{"id":589519,"date":"2026-05-17T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589519\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:06:07","slug":"david-benavidez-called-out-for-the-fight-he-wants-most-someone-has-to-shut-his-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589519\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez called out for the fight he wants most: &#8220;Someone has to shut his mouth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/david-benavidez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Benavidez<\/a> could be about to have his future resolved after being called out for the fight he is craving.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez affirmed his status as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world earlier this month when he successfully stepped up to cruiserweight and <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\">stopped Gilberto Ramirez inside six rounds<\/a> to win the WBA and WBO titles at 200lbs.<\/p>\n<p>There have been plenty of different options floated for \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 since that victory, including another clash at cruiserweight against Jai Opetaia, and even an ambitious move to heavyweight to face unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n<p>The most likely scenario is a return to 175lbs where he holds the WBC title, in order to have an undisputed battle with WBA, WBO and IBF light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, with Benavidez himself <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/david-benavidez-next-after-ramirez-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stating that the Russian is number one on his hit list.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That fight may now be set to become a reality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYSaiELu-Xt\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">after a post by the IBA<\/a> revealed that Bivol\u2019s trainer Gennadi Mashyanov wants his man to face Benavidez in order to \u2018shut his mouth.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy personal goal right now is this guy Benavidez \u2013 who let\u2019s just say, talks a lot. We\u2019ll see what he\u2019s really made of. I\u2019d like him to stop running his mouth. For that to happen, someone has to get in the ring with him and shut it for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bivol returns to action later next week when he faces mandatory challenger Michael Eifert, and it seems a win there could now pave the way for an undisputed showdown against Benavidez.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Benavidez could be about to have his future resolved after being called out for the fight he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-589519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589519","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=589519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}