Benavidez became a dual mandatory to the light heavyweight throne after a February 1 unanimous decision win over David ...

Dmitry Bivol is no longer undisputed light heavyweight champion. On Monday, Bivol opted to vacate his WBC championship one day before a scheduled purse bid for a WBC-ordered fight against interim ...

DAVID Benavidez is now a two-division world champion after Dmitry Bivol relinquished his WBC strap to chase a trilogy showdown with Artur Beterbiev.

Benavidez, 30-0 (24 KOs), currently holds the interim version of the WBC light heavyweight title. He will receive an upgrade ...

"They decided not to go ahead and vacate the belt. It's a big surprise that they did," he confessed "A fight against David Benavidez would have been a big fight, and maybe the winner of that fight ...

DAVID BENAVIDEZ has ... title against unbeaten American Benavidez - or else lose the strap. So 28-year-old Benavidez was elevated from interim champ to the full world title - without having ...

“David Benavidez has been elevated to full WBC light-heavyweight world champion, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed. Benavidez held the ‘interim’ belt prior to Dmitry Bivol’s ...

Canelo Alvarez vs David Benavidez was once one of the best fights that could be made in boxing and one that all boxing fans wanted to see. For one reason or another, Canelo didn't seem too keen on ...

Full of confidence, David Benavidez is sure of his quality, which is confirmed by the attitude of fighters such as Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. It doesn't discourage me.

Sulaiman also confirmed that interim-title holder David Benavidez has been elevated to official WBC champion, as Bivol eyes a trilogy bout with Beterbiev. Sulaiman tweeted on Monday ...

Ahead of a scheduled purse bid for a potential bout against David Benavidez on Tuesday ... saying that it isn't how he envisioned becoming the full WBC titlist and that he still plans to face ...