Last fight
W
2 May 2026 · KO · 6 (12)
WBO World Cruiser
Scorecards at the stoppage : 50-44 · 49-45 · 49-45 (WBA record)
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USA
David Benavidez
“The Monster”
Cruiserweight · 200 lb · 90.7 kg · 29 years old · Orthodox
- Wins
- 32
- Losses
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 26
81% of wins inside the distanceForm
- WBAChampion
- WBOChampion
Fights
What's next, then the fights already in the books: every opponent the site knows leads to their own profile.
Before that
- W22 Nov 2025Anthony YardeTKO
- W1 Feb 2025David MorrellUD
- W15 Jun 2024Oleksandr GvozdykUD
- W25 Nov 2023Demetrius AndradeRTD
- W25 Mar 2023Caleb PlantUD
- W21 May 2022David LemieuxTKO
- W13 Nov 2021Kyrone Davis*TKO
- W13 Mar 2021Ronald EllisTKO
- W15 Aug 2020Roamer Alexis AnguloRTD
22 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: champion
- WBA
C
Champion
- WBO
C
Champion
Also ranked at Light heavyweight · WBC Champion
World titles
6 championship reigns · 3 sanctioning bodies · 3 weight classes
Reigning
Past reigns
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. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBA | C | · | · | · | · |
| WBO | C | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBA
Championtracked since Aug 2026
WBC
Championtracked since Sep 2026
WBO
Championtracked since Aug 2026
IBF
No longer ranked · best No. 5 (Oct 2021)tracked since Aug 2021
See the changes in detail
| Aug 2026 | Champion |
| Sep 2026 | Champion |
| Aug 2026 | Champion |
| Aug 2021 | No. 6 |
| Oct 2021 | No. 5 |
| Jan 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |