Last Saturday night, superstar Canelo Alvarez reiterated his price tag for a fight against David Benavidez, telling the media that he wants “200 million” to face the unbeaten fighter.
Unless Canelo is willing to budge on his steep $200M price, a fight between him and Benavidez is not realistic, even for the wealthy Saudis.
Benavidez’s failure to take career risks
If you’re Benavidez, he needs to forget about Canelo and try and become a star at 175, which is an empty division with two aging champions at the top. Benavidez would be a bigger star if he’d fought better opposition instead of hounding Canelo, begging for a fight against him.
- Reluctance to fight David Morrell
- Waiting too long to move to 175 to fight Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev
- Failure to fight cruiserweight Jai Opetaia despite being the same size as him.
Benavidez has failed to take risks with his own career, choosing not to fight David Morrell and opting not to move up to 175 years ago to fight Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. He should have already fought them as well as cruiserweight Jai Opetaia.
If Benavidez had fought three killers, getting a fight against Canelo would be easy becaue he would be a bigger name instead of a guy whose best career wins have come against these easy marks:
– David Lemieux
– Demetrius Andrade: 35 and washed.
– Caleb Plant: *Post Canelo knockout loss.
Canelo vs. Munguia Recap
Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) successfully defended his undisputed super middleweight title, beating Jaime Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision in front of a large crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“It looked like he was lacking in experience to be fighting an elite fighter like that, and it makes Canelo look really good,” said trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. to Fight Hub TV, discussing undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s win over Jaime Munguia last Saturday night.
“Munguia got some punches in, but he didn’t have enough to win. Canelo won all the rounds unanimously. To me, it looked like he was breaking him down, and Munguia was ready to go.
“That was a really good shot. I thought Canelo was going to finish him, but Munguia came in really good condition. He recuperated really quick and continued to fight,” said Benavidez Sr. about Canelo’s fourth-round uppercut knockdown of Munguia.
“There were times where he [Munguia] would throw a lot of flurries and he looked really good.”