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Cole Huff

Danny Garcia vs. Jose Benavidez Jr. will be entertaining, and a perfect Saturday night fight to wager on

A huge month of boxing is on the horizon as the boxing world gets ready to set its sights on August’s slate. But before then, Danny Garcia and Jose Benavidez Jr. are slated to end July with what should be an entertaining junior middleweight bout.

The once 33-0 Garcia has slipped a little bit in recent years, suffering three defeats in his last six bouts. But, all three losses went the distance and came at the hands of three elites — Errol Spence Jr., Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter.

Similarly, Benavidez Jr. has only tasted defeat by the cream of the crop. He sits at 27-1 during his professional career with his only loss coming by way of TKO to Terence Crawford.

But Benavidez Jr. enters Saturday night’s fight as the heavy underdog despite the better ratio of wins to losses. Garcia (36-3) has the better fighters on his resume, which is likely why he heads into this bout with -600 odds (at Tipico Sportsbook).

Yet, everyone knows fights aren’t won on paper. Both boxers will be fighting on Saturday looking to prove their names still belong in the same conversations as those running the weight division.

Can Danny Garcia score his 22nd knockout? Will Jose Benavidez Jr. be the first to knock out Garcia? Or is this going the distance?

We’ll find out soon!

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