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Benavidez to face Cieslak in three-title cruiserweight bout on Dec. 5
David Benavidez will fight Michal Cieslak on Dec.
5 in a bout to unite three cruiserweight titles.
Benavidez holds the WBA and WBO belts, while Cieslak is the WBC champion.
The fight will take place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and headline a pay-per-view event on DAZN.
It will be Benavidez's first fight in Arizona since 2022, when he won the WBC super middleweight title.
He became a three-division world champion earlier this year by stopping Gilberto Ramirez in the sixth round to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles.
The winner could emerge with three major cruiserweight belts, while Benavidez has also expressed interest in a possible fight with WBA regular champion Jai Opetaia.
The card will also feature undefeated middleweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. against former champion Keith Thurman, and Emiliano Vargas is scheduled to fight, though his opponent has not been named.
David Benavidez will face WBC cruiserweight champion Michal Cieslak in a three-title unification bout on Dec. 5.
The fight will take place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and headline a PBC pay-per-view event on DAZN.
Benavidez holds the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles, while Cieslak holds the WBC title.
The bout will be Benavidez’s first appearance in his home state of Arizona since May 2022.
The co-main event will be a 12-round middleweight contest between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Keith Thurman.
- Who
- WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion David Benavidez and WBC champion Michal Cieslak.
- What
- A three-title cruiserweight unification bout.
- When
- Dec. 5. The year is not stated.
- Where
- Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
- Why
- The fight will unify three cruiserweight titles. Further reasons are not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cieslak won the WBC interim title with a fourth-round knockout of Jean Pascal.
Benavidez claimed the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles with a sixth-round TKO of Gilberto Ramirez.
Officials announced that Benavidez and Cieslak would meet on Dec. 5.
- Benavidez record
- 32-0, with 26 KOs
- Cieslak record
- 28-2, with 22 KOs
- Venue
- Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona
- Event platform
- PBC pay-per-view on DAZN
- Co-main event
- Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Keith Thurman, a 12-round middleweight contest