“Hey Your Excellency, let’s make the struggle on 5 de Mayo: Jai Opetaia vs. Benavidez,” Benavidez Sr. displayed the alternate throughout a video with boxing commentator Ricardo Celis.
Benavidez Sr. additionally contacted Opetaia via Instagram. He launched himself as David’s father and supervisor, requested the contact info for Opetaia’s consultant, and later complained that nobody had returned his messages.
Cinco de Mayo 2027 is the doubtless goal, though the 12 months was not included within the message. David Benavidez is already scheduled to defend his cruiserweight titles towards Michal Cieslak on December 12, 2026, leaving Might 2027 as the primary practical alternative for the Opetaia struggle.
The try doesn’t imply negotiations have began. It reveals Benavidez Sr. making an attempt to open talks with Turki and Opetaia whereas providing one in every of boxing’s main Mexican dates. The dearth of a response might point out that the dialogue has not progressed past the preliminary strategy.
One other message requested Turki about making Oleksandr Usyk vs. David Benavidez. That was a separate request and was not tied particularly to Cinco de Mayo, regardless of a promotional poster circulating on-line that mixes Usyk with the date.
A struggle with Opetaia is the extra practical goal. Each males maintain cruiserweight belts, giving the bout higher sporting worth than sending Benavidez straight right into a heavyweight struggle with Usyk.
First, Benavidez should defeat Cieslak in December. Opetaia additionally has his personal plans to settle. Getting each champions into the ring throughout Cinco de Mayo weekend will want rather more than an unanswered direct message.
