The Brit pack
Benavidez on British super-middleweights
CALLUM SMITH
I actually love him as a fighter and that’s the biggest praise I can give him at this moment. His rise was very impressive and the way he looked after himself in that World Series tournament was something that really stood out. He was favoured to do well in that, but I don’t think anyone could’ve predicted the way he went through George Groves. Smith can fight several way and his inside stuff is so good for such a tall guy. Me and Smith is the best fight in the division right now and I’d love the opportunity to prove that I’m number one against him.
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS
Saunders is something of a veteran in boxing these days so that means he’s done a lot and he’s seen a lot. A fighter like that is always going to be a dangerous opponent. He seems like he’s all in for a fight with Canelo, but that could be any fighter from middleweight to light-heavy so who knows what’s going to happen there? If it’s a fight that can be made then I’d certainly like the opportunity to take the challenge on.
CHRIS EUBANK JNR
There’s some losses on the record of Chris Eubank Jnr, but he’s a fighter who always backs himself so he’ll always be in fights until the very end because he’s 100mph. It feels like Eubank Jnr has been around the top level a long time so he’d have no problem at all mixing it with the champions and top guys at 168 if he decides to make the move here full time. He’s one of a number of top fighters in Britain at the moment and going over there to fight any of them is alright by me.