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Benavidez, Wardley Latest Examples as Identity Politics Shape Boxing’s Biggest Fights

KO On SI·Joseph Hammond·29 days ago
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From disputes about David Benavidez’s “Mexican” identity compared with Gilberto Ramirez to the fallout from Fabio Wardley’s class-laced jab at Daniel Dubois, boxing continues to use and question identity in the promotion of some of its biggest events. Legendary former world champion Julio Ceasar Chavez Sr. (107–6–2, 86 KOs) poured cold water over the hyped Cinco De Mayo clash when asked if Benavidez should be considered Mexican. David Benavidez dominated Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez with a sixth-round stoppage to earn the unified WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles. “What a good question,” Chavez said with a chuckle when asked by Sean Zittel “In Mexico, he is not known, with all due respect. In boxing, they know him, you know what I mean. I consider him American.…

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