José Benavídez Sr., father and trainer of David Benavídez, criticized Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez for not wanting to give his son the opportunity to fight for the undisputed 168-pound championship and assured that The man from Guadalajara is losing many fans because he is afraid of fighting the Mexican Monster.
In an interview with ProBox TV, Benavídez Sr. indicated that Canelo Álvarez will not fight his son and that His plan is to return to the super middleweight category when the Mexican is stripped of the beltssince he has them kidnapped.
“Little by little he is losing many fans and everyone is getting to know the real Canelo. He does not want to fight the ‘Mexican monster’, David Benavídez. The ‘Face of Boxing’, the King of 168 fleeing from David, that says a lot about our work. He is afraid. It does not matter that. He’s not going to fight with David. “He said that he is not going to face a Mexican fighter,” he said.
“Hopefully, we can have the opportunity to fight the winner of Beterbiev vs. Bivol. David has the height for light heavyweight. So, (if) for some reason they strip him (Canelo), we will come back and fight for the title. This is the plan. Right now I feel like Canelo has all the belts hostage and no one is going to do anything about it. So we can’t wait here. Berlanga doesn’t want to fight. Munguía does not want to fight. So who are we fighting?,” he added.
It should be noted that for more than two years David Benavídez has sought in every possible way to attract the attention of the four-division Mexican champion, but he has never had a response. Although fans and many experts in the sport would like to see this great fight, Canelo Álvarez has not shown any real interest and the World Boxing Council (WBC) has not enforced the regulations to order the fight either.
Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the organization, had declared that the Guadalajara team and Benavídez’s team were in talks, but that they would not intervene until the month of March when the Mexican American will be mandatory and that they would let the promoters do their job. Shortly after it was announced that the Mexican Monster He will rise to 175 pounds to compete for the WBC interim title against Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Jaime Munguía emerges as Canelo’s favorite for May 4.
David Benavídez, interim WBC super middleweight champion, defeated Demetrius Andrade by technical knockout in the sixth round and will now move up to 175 pounds. The Mexican Monster He has a record of 28 wins, 24 of them on the fast track and no setbacks cas a professional.
For his part, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, 33, showed that He is still at the top and increased his legacy in the sport after beating Jermell Charlo by unanimous decision. The undisputed 168-pound champion has a record of 60 wins (39 by knockout), two losses and two draws in his career.
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