Who will Michał Cieślak 🇵🇱 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: David Benavidez🇺🇸 (70%, reported).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Elevated to full WBC champion in Sep 2026.
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Michał Cieślak's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 70%chance next opponentMichał Cieślak beat Jean Pascal on 28 Jun 2025 (TKO, round 4). The WBC elevated Cieślak and set him as Benavidez's December defence. The winner owes Opetaia.12 Dec 2026 · Phoenix, Arizona (reported)
Field / other: 30%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Jean Pascal · TKO, round 4 · 28 Jun 2025
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Michał Cieślak: frequently asked questions
When is Michał Cieślak's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is David Benavidez (Phoenix, Arizona (reported)).
Who did Michał Cieślak fight last?
Michał Cieślak beat Jean Pascal on 28 Jun 2025 (TKO, round 4). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Michał Cieślak likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: David Benavidez (70%), field / other 30%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Michał Cieślak's record?
28–2 (1) (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 28 Jun 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Michał Cieślak hold?
WBC cruiserweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other cruiserweight boxers
- David Benavidez🇺🇸 · WBA (Super) cruiserweight · next: Michał Cieślak 70%
- Jai Opetaia🇦🇺 · The Ring cruiserweight · next: David Benavidez 15%
- Chris Billam-Smith🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Cheavon Clarke Booked
- Jake Paul🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Tommy Fury 40%
More: Cruiserweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Michał Cieślak (boxer) · record and last fight (revision 1375000997)
- BoxingNews24: WBC elevates Cieslak, sets Benavidez defense for December 12 · 14 Sep 2026
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.