{"id":568690,"date":"2026-05-06T05:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568690\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T05:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:20:15","slug":"canelo-alvarez-and-david-benavidez-set-for-fight-date-clash-as-rivals-could-go-up-against-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568690\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez set for fight date clash as rivals could go up against each other"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Benavidez is happy to go up against Canelo Alvarez’s return as he plans to fight again on September 14.<\/p>\n

Benavidez scored yet another impressive victory at the weekend<\/a>, winning the WBA and WBO cruiserweight world titles.<\/p>\n

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Benavidez wants to return in September on the same weekend as Canelo<\/p>\n

Several big things are already being plotted for the devastating Mexican, who is now viewed as one of the sport’s pound-for-pound elite.<\/p>\n

Turki Alalshikh intends to make an offer for the Mexican giant to face Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> in a potential heavyweight switch in 2027.<\/p>\n

But Benavidez has since suggested he will first look to make his next bow in September.<\/p>\n

And he will once again aim for the weekend of Mexican Independence, when Canelo Alvarez<\/a> will return in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

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He explained: “I think it\u2019s in the best interests for my career to keep trying to fight May 5th and September 14th.<\/p>\n

“Canelo\u2019s over there in Saudi Arabia, so he leaves it wide open for me. <\/p>\n

“This is a great date, we put on a great show for the people, and I\u2019ve earned it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been professional for 13 years, since I was 16 years old. I started from the bottom and went all the way to the top, calling out the best of the best.<\/p>\n

“I did it the hard way. Nothing was ever given to me. So, now that I\u2019m here, I think I deserve to fight on this card on this date.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Canelo will return on a plotted ‘Mexico vs the world’ billCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n

Benavidez and Canelo would likely attract a similar audience, and are superstars in their own right particularly in their native Mexico and US markets.<\/p>\n

But Alvarez’s deal with Turki Alalshikh will see him moving away from Las Vegas, and give Benavidez a big opportunity to fill the Sin City void.<\/p>\n

Who could Benavidez fight?<\/p>\n

Benavidez will be inundated with options after his latest win.<\/p>\n

It is likely it will come at cruiserweight again, despite teasing a move back to 175lbs if the fight with bitter rival Alvarez becomes available.<\/p>\n

The two most realistic options will likely be the other champions at 200bs including Dmitry Bivol.<\/p>\n

And the sharp-handed talent puts the Russian at the top of his hit-list.<\/p>\n

Boxing schedule<\/p>\n

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For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out\u00a0talkSPORT.com’s\u00a0 boxing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: “Bivol\u2019s No. 1 on my hit list. <\/p>\n

“Bivol\u2019s a great competitor, a great champion. I just want to test myself every single fight.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Benavidez is happy to go up against Canelo Alvarez’s return as he plans to fight again on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,9554,9556,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-568690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-canelo-alvarez","tag-david-benavidez","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}