Benavidez reveals that he’s moving up to cruiserweight next, where he wants to face Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in May!

He speaks as if it’s a foregone conclusion, and he wants it in Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend.

Is that because Bivol and Beterbiev are set for a trilogy bout at light-heavyweight?

Benavidez: “It’s definitely what I expected. When I got the contract, I said, ‘Oh, man, this is gonna be a war, this is what I dreamt about.’

“He cut me like in round six, I said: ‘You want a shootout, then?’ He stepped in the ‘Monster’’s world and got KOed.

“I grade [my performance] B+, there’s always room for improvement, but people said I couldn’t stop this guy, and I made it look easier than Kovalev and Beterbiev.”

David Benavidez def. Anthony Yarde via seventh-round TKO (1:59)

It’s all respect between Benavidez and Yarde here.