{"id":936351,"date":"2026-10-22T01:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936351\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:54:08","slug":"former-world-champion-with-90-ko-ratio-hopes-he-hasnt-scared-david-benavidez-off-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936351\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion with 90% KO Ratio &#8220;hopes he hasn&#8217;t scared&#8221; David Benavidez off fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/david-benavidez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Benavidez<\/a> has proven that he is not afraid of any challenge in boxing, but one rumoured opponent is hoping that he \u2018hasn\u2019t scared Benavidez\u2019 off from a potential cruiserweight battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 reigned as the WBC light-heavyweight champion, but made the 25lb jump from 175lbs to 200lbs earlier this year to challenge for Gilberto Ramirez\u2019s unified WBA and WBO titles \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/48646802\/david-benavidez-vs-gilberto-zurdo-ramirez-live-updates-boxing-results-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">and scored an emphatic knockout to claim both belts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, should he come through Michal Cieslak unscathed in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/david-benavidez-has-three-man-hit-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benavidez has revealed a three-fight plan<\/a> that includes a potential undisputed title showdown with Jai Opetaia, a clash with Artur Beterbiev, and a possible move up to heavyweight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When discussing the proposed battle with former undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev, Benavidez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ob00sUbm6-M\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joked to The Ring<\/a> that he respects Beterbiev for pursuing a fight with him despite being \u201945 years old\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeterbiev has definitely reached out to our team. He\u2019s actively been trying to make that fight. We want to give him what he wants. You know, I respect Beterbiev. He\u2019s about 45 years old, and the fact he\u2019s calling me out, I have great respect for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Beterbiev \u2013 who is actually 41 years old \u2013 has posted a training clip onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DerhpKiT817\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;mdxt=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his Instagram<\/a>, hinting at a future fight with Benavidez in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope nobody was scared off by my \u201945-year-old\u2019 physique!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/bivol-set-for-mega-fight-after-smith\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beterbiev, who has a 90% knockout ratio from his 22 fights, is also being touted for a light-heavyweight trilogy with fierce foe, Dmitry Bivol,<\/a> where a victory could tee up a mammoth meeting between he and Benavidez for mid-to-late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Benavidez has proven that he is not afraid of any challenge in boxing, but one rumoured opponent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-936351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}