On May 21, former WBA featherweight world boxing champion Xu Can will return to boxing, where he will go to Florida to play a 10-legged match against Mexican boxer Brandon Benitez, nicknamed "Cubs". 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 boxing champion Jean Pascal in the joint main tournament of the day.
In January 2019, Xu Can won the WBA Featherweight World Champion Gold Belt in a away victory over defending boxer Roxas in Houston, USA, and then defeated former boxing champions Kubo Hayabusa and Robles III twice. In August last year, Xu Can was defeated by challenger Leigh Wood for 12 rounds, losing the WBA Featherweight World 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 good at medium and close combat.
"I'm excited to be back in the ring for a fierce fight with Brandon Benitez," Xu said. "Boxing fans know my style. They know I like to punch more. So when I play against a Mexican warrior like Benitez it's definitely going to be a war. ”
"I'm ready and excited to have the opportunity to face the former world champion," Benitez said. "It's an opportunity I've been fighting for all my life. I know it's going to be a tough fight and we're going to punch a lot, but I'm in really good shape right now, I'm not only going to punch more than he is, but to win convincingly. ”
Meng Will play a 12-legged match with Canadian Pascal. Pascal won the WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion in 2009 and successfully defended the title twice, as well as the IBO Light Heavyweight Champion. For Meng Fanlong, who was unbeaten in 17 games, this is another fierce battle.