David Benavidez believes a combat between him and famous person Canelo Alvarez can nonetheless occur if he captures the undisputed championship at 175 by defeating the winner of the October twelfth mild heavyweight combat between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
The Mexican Monster Benavidez isn’t giving up on his hopeless dream of a combat between him and Canelo, suggesting to some that his aim was cash. He’s lots of competitors for that combat as a result of Terence Crawford has been pushing arduous 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 likely be keen to maneuver up in weight to problem him for the 4 belts.
The probabilities of Benavidez defeating the winner and even the loser of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol combat are slim as a result of he appeared very common in his debut at 175 final June in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
The concept that Benavidez has to entice the reluctant Canelo additional is to supply him a catchweight combat between 168 and 175 in order that he’s intimidated in regards to the large soar in weight.
Canelo might not pursue that concept as a result of he has solely talked about desirous to combat Bivol. He has made no point out of desirous to combat Benavidez until his asking value is met, which reportedly is $200 million.
“Canelo says I can’t provide him something. I feel Canelo is a good fighter. I imagine in myself, and I imagine I beat the [stuffing] out of him,” stated David Benavidez to Mr Organik, about desirous to combat Canelo Alvarez nonetheless.
Canelo is correct about Benavidez not providing him something as a result of he’s an undercard fighter who isn’t standard with informal boxing followers within the U.S. Benavidez’s headline try on PPV final 12 months in opposition to Demetrius Andrade bombed with horrible numbers.
“Now, if I’ve all 4 main titles at 175, in my head, that’s the one approach that combat goes to occur,” Benavidez continued about how he thinks a combat between him and Canelo can occur. “I’m already in line to combat for all 4 belts at 175 in opposition to the winner of Beterbiev in opposition to 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 combat that seemed to be a draw. Benavidez appeared horrible in that combat in opposition to a man who had been destroyed by Benavidez 5 years earlier in 2019.
“If I win all 4 belts, it might be an awesome combat [against Canelo]. Perhaps we might do a catchweight. He might do the 168-lb belts, and I might put the 175-lb belts. So, we might combat collectively, and the winner takes all,” stated Benavidez.
If Benavidez does beat the winner of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol combat, he wouldn’t want to fret about Canelo. He could be getting an enormous payday in a rematch in opposition to whoever he defeats to select up the 4 belts in opposition to. 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 in opposition to Beterbiev, and he won’t have a lot left after these two contests for a combat in opposition to Canelo. Two fights in opposition to Beterbiev will age Benavdiez.
