According to information from WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, David Benavidez will lose the WBC championship temporarily weighing Super Middleweight in the near future. The reason is because Benavidez cannot reach the Canelo Alvarez match, although both have come very close to an official match.
The talk of Benavidez and Canelo's team has lasted for 2 years. But instead of choosing Benavidez, Canelo decided to fight Edgar Berlanga in September. This makes Canelo's opponent Benavidez will have to continue to “stand outside” and lose the championship as prescribed.
To compensate for Benavidez disadvantages, WBC will let him promote Light Heavyweight to play. This boxer will face the winner in the match between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. This competition takes place in October, and Bivol is being highly appreciated than Beterbiev.
Initially, the match between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol was scheduled in June. The injury caused Beterbiev to be forced to postpone, causing Bivol to find a new opponent, Malik Zinad. In the match against Malik Zinad, Bivol had no difficulty, when he won TKO in the 6th half.
David Benavidez was born in 1996, is an American boxer. David Benavidez's professional boxing performance is 29 wins, including 24 knockout victories. This boxer had a period of holding the WBC Super Middleweight from 2017 to 2019, and held a temporary belt from 2022 to the present.