Via Knitting Ambrosio: David Benavidez has taken to social media calling out undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez for a September 16 match on PPV.
The undefeated Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) sent Canelo (59-2-2, 39 KOs) a message on Instagram, saying, “Give people what they want to see.”
Benavidez is calling Canelo out at the perfect time because, more than ever, boxing fans are pushing the Mexican star to take on him, not Dmitry Bivol, whom they feel he is too much of. small and limited as a boxer to beat.
If Canelo were a puncher that combines speed, mass with stellar defense, he’d stand a chance against the undefeated 175-pound Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs), but he doesn’t. must be one of those.
Instead, Alvarez is a short, one-tempo, low-volume, one punch at a time, easy-to-hit and low-fit boxer, made to order for Bivol or even the lightweight Benavidez. . .
After a harder-than-expected win over John Ryder last Saturday night in Guadalajara, Mexico, Canelo told fans he wants to rematch WBA lightweight champion Dmitry Bivol on the same terms as last time. fight each other.
The way Canelo talks shows to some that he doesn’t want a rematch with Bivol and will make the contest impossible during negotiations.
It’s time for Canelo to be the weak
“Now we no longer see that bend moving to the side, where he threw a left hook into the liver that gutted his opponent. He’s hunting with his big right hand. I don’t think he has more than two or three games left,” Gareth A Davies told talkSPORT Boxing about Canelo Alvarez from the way he faced John Ryder last weekend.
David Benavidez called for a duel against Canelo Alvarez on Instagram today… pic.twitter.com/D2obtbqvjR
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“Bivol is a very difficult question. Bivol is a big boxer, good defense and skilled. As Canelo said later, ‘Same weight class, same right, same conditions. I want to fight him again.’
“David Benavidez is the fight for me. It’s the fight that will put Canelo’s soul out there again. It’s the fight I’ve been wanting to see for two years. Benavidez will bring it,” continued Gareth. “Take it home to Mexico because that will draw the best from Canelo.
“There are no more losers. Let’s make Canelo a loser in his next two or three matches.
“Bring him there [100,000-seat Azteca Stadium in Mexico City]. Blood, beheading,” Gareth said of Canelo’s next game against Benavidez.
Ade Oladipo said: “Canelo needs to go there with real fear. “He doesn’t have that against Ryder. There is no fear here. Benavidez adds a bit of fear here. I don’t want to see Bivol at 175. Little Canelo at 168. I don’t want to see him fight a big Bivol. Leave it alone.
“It can really sell in the right way. It’s a fight you can do in Azteca or in Las Vegas in a big holiday fight,” Gareth said of the Canelo vs Benavidez contest.
“Mexico’s national sport is combat. More than 30 million Mexicans put down what they were doing when Canelo fought. He is the most watched boxer in the world, and we must never forget that. This guy is an absolute superstar. He’s the Tiger Woods of boxing. This guy is the biggest star in boxing,” Gareth said of Alvarez.
