David Benavidez has decided that he will no longer wait for Canelo and will instead pursue the winner of Beterbiev vs. Bivol. Benavidez had the option of becoming mandatory at 168 and 175 lbs, but it seems that Canelo will fight Edgar Berlanga in September, making 175 the best option for his career. Benavidez did not really impress in his debut at light heavyweight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk. This will likely make him an underdog when he challenges the winner of this bout.
I think this probably happens on September because that 175 is really and ideal weight for him. Going down to lighter weight has a disadvantages on him, and as I had observed with old boxers there has nothing to do good on them for every fighting history. They'll eventually loss power, and it's really dangerous on their fight because we don't know how a boxer could handle without an optimum weight during crucial fights. For now Canelo and Benavidez fight still remains an unfold story, we just have to wait for that perfect match for each of them.
Benavidez is a career Super middle weight, the reason that he went to Light Heavy Weight is that Canelo Alvarez doesn't want to give him a fight even if he is the mandatory challenger for his WBC belt. Oh to make it right, he is the Interim champion and so WBC has two, him and Canelo. And if WBC wanted to have one champion only, then they don't have ordered it, but they don't want to. And so David Benavidez has no choice as he is chasing his own legacy in his young career that's why he move to 175 lbs and fought Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
And now that he won, although we are not that satisfied in his performance. He said that that he will be up to the challenge here. So with that, he is waiting for this fight. If I'm not mistaken, when he was younger he had a chance to be the sparring mate of either of this two. But it will be different now as Benavidez has improved already. So let's see who will win here, Bivol is the favorite because he is the busier fighter while Beterbiev is coming from a injury.