Notebook: Benavidez-Andrade showdown set for Nov. 25

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The long-discussed fight between WBC interim super middleweight titlist David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade, a former middleweight and junior middleweight world titleholder, is official — two months after Fight Freaks Unite first reported the fight was in the works.

The fight will take place Nov. 25 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Showtime PPV.

The kickoff news conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles.

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