Cruiserweight
- Unification
- WBC, WBA and WBO titles
Sampson Boxing, TGB Promotions · DAZN
Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, USA
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United States · Cruiserweight
David Benavidez
“The Monster”
- 29 years old
- 6′0″
- WBA Champion
- WBO Champion
- Fights on 5 December 2026
- Wins
- 32
- Losses
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 26
81% of wins inside the distance
Form
Fights
Next fight
Last fight · 2 May 2026
Win vs Gilberto Ramirez
KO · 6 (12) · WBA and WBO world titles · Cruiserweight
- Judge 1
- 50-44
- Judge 2
- 49-45
- Judge 3
- 49-45
Scorecards at the stoppage (WBA record)
Before that
- WinAnthony Yarde22 Nov 2025 · WBC and WBA world titles · Light heavyweightTKO · 7 (12)
- WinDavid Morrell1 Feb 2025 · WBC interim world title · Light heavyweightUD · 12
- WinOleksandr Gvozdyk15 Jun 2024 · WBC interim world title · Light heavyweightUD · 12
- WinDemetriug Andrade25 Nov 2023 · WBC interim world title · Super middleweightRTD · 6 (12)
Show the next 5 fights
- WinCaleb Plant25 Mar 2023 · WBC interim world title · Super middleweightUD · 12
- WinDavid Lemieux21 May 2022 · WBC interim world title · Super middleweightTKO · 3 (12)
- WinKyrone Davis13 Nov 2021TKO · 7 (10)
- WinRonald Ellis13 Mar 2021TKO · 11 (12)
- WinRoamer Alexis Angulo15 Aug 2020 · WBC world title · Super middleweightRTD · 10 (12)
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Rankings
Best: champion
- WBA
C
Champion
tracked since Sep 2026
- WBO
C
Champion
tracked since Aug 2026
Not ranked by the IBF or IBO.
Also ranked at Light heavyweight · WBC No. 1
World titles
6 championship reigns · 3 sanctioning bodies · 3 weight classes
Cruiserweight
- WBAsince 2026
- WBOsince 2026
Light heavyweight
- WBC2025 – 2026
- WBA2025 – 2026
Super middleweight
- WBC2019 – 2020
- WBC2017 – 2018
From 2017 to 2026.
Reigning
Every date, reign by reign
Current titles: the sanctioning bodies' official rankings. History and dates: Wikipedia's lists of world champions (CC BY-SA 4.0), re-read every week.
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. An interim champion is marked as such (“Interim”, “Int.”): not the reigning champion. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBA | C | — | · | · | · |
| WBO | C | — | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 1 since Oct 2026 · best Champion (Sep 2026)tracked since Sep 2026
WBA
Champion since Aug 2026tracked since Aug 2026
WBO
Championtracked since Aug 2026
IBF
No longer ranked · best No. 5 (Oct 2021)tracked since Aug 2021
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | Champion |
| Oct 2026 | No. 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Champion |
| Sep 2026 | Champion |
| Aug 2026 | Champion |
| Aug 2021 | No. 6 |
| Oct 2021 | No. 5 |
| Jan 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |