{"id":704582,"date":"2026-05-30T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704582\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:00:20","slug":"david-benavidez-ordered-to-fight-for-wbc-cruiserweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704582\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez Ordered to Fight for WBC Cruiserweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0961-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125659\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mexican Monster is back, and he is hoping to add another title to his already astonishing collection.<\/p>\n<p>The WBC has ordered current WBA and WBO champion David Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) to challenge for the WBC cruiserweight championship against current title holder Noel Mikaelian (28-3, 12 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez enters the fight on the back of an impressive two-fight knockout streak. Victories have been recorded over respected world title challenger Anthony Yarde and former WBO super-middleweight champion, as well as unified WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion, Gilberto Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p>Current cruiserweight world title picture<\/p>\n<p>Before this bout was ordered, Noel Mikaelian was in advanced talks with Jai Opetaia, the Ring Magazine and Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight champion, for a major unification clash later this autumn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0962.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125660\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>However, a statement released by the WBC confirmed a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WBC Board has voted in favour to order cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian to fight mandatorily David Benavidez.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What comes next?<\/p>\n<p>One fight fans have been clamouring for is a showdown between Jai Opetaia and David Benavidez.<\/p>\n<p>If Benavidez is victorious against Noel Mikaelian, that fight could be made next and in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p>Should that happen, the contest would be for the undisputed cruiserweight championship of the world.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the fight is expected soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mexican Monster is back, and he is hoping to add another title to his already astonishing collection.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-704582","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\/704582","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=704582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}