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From ESPN via USVI News: David Benavidez dominated Gilberto Ramirez to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles on Saturday.
Andreas Hale May 3, 2026, 01:24 AM ET
Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film "Bridges" in 2024.
David Benavidez defeated Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez by sixth-round KO to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) became a three-division champion and the first fighter to win world titles at super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight. This was Benavidez's first fight in the 200-pound division. He entered the fight following a dominant seventh-round TKO of Anthony Yarde in November.
Ramirez (48-2, 30 KOs) was making the first defense of his unified championship. After going 5-1 at light heavyweight -- with all five wins by stoppage -- Ramirez had gone the distance in each of his four cruiserweight bouts before losing to Benavidez.
In the co-main event, Jaime Munguia (46-2, 35 KOs) dominated Jose Armando Resendiz (16-3, 11 KOs) to win the WBA super middleweight title by unanimous decision with scorecards of 117-111, 119-109 and 120-108.
Andreas Hale was in Las Vegas with full coverage, including undercard results and round-by-round analysis.
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