David Benavidez plans to attraction to the WBC to permit him to stay obligatory for Canelo Alvarez’s 168-lb title regardless of profitable the interim WBC belt at 175 final Saturday evening.
In keeping with Boxingscene, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) nonetheless needs to maintain his spot because the WBC obligatory for Canelo, whereas on the identical time be the obligatory at 175 for champion Artur Beterbiev’s belt.
Benavidez has a full plate of meals being the obligatory for Beterbiev’s WBC 175-lb title, and now he needs to maintain his spot as Canelo’s obligatory 168. That feels like a glutton who can’t get sufficient meals and really unfair to the hard-working contenders at 168.
A Query of Equity
If the World Boxing Council permits Benavidez to carry two obligatory spots concurrently, it will be unfair to the contenders in these weight courses, as he ought to resolve which of the 2 he’s going to compete in.
It’s greater than a little bit unfair for Benavidez to be obligatory for 2 weight courses with the WBC. He ought to have mechanically misplaced his WBC obligatory sport at 168 when he moved as much as 175 to struggle in a title eliminator towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk final weekend.
Obligatory in Two Weight Lessons
Benavidez captured the WBC interim 175-lb title in that struggle and is looking himself a champion now. The WBC has guidelines about fighters not being allowed to carry belts in two weight courses with their group.
This is only one of a number of issues that stop Benavidez from getting a shot at Canelo’s belts at 168. There’s additionally the $200 million that Canelo needs for that struggle.
The Mexican star hasn’t stated something about altering his thoughts about wanting the $200M, and he tends to be agency when he says one thing. Benavidez is beneath the phantasm that Canelo has modified his thoughts about wanting that cash, and it’s unclear what has given him the impression that he’s not nonetheless asking for that.
Benavidez’s Accidents
Within the struggle towards Gvozdyk, Benavidez suffered a left-hand and right-arm damage, which may make it dangerous for him for use as an opponent for Canelo’s subsequent struggle in September.
Benavidez’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, believes the accidents gained’t get in the way in which of him getting ready for a freight towards Canelo in September. If you happen to’re Canelo, do you need to danger combating somebody with two injured limbs?
Benavidez must heal and never get forward of himself, pondering he can bounce again into the ring with two injured arms.
