{"id":656574,"date":"2026-06-25T00:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656574\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T00:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:06:12","slug":"david-benavidez-delivers-honest-verdict-on-dmitry-bivols-boxing-ability-as-he-chases-undisputed-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656574\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez delivers honest verdict on Dmitry Bivol’s boxing ability as he chases undisputed fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fight fans are keen to see David Benavidez<\/a> challenge Dmitry Bivol<\/a> for the undisputed light-heavyweight world title, and \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 has named his issue with the style of his 175lb rival.<\/p>\n

Benavidez moved up to the light-heavyweight scene back in 2024 and was soon elevated to WBC world champion following a triumph over Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the WBC Interim title upon his debut at the weight.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix-born fighter then moved up to cruiserweight division last month and captured the unified WBA and WBO title with a knockout win over Gilverto Ramirez.<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite this, Benavidez has maintained his goal of overthrowing unified WBA, WBO and IBF champion Bivol and becoming the undisputed light-heavyweight ruler, believing himself to be capable of returning to the division at a time of his choosing.<\/p>\n

Therefore, fans remain hopeful that the two pound-for-pound stars could collide in 2027, but speaking to Luis Parra<\/a>, Benavidez explained his gripe with the style of Bivol, critical of the 35-year-old\u2019s recent victory over Michael Eifert.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing I didn\u2019t like about Bivol is that he\u2019s a very careful fighter. He dropped that guy in the first round, but he wasn\u2019t trying to attack, he wasn\u2019t trying to finish the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve watched Bivol\u2019s fights, that\u2019s how he fights a lot of the time. He\u2019s not a killer, but he has everything needed to be one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, maybe in this fight he wanted to get some rounds in and see how he felt physically. But even if that\u2019s the case, you can knock somebody out in rounds ten, eleven or twelve. He could have done it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very strong fighter, a very smart fighter. Everything he does is good. But I\u2019ve noticed that if you\u2019re not putting a lot of pressure on him, he\u2019ll just box you and win every round on points. Honestly, nobody wants to see that. The fans pay good money to watch a great fight, to see a knockout, He\u2019s not a risk taker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bivol-Benavidez is unlikely to happen this year, with Bivol still expected for a trilogy showdown against Artur Beterbiev, whilst Benavidez looks poised to pursue an alternate title unification<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fight fans are keen to see David Benavidez challenge Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed light-heavyweight world title, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-656574","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\/656574","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=656574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}