Noel Mikaelian vs David Benavidez
mauricio sulaiman told boxingscene noel mikaelian gets stripped if he picks jai opetaia over david benavidez. mikaelian has to fight benavidez
Transcript (en)
Well, of course, the WBC order is Michaelian against Benavidez. That's it. Okay. If he takes another fight, then he's relinquishing his obligations with the WBC. Okay. Yeah. The WBC ruling, which is public at the convention, you were there. it was that the winner of Badu Jack against Mikaelian would be the WBC Cruiserweight Champion would be allowed one voluntary defense and then had to do the two mandatory defenses this division has been backed up for a long time so Mikaelian won he was notified that he was allowed to do a voluntary defense, and it has been six months since then. The WBC has been in constant communication with Michaelian's management and promoter. There have been some issues between them. There were some issues. Alberto León had some zooms at the end. They were not able to come to terms. So when the WBC received a petition from our light heavyweight champion, who is David Benavides, who won the WBA and the WBO Cruiserweight Championship to fight against Michaelian, the WBC ruled in favor and ordered Michaelian to fight against Benavides. That is the WBC position. That is the fight that has to take place next, unless there are agreements by both reaching any sort of agreement. But for the WBC, it is Mikaelian against Benavides next.
