Jaime Munguía believes that David Benavídez he has been very rude by asking for the fight with Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez and for this reason the undisputed Mexican super middleweight champion has refused to give him the opportunity to face him.
In an interview on the Un Round Más channel, Munguía expressed that Canelo Álvarez can do whatever he wants and does not know if the duel with Benavídez will happen, but he assured that Boxing organizations have acted badly by not enforcing the regulations.
“I don’t know (if the fight with Benavídez will happen). Now Canelo is doing as he said, what he wants, I think he is not fighting Benavídez, I feel that Benavídez has been very rude to him. Obviously that has nothing to do with boxing (that Benavídez is rude). But I think that since Canelo brings all the ‘power’ and for his own bullshit he says ‘I’m not going to fight him and let him go to hell*‘“I think that’s what it says, I don’t know…” he said.
“Well, I think that if it is a law, the agency is supposed to, I don’t know why they aren’t doing it. I think that there the organisms are the ones that are wrong. Mauricio (Sulaimán) had supposedly said that In March it was going to be seen if he was an official challenger or not, but I think right now (Benavídez) already left at 175”he added.
It should be noted that for more than two years Benavídez has sought in every possible way to attract the attention of the four-division Mexican champion, but 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.
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.
For his part, 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.
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