{"id":2872,"date":"2026-08-19T21:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:45:52","slug":"david-benavidez-new-two-fight-plan-emerges-ending-with-the-clash-all-fans-want-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=2872","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez new two-fight plan emerges ending with the clash all fans want to see"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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

The 29-year-old became a three-division world champion in May, dethroning Gilberto Ramirez with a vicious sixth-round finish<\/a> for the WBO and WBA 200lb titles.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

As a result, Benavidez is now expected to defend his titles against WBC \u2018interim\u2019 champion Michal Cieslak in December, as reported by Abraham Gonzalez<\/a>, though it remains to be seen whether the full WBC strap will also be up for grabs.<\/p>\n

The Ring\u2019s Mike Coppinger has now reported details<\/a> what may come next Benavidez.<\/p>\n

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\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<\/blockquote>\n

Regardless of whether he gets stripped by the WBC, 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

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

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

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David Benavidez is set to enter at least two further cruiserweight assignments, starting with a defence of his unified crown this December. The 29-year-old became a three-division world champion in May, dethroning Gilberto Ramirez with a vicious sixth-round finish for the WBO and WBA 200lb titles. While also retaining his position as the WBC light-heavyweight…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4684,382,4683,3664,1831,72,4685],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-benavidez","tag-clash","tag-david","tag-emerges","tag-fans","tag-plan","tag-twofight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}