There’s a listing of a number of attainable choices obtainable to David Benavidez, however he has now made it clear precisely who he needs subsequent.
Benavidez turned WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion earlier this month when he efficiently stepped as much as 200lbs to cease Gilberto Ramirez within the sixth spherical on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
It noticed ‘The Mexican Monster’ develop into a three-weight world champion, having beforehand held world honours at tremendous middleweight and nonetheless holding the WBC mild heavyweight title.
An undisputed mild heavyweight battle with Dmitry Bivol, a cruiserweight showdown with Jai Opetaia, and a transfer to heavyweight to face unified king Oleksandr Usyk have been touted as potential subsequent strikes, and Benavidez has now revealed which ones he needs most.
Talking to The Porter Approach Podcast, ‘The Mexican Monster’ has set his sights on the match-up with Bivol.
“I set these objectives out for myself. Bivol is admittedly the one struggle I would like, that I actually need. He has all of the belts… I actually need these belts. I would like these accolades. That’s the one factor I would like proper now.
“I’m not fascinated about Opetaia, I’m not fascinated about none of those guys, as a result of that is the struggle I would like. It is smart for each of us.”
Bivol hasn’t fought since defeating Artur Beterbiev again in February 2025, however returns to motion later this month when he defends his IBF, WBA and WBO belts towards Michael Eifert. A win there may arrange a mouth-watering conflict towards Benavidez.
The Russian’s coach has just lately named Benavidez as his goal, saying somebody must ‘shut his mouth’. There’s, nonetheless, one potential impediment in Artur Beterbiev, who has twice starred in undisputed fights with Bivol already. Promoter Eddie Hearn just lately mentioned {that a} unfastened settlement to honour a trilogy would take priority over another match-ups for his man, Bivol.
