{"id":743509,"date":"2026-08-20T00:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743509\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:56:08","slug":"david-benavidez-new-two-fight-plan-emerges-ending-with-the-clash-all-fans-want-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743509\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez new two-fight plan emerges ending with the clash all fans want to see"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/david-benavidez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Benavidez<\/a> is set to enter at least two further cruiserweight assignments, starting with a defence of his unified crown this December.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old became a three-division world champion in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/gilberto-ramirez-vs-david-benavidez-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dethroning Gilberto Ramirez with a vicious sixth-round finish<\/a> for the WBO and WBA 200lb titles.<\/p>\n<p>While also retaining his position as the WBC light-heavyweight champion, Benavidez left himself with the option of pursuing an undisputed clash with Dmitry Bivol.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of dropping back down to 175lbs, though, the \u2018Mexican Monster\u2019 successfully lobbied the WBC to place him as its mandatory challenger at cruiserweight.<\/p>\n<p>The only issue, of course, was that the sanctioning body\u2019s champion, Noel Mikaelian, had already agreed a deal to face Jai Opetaia on September 12.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Benavidez is now expected to defend his titles against WBC \u2018interim\u2019 champion Michal Cieslak in December, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abeG718\" rel=\"nofollow\">Abraham Gonzalez<\/a>, though it remains to be seen whether the full WBC strap will also be up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ring\u2019s Mike Coppinger <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeCoppinger\/status\/2089443103224864829\" rel=\"nofollow\">has now reported details<\/a> what may come next Benavidez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpect David Benavidez to fight Michal Cieslak on December 12 with ongoing conversations for him to fight [the] winner [of Opetaia-Mikaelian].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether he gets stripped by the WBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/49531604\/jai-opetaia-face-noel-mikaelian-garcia-vs-benn-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mikaelian is set to face former IBF champion and current Zuffa belt-holder Opetaia<\/a> on the undercard of Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn.<\/p>\n<p>According to Coppinger, the winner of their Las Vegas encounter is then likely to collide with Benavidez, just so long as he takes care of business against Cieslak.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez has also reported that the clash between \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 and Cieslak, who has not fought since June 2025, is set to take place in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Benavidez is set to enter at least two further cruiserweight assignments, starting with a defence of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-743509","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\/743509","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=743509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}