David Benavidez Has 2 Word Message For Canelo Alvarez As Terence Crawford Fight Edges Closer
David Benavidez has long chased a fight with Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez, who now looks more likely to fight Terence Crawford.
Many fans think that the youngest ever super middleweight champion, Benavidez, presents exactly the sort of challenge that multi-weight ruler Canelo needs at this point in his career
He is a naturally big man with a famously high work rate and punching output, who has beaten the likes of David Lemieux, Caleb Plant, Demetrius Andrade and Anthony Dirrell. Last time, the 27-year-old scored a points win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk in his first fight up at light heavyweight.
Despite the intrigue, Canelo has constantly knocked back talk of the showdown, often asking for eye-watering sums of money in the region of $200m. Instead, a fight with two-weight undisputed star Crawford is now edging ever closer with the two fighters reportedly having already agreed a deal.
Speaking to The Miami Hustle, Benavidez was asked about the current chances of him facing Canelo at some point and called him a ‘f**king p**sy’.
“To be honest with you I feel like Canelo is a f**king p**sy.”
He then expanded on why, drawing up past comments from Alvarez, who said that Benavidez brings nothing to the table.
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“If we ever fight the man is making well over 100 million dollars. If he’s saying I have nothing to offer, I’m nobody, I have no experience, this and that, if you’re going to make 100 million fighting somebody with no experience, somebody that sucks, why would you not come beat my ass and collect the big bag on my head after the fight?”
With no Canelo fight yet to materialise, Benavidez takes on top contender David Morrell on Saturday 1 February instead, continuing to focus his attention on the light-heavyweight scene and potentially never returning to super-middle.
