The quality of the contests between he and Eubank Jnr was considerably beneath that of the two at light heavyweight between the Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, and yet when Bivol got revenge for his only defeat by winning their rematch, the WBC undermined the existence of the undisputed champion considered so healthy for the sport and the most natural of trilogy contests by demanding that Bivol fight David Benavidez, the Mexican-American, instead. Benavidez, who was made WBC champion after Bivol vacated their title, was competing at light heavyweight because he had finally grown impatient of the undisputed champion Alvarez not being forced to fight him at super middleweight – despite him considerably longer being ranked first at 168lbs by, almost inevitably, the WBC.
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