijing time, facing Mexican boxer Brandon Benitez (18-2, 7KO) in Plant City, USA, which is also Xu Can's first comeback since he was TKO by Briton Lee Wood (26-2, 16KO) in August last year, and Meng Fanlong vs Jim Pascal's previous vice-home match.
Xu Can said: "I am very happy to return to the ring and fight a fierce battle with Mexican Brandon Benitez. Boxing fans know my style and they know that I like to punch a lot. Benitez is a Mexican warrior, so his game against me is definitely a war. ”
Brandon Benitez said: "I'm very excited, I'm ready to play a great match with Xu Can, the former world boxer. This is an opportunity I will never have had in my life. I know the game will be tough, we will both play a lot of punches, but I will be in excellent shape, I will not only punch more than Xu Can, but also win convincingly. ”
The 28-year-old "monster" Xu Can currently has a professional record of 18 wins and 3 losses, 3 games KO opponents, and now boxrec-126 pounds overall ranking 13th. Xu Can had previously defended the WBA-126 pounds of the regular boxing champion's gold belt twice until he traveled to england last August to be confiscated by Lee-Wood's 12-turn TKO. Xu Can is 1 meter 75 tall and has an arm span of 1 meter 75, and has some advantages in a 126-pound figure, but his fists are not heavy enough, and he only has the density of punches but lacks a certain strength, and it is difficult to face a first-class boxer of 126 pounds.
Brandon Benitez, 24, currently has a professional record of 18-2, 7 KO opponents and is now 109th overall at boxrec-122 pounds. Benitez is 1.70 meters tall and has an arm span of 1.73 meters, and the quality of past matches is a bit worse than Xu Can's, and from the BOXREC ranking, he is only a third-rate boxer at best. I believe that Xu Can just practiced his hands with him this time to restore his self-confidence.
Xu Can's current 126-pound competition is fierce, and WBC boxing champion Mark Magsayo (24-0, 16KO) is a young boxer who is still unbeaten and in the ascendancy. WBA Super Boxing Champion Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19KO) and WBA Regular Boxer Leigh Wood (26-2, 16KO) are about to play a legal match. The IBF Boxer Gold Belt is now back in the hands of Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8KO). WBO boxer Imaniel Navalet (35-1, 29KO) is only 27 years old, young and strong, and at the peak of his career. Xu Can is very difficult to win the 126-pound world boxing champion again.
In the main tournament that followed, IBF-175 pounds one challenger Fanlong Meng (17-0, 10KO) will face former light heavyweight boxer Jim Pascal (35-6-1, 20KO), a light heavyweight game scheduled for 12 rounds.