David Benavidez says he’s “moved on” and is not chasing after celebrity Canelo Alvarez to try to get a battle towards him. He’d been making an attempt to get a battle towards Canelo for a few years with no luck, and he’s quickly given up.
Benavidez, 27, nonetheless thinks a battle with Canelo can occur inside the subsequent 5 years, so he’s given up completely on that match. Surprisingly, Benavidez thinks that he’ll keep unbeaten that lengthy, which implies he would wish to beat WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight champion David Morrell and the winner of the rematch between undisputed 175-lb champ Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Morrell May Convey Benavidez To Heel
The possibilities are excessive that Benavidez will lose in his subsequent battle or two as a result of he’ll be going through much better competitors than he did at 168, and he’s not the identical fighter he was at 175. There’s a superb opportunity the Cuban Morrell will defeat Benavidez and finish as soon as and for all his forlorn hope for a Canelo battle.
Benavidez’s greatest wins
– Demetrius Andrade: 35
– Caleb Plant: Publish-Canelo knockout loss
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 37
– Anthony Dirrell
– Ronald Gavril
In debut at gentle heavyweight, he struggled to beat 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth. The older fighter outpunched Benavidez and was preventing on fumes after six rounds. That battle confirmed that Benavidez isn’t going to dominate towards guys his personal measurement at 175, and life might grow to be very tough for him quickly, maybe on February 1st when he faces Morrell.
Benavidez Not Giving Up On Canelo
It appears a hopeless dream for Benavidez to be nonetheless pondering he can get a battle towards Canelo as a result of, by this level, you’d assume he’d lastly obtained it via his thick head that the Mexican celebrity is NEVER going to battle him. If Canelo hadn’t fought Benavidez earlier than, why would he have needed to face him in 5 years at 39?
WBC interim champion Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) has different priorities now, going through Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on February 1st on the T-Cell Arna in Las Vegas. If Benavidez wins that, he’ll face whoever emerges because the winner of the Beterbiev-Bivol 2 winner.
“Proper now, I’ve moved on,” stated David Benavidez to ESNEWS about him not specializing in making an attempt to get a battle towards Canelo Alvarez. “Finally, it is going to occur as a result of I’m not going to lose to anyone, and I don’t assume he’s going to lose to anyone both. Perhaps it doesn’t occur now nevertheless it might occur in 5 years as a result of I don’t see Canelo retiring any time quickly.”
Benavidez must give attention to Morrell and see Canelo as a misplaced trigger. He’s most likely not going to ever battle him, and he’s simply torching himself by persevering with to carry out determined hope that he’ll.
If cash is the factor, Benavidez must beat Morrell, the Beterbiev-Bivol winner, after which transfer as much as cruiserweight to tackle IBF Jai Opetaia. If Benavidez will get via all these fights with out dropping, he’ll be wealthy.
