David Benavidez is the new WBC light heavyweight king after Dmitry Bivol gave up the belt to chase a money fight against former undisputed 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev next.
Devin Haney, surprisingly, has been given a #1 ranking by the WBC at welterweight after a bad showing against Ryan Garcia and a 10-month layoff.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has created a new special commemorative ‘Tamaulipas II’ belt to be handed out to the September 14th winner of the Canelo Alvarez vs.
David Benavidez has decided to stay at 175 to pursue a title shot against the winner of the Dmitry Bivol vs.
Shakur Stevenson received some news today: the WBC ordered a fight between him and his #1 ranked contender, William Zepeda.
De La Hoya’s Cryptic Tweet
The news quickly turned sour when Zepeda’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, posted on Twitter, “Check this out: William Zepeda is so bad, nobody will tell him who he must fight next.”
David Benavidez has been given a two-week extension by the World Boxing Council to decide which of the two mandatory spots he wants to keep at 168 and 175.
Devin Haney is no longer the WBC light welterweight champion, meaning he pushed to get his unbeaten record back but lost his more valuable prize, his title.
The World Boxing Council have given #2 David Lemieux (43-4, 36 KOs) and #1 David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) approval for the two to battle for the interim WBC 168-lb title as part of their permitting undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez to move up to cruiserweight to take on belt-holder Ilunga Makabu.
The WBC’s deadline of 30 days for heavyweight champion Tyson ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury to set up a unification fight with IBF/WBA/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk has now expired.