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David Benavidez Phoenix Media Workout Quotes
Unbeaten Mexican superstar and unified WBA and WBO
Cruiserweight World Champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez
showed off his skills in his hometown of Phoenix on Saturday
at an open to the public media workout before he faces WBC
Cruiserweight World Champion Michal Cieslak in a high-stakes
unification clash on Saturday, December 5 headlining a PBC
Pay-Per-View event available on DAZN through Prime Video
from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
One of boxing’s pound-for-pound best and most exciting
champions, Benavidez’s Arizona homecoming event will see the
29-year-old look to capture a third cruiserweight world
championship against the bruising WBC champion Cieslak. The
showdown will mark Benavidez’s first fight back in Arizona
since a 2022 destruction of David Lemieux.
Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) made his cruiserweight debut in
style this past Cinco de Mayo Weekend, dominating then
champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on his way to an emphatic
sixth-round stoppage. The victory followed up an impressive
2025 that saw him best rival and then unbeaten David Morrell
Jr. by unanimous decision to add the WBA Light Heavyweight
World Championship to the WBC title he’d earned in 2024
against former champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Here is what Benavidez had to say at the media workout that
took place at the Gila River Resorts and Casino at Vee Quiva
on Saturday:
DAVID BENAVIDEZ
“The is ‘Monstro’s’ world. I have arrived, and I’m not going
anywhere. Greatness isn’t given, it’s taken. And I’m gonna
take my greatness.
“I’m really grateful for the people of Arizona. Having a
Phoenix-native getting into the ring here in a three-belt
unification is historic. I’m happy to be representing
Phoenix just like I always do no matter where I am.
“My mindset and my focus is the same for every fight. I’m
attacking every training camp with ferocity and viciousness.
Because that’s what I want to show in the fight. I want to
take these fighters apart and make a statement to everybody.
I’m not playing with anyone.
“I got two belts in my first fight at cruiserweight and now
I’m going for a third. Me being undisputed is inevitable.
I’m going to make my way to the top of the pound-for-pound
list very soon. I will be number one.
“The past three years, because I’ve been facing top
opposition, I’ve been able to sharpen up my style and my
skills. I’m working a lot on combinations, defense and body
shots, but particularly the jab. The jab opens doors, but it
closes doors as well.
“I’m always the kind of fighter who has plans A, B and C. So
if he wants to complicate things in the first couple of
rounds, then I have plans to stop whatever it is that he’s
doing well.
“The biggest challenge with Cieslak is that he’s coming into
this fight defending his title for the first time. Every
fighter has that motivation after winning the title that you
really don’t wanna let it go. He’s gonna come in strong, but
I don’t run away from any competition.
“This workout is a way for me to give back to the community
and show love to the people here. It’s something fun that we
don’t do every day. I’m thrilled we were able to make this
happen for the people.”
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