Does David Benavidez beat everyone bar Opetaia at Crusierweight?

Quite possibly. It's an awful division right now. The worst it's ever been.

 

He probably beats Opetaia too.

 

I agree, Benavidez beats everyone in cruiserweight, including Opetaia.

Opetaia went life and death with Briedis in final rounds. Benavidez would probably punish him dearly for that.

 

There's only 3 good fighters at Cruiserweight right now - 1 Opetaia 2 Ramirez 3 Billam-Smith. Then a big drop off.

I'd probably make him favourite over everyone apart from Opetaia.

 

Not in this lifetime, he doesn’t.

Opetaia commits all sorts of atrocities on Benavidez.

 

Breidis is one of the most underrated fighters of the decade. Even pushing 40, he was a handful, and he was the only cruiserweight who didn't look completely out of his depth against Usyk. I'd argue that the Breidis win is a better P4P win than anything on David's resume.

 

Even the past prime Briedis of the first Opetaia fight (he was essentially shot the second time around) is/was better than Benavidez's best win.

Briedis was fast, heavy-handed, an excellent finisher, and he had solid whiskers.

 

I voted yes. The 2nd best fighter is probably Zurdo and he is in my opinion less skilled, and also the way he got totally dominated by Bivol doesn't give any confidence.

 

Benavidez will take out Ramirez next year and then there will only be Opetaia and Benavidez. Forget Billam-Smith and the rest. Levels.

 

Noel Gevor is a dark horse, he could be undefeated with different judges and was robbed against Briedis. He has the style to give Benavidez trouble. I imagine Benavidez getting the decision though because even if Gevor did enough in theory, he'd be a clear B-side.

 

Hard to say how he will go at cruiser because he looks fat at light heavyweight he could look obese at cruiser weight.