On May 21, Beijing time, former WBA featherweight world boxing champion "monster" Xu Can will return to the boxing ring, leaving the boxing ring for 8 months and he will play a 10-round match with Brandon Benitez, a Mexican boxer nicknamed "Young Lion" in Florida, USA.
At the same time, China's IBF light heavyweight intercontinental boxing champion Meng Fanlong will also face the former WBA and WBC light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal in the joint main tournament of the day.
In January 2019, Xu Can defeated defending boxer Rojas away from home in Houston, USA, and won the WBA featherweight world boxing champion gold belt, becoming the third world boxing champion in Chinese history.
This was followed by the destruction of former boxing champion Kubo Hayabusa in six rounds, followed by a away win over 18-game unbeaten Manny Robes III, and in the clash with Robles III, Xu Can actually bombarded 1562 punches, setting a record of 126 pounds.
In the early morning of August 1 last year, Xu Can returned to the game after a gap of 20 months, and was away from challenger Leigh Wood's 12-round TKO, losing the WBA featherweight world boxing champion gold belt. Xu Can's opponent Benitez, 24 years old this year, currently has a professional record of 18 wins and 2 losses, and is fierce in fighting inside, and he will take four consecutive wins to compete with Xu Can.
"I'm excited to be back in the ring and play against Brandon Benitez," Xu said, "Boxing fans know my style, they know I like to punch more, so when I play against Mexican boxers like Benitez it's definitely going to be a great fight." "I'm ready and excited to have the opportunity to face the former world champion," Benitez said , "this is an opportunity I've been fighting for all my life, I know it's going to be a tough fight, we're going to punch a lot, I'm in really good shape right now, I'm not only going to punch more than him, but to win convincingly." ”
Undefeated China's IBF light heavyweight no. 1 challenger Meng Fanlong will play a 12-legged match with Canadian Pascal. Meng Fanlong, 34, is a counter-boxer who turned professional in 2015 after representing China at the 2012 Olympics. Meng Fanlong said: "This is a very special game, this is my first time to participate in the joint main game, this is the first time I have faced a former world champion, it is also our first time to broadcast live in China, there are 1.5 billion people to support me, the first time to play at the home of my promoter Probox, my training camp in Florida is going well, I can't wait to stage a good show. ”
Pascal defeated Diacnu in 2009 to earn the WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Gold Belt, and then successfully defended the title twice, followed by the defeat of Chad Dawson to win the IBO Light Heavyweight Champion title.
Pascal eventually lost his gold belt in a 2011 rematch with Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkin, but in the following years he competed for world titles with the likes of Sergei Kovalev and Biver.
"I want to prove myself, this match with Meng Fanlong was a great opportunity for me, he is a good boxer, he is unbeaten for a reason, but he has never met an opponent like me." After this game, Meng Fanlong and Elbiani (KO by Pascal for 6 rounds) will have one thing in common, that is, they lost to me at home. ”