If you blink, there's every chance you'll miss the light heavyweight title reign of David Benavidez. It has nothing to do with the caliber of his fellow fighters at 175 pounds, but more so his frustration at not getting the opportunities to fight them.

Benavidez’s run at super middleweight felt somewhat incomplete. He did become a multiple-time champion and he does have several big-time wins over the likes of Caleb Plant, Demetrius Andrade and Anthony Dirrell, but he never got the chance to fight for all the belts against Canelo Alvarez.

Those underlying factors pushed him to the light heavyweight division. Extra weight. New challenges. And of course, bigger threats. Benavidez was all for it. So far, however, it looks like it might be the same old story.

After moving up in weight a few months ago and winning the WBC interim title against Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Benavidez was hoping to fight the winner of Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev. There’s a chance he'd have gotten his shot if Beterbiev won, but Bivol tied their series at one apiece and now a trilogy is being worked on.

Although Benavidez didn’t want to win a title that way, his elevation to full WBC champion was out of his hands. Still, just because he’s an official world titlist, it doesn’t mean he’ll be sticking around too long. According to his father, all his son wants is a handful of defenses before making the light heavyweight division his old one.

“We want to defend the title maybe two or three times and then fight Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez,” Jose Benavidez Sr. told FightHype.com. “That’s the fight that David wants.”

Before things can be discussed, Team Benavidez is targeting a defense against either Callum Smith or Anthony Yarde. If he’s successful and wants to move up to the 200-pound limit for Ramirez, there doesn't appear to be any roadblocks.

On June 28, Ramirez will look to defend his unified throne against Yuniel Dorticos. After that, he’ll be free and able to entertain Benavidez (30-0, 24KOs) whenever he wants.

If or when it happens, his father is fully confident that his son will get it done. He knows that Ramirez is more than capable of giving him hell.

“He’s a great fighter, a scary fighter.”