David Benavidez believes a battle between him and celebrity Canelo Alvarez can nonetheless occur if he captures the undisputed championship at 175 by defeating the winner of the October twelfth gentle heavyweight battle between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
The Mexican Monster Benavidez isn’t giving up on his hopeless dream of a battle between him and Canelo, suggesting to some that his objective was cash. He’s a whole lot of competitors for that battle as a result of Terence Crawford has been pushing exhausting like true campaigner, and Edgar Berlanga is already speaking about wanting a fast rematch.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) thinks that if he turns into the undisputed champ by defeating whoever emerges from the Beterbiev-Bivol contest, Canelo will probably be keen to maneuver up in weight to problem him for the 4 belts.
The possibilities of Benavidez defeating the winner and even the loser of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol battle are slim as a result of he appeared very common in his debut at 175 final June towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
The concept that Benavidez has to entice the reluctant Canelo additional is to supply him a catchweight battle between 168 and 175 in order that he’s intimidated concerning the large leap in weight.
Canelo could not pursue that concept as a result of he has solely talked about desirous to battle Bivol. He has made no point out of desirous to battle Benavidez except his asking worth is met, which reportedly is $200 million.
“Canelo says I can’t supply him something. I believe Canelo is a good fighter. I imagine in myself, and I imagine I beat the [stuffing] out of him,” mentioned David Benavidez to Mr Organik, about desirous to battle Canelo Alvarez nonetheless.
Canelo is correct about Benavidez not providing him something as a result of he’s an undercard fighter who isn’t fashionable with informal boxing followers within the U.S. Benavidez’s headline try on PPV final yr towards Demetrius Andrade bombed with horrible numbers.
“Now, if I’ve all 4 main titles at 175, in my head, that’s the one means that battle goes to occur,” Benavidez continued about how he thinks a battle between him and Canelo can occur. “I’m already in line to battle for all 4 belts at 175 towards the winner of Beterbiev towards Bivol.”
Benavidez’s imaginative and prescient sounds hopelessly deluded to the purpose the place you bought to query his sanity as a result of he’s not going to beat Bivol or Beterbiev. He barely defeated the shopworn 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk final June in a battle that seemed to be a draw. Benavidez appeared horrible in that battle towards a man who had been destroyed by Benavidez 5 years earlier in 2019.
“If I win all 4 belts, it could be a fantastic battle [against Canelo]. Possibly we might do a catchweight. He might do the 168-lb belts, and I might put the 175-lb belts. So, we might battle collectively, and the winner takes all,” mentioned Benavidez.
If Benavidez does beat the winner of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol battle, he wouldn’t want to fret about Canelo. He can be getting a large payday in a rematch towards whoever he defeats to choose up the 4 belts towards. If Beterbiev, a rematch between him and Benavidez would herald large cash in Riyadh.
Benavidez would clearly take an amazing quantity of punishment in two fights towards Beterbiev, and he won’t have a lot left after these two contests for a battle towards Canelo. Two fights towards Beterbiev will age Benavdiez.
