{"id":635627,"date":"2026-06-12T22:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635627\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:38:08","slug":"shawn-porter-names-the-toughest-test-for-david-benavidez-hes-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635627\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Porter names the toughest test for David Benavidez: &#8220;He&#8217;s a machine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Porter believes <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/david-benavidez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Benavidez<\/a>\u2019s toughest assignment could arrive between cruiserweight and light-heavyweight, against a former world champion who carries formidable power.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 has teased an eventual move up to heavyweight, he is more likely to remain at 200lbs, or drop back down to 175lbs, for his next outing.<\/p>\n<p>His last encounter, against Gilberto Ramirez, resulted in a sixth-round stoppage that saw him become a three-division world champion by claiming the WBO and WBA titles last month.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/david-benavidez-changes-top-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benavidez has been named as the WBC mandatory challenger<\/a>, putting him in line for a potential unification match with cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the 29-year-old has expressed interest in facing Jai Opetaia, the consensus No.1 cruiserweight, while also considering a move back down to light-heavyweight, where he still holds the WBC title.<\/p>\n<p>This would purely be in pursuit of a clash with either Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev, who could alternatively enter a rubber match for Bivol\u2019s IBF, WBO and WBA titles.<\/p>\n<p>Beterbiev has not fought since their rematch, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/43903494\/artur-beterbiev-dmitry-bivol-2-live-boxing-updates-results-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bivol won by majority decision<\/a> in February 2025, and is surely approaching the end of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Former world champion Porter, however, has said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HXTuHbcgDiQ?si=H-B4Bn_yKPEX3IL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his YouTube channel<\/a> that he feels the 41-year-old knockout artist could still pose problems for Benavidez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Beterbiev, there\u2019s that power. [Even now], he\u2019s still a machine. Of all those guys, I trust Beterbiev\u2019s power to test Benavidez more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBivol has amazing skill. To me, Opetaia [is] not experienced enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most would argue that Bivol and Opetaia are a greater threat to Benavidez\u2019s unbeaten record, given that Beterbiev has a history of injuries and is perhaps further removed from his prime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn Porter believes David Benavidez\u2019s toughest assignment could arrive between cruiserweight and light-heavyweight, against a former world champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-635627","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\/635627","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=635627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}