New cruiserweight champion crowned and ordered to face David Benavidez immediately

Despite beating champion Noel Mikaelian this past weekend in Las Vegas, Jai Opetaia is not the new owner of the WBC belt ahead of a highly anticipated clash with David Benavidez next year. Opetaia became the first man to stop the Armenian on the undercard of Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn, but the WBC made […] The post New cruiserweight champion crowned and ordered to face David Benavidez immediately appeared first on Boxing News.

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