By Miguel Maravilla
WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) and WBA #1 contender Edgar Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) talked about their fight on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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So evident as to WHY he totally AVOIDED Benavidez for so long! No way in HELL he beats Benavidez
Benavides is a volume puncher who wears his opponents down , doesn’t have explosive power as seen at light heavyweight. If Canelo fought him at light heavyweight he would win by sheer experience. I doubt wether Benavides can make 168 without feeling drained and I’d imagine Canelos team would have a re hydration clause if a fight ever took place at 168lb.
Canelo has 2 ways :
1 fight Benavides
2 retire
There is no other way
There is no scape
Never gonna happen at 168.
Benavidez permanently at 175 now.
Yea but if you give him money and canelo sign the fight he moves down to 168
Unfortunately there is a 3rd way.
Continue the path that he’s been on. Since fighting Bivol in 2022, he hasn’t fought anyone of significance. Charlo is a name however, we was 2 weight classes South of Canelo. He didn’t have confidence he could beat a smaller BUD Crawford so now way anyone was buying him him having a chance at Canelo. I’m a Canelo fan but not to the point of supporting what he’s been doing for the past 2 years. There are those who will support him no matter who he fights. Canelo is 34. He’s going to likely fight these snoozer for another 2-3 years.
IMO, Canelo beats Benavidez at 168. Benavidez is tough and the bigger guy, but Canelo hits harder & is tougher.
I think canelo beats Benavides as well
Canela el gran maricon campeon de Mexico afraid of David Benavidez.
Im wondering how both ufc and boxing did with their ppv sales! Now a days plenty of sites online stream ppv fights all over making the firestick absolete day by day! I don’t blame canelo for trying to squeese every penny out of all those events! Sooner or later the promoters and event producers will have to come up with something different to generate dollar bills and pay the millions the fighters ask for! Lowering the ppv prices by half might help a tiny bit but, will not generate the green paper!
was there any real boxing this weekend other than the caleb plant fight ?
Given this article, I would say we are all divided by who would win. It sounds to me that it’s 50/50 which in boxing is a win. I don’t care for canelo, but if he fought benavidez straight up 168, I would be cool. I wouldn’t care who won necessarily because I would know it’s what we the fans want! Let’s have it!
I think that was the best possible outcome for moving to 175, . We all knew he didn’t have a chance of winning the fight, but for him to hold his own and not get completely dominated exceeded most peoples expectations, including his own if he’s being honest. Now that he’s had a taste at the highest level, a fight that makes sense for his next fight would be Caleb Plant. There’s already been a little bad blood between the 2, and with Benavidez and Morrell moving up to 175, I’d rate Plant as #2 at 168. Mbilli has been making some noise for a while and Oselys Iglesias and Diego Pacheco are starting to emerge as guns at SuperMiddle.
Canelo continues to avoid Benavidez…