{"id":532680,"date":"2026-03-13T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532680\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:51:07","slug":"canelo-alvarez-and-david-benavidez-set-to-compete-for-the-same-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532680\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez set to compete for the same opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> and David Benavidez<\/a> have been linked to one another for a number of years, but they could now be about to battle to face the same potential opponent.<\/p>\n

Benavidez has been chasing a clash with Alvarez for some time now. After failing to land it, he moved up to 175lbs where he has become the WBC light heavyweight champion.<\/a><\/p>\n

He now heads to cruiserweight to face unified champion Gilberto Ramirez in May, while Canelo is set to return in September,<\/a> looking to bounce back after losing his undisputed crown at 168lbs to Terence Crawford last year.<\/p>\n

If both men win their upcoming fights victories, Dmitry Bivol is apparently waiting. Dan Rafael reported this week<\/a> that the Russian\u2019s manager, Vadim Kornilov, has named the duo as targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cPer Bivol manager [Kornilov] to me as it relates to what Dmitry would like: IBF mandatory Michael [Eifert] this spring (agreed to, ticketed for Usyk card May 23) then Beterbiev 3 [and] then either Canelo 2, Benavidez or a cruiserweight champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo has history with Bivol \u2013 the reigning WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion \u2013 having suffered a unanimous decision defeat to the Russian back in May 2022, with a rematch touted at various points since then. The Mexican has said in the past that it is the only fight at 175lbs that interests him.<\/p>\n

Benavidez has also openly called for the fight, interested in both taking on the best in the world and a chance to become undisputed at light-heavyweight. Boxing fans are still unlikely to see Canelo and Benavidez face off inside the ropes, but may witness an intriguing battle across the negotiating table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez have been linked to one another for a number of years, but they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-532680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}