By Miguel Maravilla
David “El Bandera Roja’’Benavídez (27-0, 23 KOs) of Phoenix held court following his win over former world champion Caleb Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) of Nashville Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Also speaking with the press were Saturday night victors Jesus Ramos and Chris Colbert.
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viva sampson. hopefully he can get canelo to fight
I think David Benavidez can hurt Canelo, for sure. He doesn’t have all the hype that GGG has had for his power but has every bit of it I think and maybe more, plus youth and he’s a very fast puncher.
Benavidez can make Canelo very uncomfortable, has size, can crack, good hand speed. Benavidez is not as good a boxer as GGG but he has different intangibles.
I think both can hurt each other. I never seen Benavidez hurt, but I saw Canelo once getting hurt, if my memory serves me right, I think it was the fight with Jose Cotto (Miguel brother)
Benavidez has told the truth in this interview and despite all the trash talk he was really humble after the fight and thanked Plant. I think he will likely be one of the best ever by the time he hangs up the gloves. He’s got something.
LMAO, you benavidez divas are so desperate for a mexican hero that you take a fighter who finally fought a B+ fighter in his whole career and just won the fight by unanimous decision, and now he is an all-time great? Lol. Casuals have ruined boxing and made it so that great fights can’t happen. There is no place for DEI in boxing.
Casuals ruined boxing? More like geeed from promoters and fighters such as canelo, Ryan Garcia and others who demand money to fight b fighters.
Chris & Guero, If boxing is ruined, DON’T WATCH. NOBODY PUTS A GUN TO YOUR HEAD TO WATCH IT. stop whining and bitching. you sound like women.
Nah, Benavidez is the real deal. Saying he finally fought somebody isnt fair when he’s been chasing the biggest names for years.
The same was said for Rigo, Haney, and Shakur until they were finally given a shot. Dont act like Benavidez been hiding from the toughest fights.
There’s good reason very few would get in the ring with Benavidez.
He’s been a top p4p fighter that dont get many opportunities.
Mexico needs a good champion to rally around. Not Canelo, Ortiz, Munguia, etc. They are groomed cash cows. Benavidez is the real Mexican Champion (monster).
Caleb Plant is by a wide margin is the best fighter Benavidez has faced, he passed the test and undoubtedly he has earned a shot to Canelo Alvarez. Benavidez vs Canelo is a very rich fight that no one wants to waste, Canelo included. I believe September could be the date, I also believe it will be a total different fight of the one we witnessed last night. Canelo hit harder than Plant, and is more agressive, also he is very mobile but with intentions not running or hugging, it will be a great fight, a treat for boxing fans
I hope so, but it seems Canelo may have another plans. In a recent interview, Canelo stated that his priority is Bivol to avenge his spanking loss to Bivol. I am not too optimistic that it will happen. I remember when the public was calling for Canelo to face GGG and in the so famous interview, Canelo stated right now and then it took a while for the fight to happen. “Como dice el dicho amanecera y veremos”…”Seeing is believing”
That was a decent scrap.
Plant boxed smart for the first half but benavidez’s size and pressure definitely wore him down. Plant needs to learn how to throw the right hand better including as a sneaky lead. Benavidez was wide open for lead rights but plant never seemed to utilize that punch. I wonder if he is naturally left handed and his right is actually his weak hand.
I’d also like to know how much they both weighed at fight time as benavidez rehydrated a lot, possibly outweighing plant by 10 – 15 lbs.
Benavidez will surely give anyone from 168 – 175 a difficult fight. I love how he comes to bang and takes the fight to his opponents. But I did notice though that he has no clue how to counter punch. When plant lead first benavidez would just cover up and never threw back until plant stopped punching.
When benavidez faces someone his own size or bigger he might be in trouble unless he learns that skill.
I don’t see Canelo ever giving him shot either. Canelo knows he is too small.
Benavidez might as well move to 175 as he and beterbiev would be a great fight.
I agree with everything you said except for the last sentence. Beter would batter Benavides for the very reason you outlined, in that the mexican can’t counterpunch. The Chechen fighter will walk Benavidez down, overpower him and batter him into submission. That’s not a competitive fight and one Benavidez team better not take, unless they want their career ended. But also remember that featherfisted runner Caleb plant is by far the best opponent Benavidez has faced, so I don’t even think we need to go to the upper echelon at 175 to see an upset of Benavidez, once he moves up to that division. I’d be interested in seeing how he does against a rejuvenated non-weight drained Callum Smith. Going tit for tat with that one punch KO artist is a dangerous fight strategy for Benavidez.
Benavidez and Callum Smith would be a very good fight….if Smith doesn’t choke like he did against Canelo.
Beterbiev is definitely bigger and stronger than benavidez. I actually think Beterbiev would ko him. But it would be a great fight because benavidez is a tough dude and would have an edge in speed. However i think his lack of skills (doesn’t slip punches very well, squares feet too much, and inability to counter punch) would really show against someone that is physically bigger and stronger than him.
But the real key here is when it could take place as beterbiev is getting up there in age.
He could pull a canelo and wait to fight him when he gets old like GGG.
If he waits a 2-3 years then his chances improve significantly.
Chris, did you just say Mexican? There’s plenty on this comment platform who are adamant that a us born Hispanic is either American or should get the hell out of this country.
If canelo don’t fight him than we know he is no different than Floyd Mayweather. It’s not like canelo has to go up in weight or down this is his weight class.
Plant needs to hang the gloves up. He is a B+ fighter at best who has come up short twice now against top opposition. He made his millions, id call it quits.
You can lose to Canelo (not a fan but excellent fighter) and Benavidez (very good fighter and getting better) and still have a very good career. This just means Plant is not elite.
Canelo fans were acting as if Plant was elite when they fought, Plant had no meaningful wins to be elite and now IMO he lost to Benavidez in worst fashion than against Canelo, vs Benavidez he took a massive beating. Against Canelo I feel he got tired and just collapsed.
Benavidez is a special fighter, and now we know why canelo wants none of that.
A premature suggestion and overreaction don’t you think? The guy just went 12 highly competitive rounds with Benavidez!!!
So I want to ask a question, Canelo vs. Plant vs Benavidez vs. Plant. Did Benavidez outdo canelo in his victory over Plant? Yes/No, why?
I will go first, We cannot deny that Canelo Stopped Plant on the 11th and hurt him with body shots. Bandera Roja put a different hurt on Plant and bloodied him. I would say Yes, Benavidez outdid Canelo in his victory over Plant based on the facts that he gave a severe beating to Plant from the 8th round onward, He bloodied a boxer face which is not an easier task. Plant strategy of holding many times during his fight with Bandera is what permitted him to finish the fight standing, and last but not least, the referee allowing too much holding and stopping the actions when there were engaging impacted Banderas from stopping Plant.
Canelo? After that beating he took from Bivol, he shouldn’t be so relevant which he really wasn’t anyway. He’s no Floyd Mayweather.
I was/am never a fan of Floyd Mayweather in the ring and outside the ring. FM was dislike by many who paid hoping to see him lose, but continue to contribute to his finances. I do have to give him credits. It is not an easy task to box, move, and use your shoulders for twelve rounds consistently and effectively. Many recent fighters who tried to emulate him failed/ran out of gas.
Nobody cares. (what u think)
Fair enough. At least you can acknowledge FM has a masterful skillset. Many emulators but none to duplicate.
I doubt benavidez is on canelo’s radar for the next 2 years! First, canelo has to deal with ryder then, bivol in september which is going to be another beatdown loss to the canelo man. Then, he will take a long break, a few warmup fights and then maybe benavidez, assuming benavidez is still able to continue to drain his body to make weight and or has not gone into the light heavyweight division and be as dominant with the big dudes! So, I don’t see benavidez fighting canelo any time soon.
Canelo doesn’t have issue with size he has issues with slick boxers. Simply put Canelo will definitely take the Benavidez fight now that he see’s its not as dangers as previously thought. Bivol is dangerous. I’m not a Canelo fan but he’s going to outbox Benavidez worst than Plant and possibly stop him. Benavidez’s career will end like his brother. The hype will be done if Canelo accepts. Unfortunately, the culture of boxing in the modern era is 1 loss and there is almost no recovery of your rep. Canelo will show why Benavidez will always be 2nd best.