{"id":673265,"date":"2026-07-04T10:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:42:08","slug":"ben-whittaker-reveals-when-hell-be-ready-to-take-on-monster-david-benavidez-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673265\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Whittaker reveals when he’ll be ready to take on monster David Benavidez: “100%”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Whittaker<\/a> has outlined the time it should take to become a worthy opponent for David Benavidez<\/a>, who seemingly remains in search of a dance partner for his next outing.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 comes off a sixth-round stoppage over Gilberto Ramirez in May, dethroning the WBO and WBA titlist to become a three-division world champion.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Benavidez has afforded himself options between 175lbs and 200lbs, given that he still holds the WBC light-heavyweight strap.<\/p>\n

Having just become the unified cruiserweight champion, however, the 29-year-old may look to cement himself at the new weight by taking on Noel Mikaelian.<\/p>\n

As the WBC mandatory challenger at 200lbs, Benavidez has effectively confirmed his interest in a clash with Mikaelian, who currently holds the green and gold title.<\/p>\n

Eventually, though, the Mexican-American could drop back down to 175lbs in pursuit of a more lucrative opportunity, possibly against rising star Whittaker.<\/p>\n

The Olympic silver medallist has ended his last four contests inside two rounds, most recently stopping American veteran Richard Rivera in New York.<\/a><\/p>\n

After making his US debut last weekend, the next step, it seems, is for Whittaker to face a domestic opponent in Birmingham this coming October.<\/p>\n

This will likely come against an opponent rated below world level but, even so, the 29-year-old has told Fight Hub TV<\/a> that he is not a million miles away from facing the likes of Benavidez.<\/p>\n

\u201c100% [I\u2019ll be ready for Benavidez in a year or so].\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, Benavidez has already expressed his interest in a future showdown with Whittaker<\/a>, naming London\u2019s Wembley Stadium as his dream destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Whittaker has outlined the time it should take to become a worthy opponent for David Benavidez, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-673265","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\/673265","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=673265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}