David Benavidez plans to battle the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol battle in Cinco de Mayo on Could third, 2025, in Las Vegas.
Benavidez Focusing on Canelo’s Conventional Date
“The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) preventing on the Cinco de Mayo date early subsequent yr would have an effect on Canelo Alvarez, who normally fights on that vacation yearly. A battle between the extremely in style Benavidez and the Bivol-Bivol winner could be enormous in Las Vegas.
Sampson Lewkowicz, the promoter for the previous two-time WBC tremendous middleweight champion Benavidez, instructed Boxingscene that they plan on preventing on Cinco de Mayo subsequent yr.
That might be a large battle that may herald a variety of PPV buys and fill no matter venue they select. Canelo must both quit the date to Benavidez or select a preferred fighter like Terence Crawford to power him to surrender on taking his Cinco de Mayo date.
It could be the final word revenge for Benavidez if he had been to take Canelo’s Cinco de Mayo date as a result of he’s not pleased with Alvarez for being prevented all these years and ignoring his makes an attempt to get a battle.
The ultimate straw was on Tuesday when it was reported that Canelo is finalizing a deal to defend his unified tremendous middleweight titles in opposition to Edgar Berlanga, his WBA obligatory, on September 14th on the Mexican Independence Day vacation weekend on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Berlanga solely not too long ago turned Canelo’s WBA obligatory Challenger final February, beating an obscure contender that few followers had ever heard of. In distinction, Benavidez had been Canelo’s WBC obligatory for 2 strong years since 2022, ready all this time and nonetheless not being allowed to battle for the title.
Yesterday, Benavidez gave up on his makes an attempt to battle Canelo by staying at mild heavyweight, the place he holds the WBC interim 175-lb title and is obligatory to the Beterbiev vs. Bivol, winner of their October twelfth battle.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman revealed that he’d been contacted by Benavidez’s promoter, Lewkowicz, who knowledgeable him of their intention to remain at 175 and quit the WBC 168-lb obligatory and interim title they held in that weight class.
Benavidez will battle subsequent in December in opposition to a yet-to-be-determined opponent. It’s believed that the battle shall be at 175 and shall be preparation for his problem for the undisputed championship in opposition to the Beterbiev-Bivol winner.
