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  • RJJ-94-02=GOAT
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    Do people actually rate David Benavidez?

    He’s a B level fighter at best IMO. One dimensional, relatively one paced, all he really has is fast hands and a good engine.

    I think Canelo would use him as a heavy bag if they fought.
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    #2
    Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT
    He’s a B level fighter at best IMO. One dimensional, relatively one paced, all he really has is fast hands and a good engine.

    I think Canelo would use him as a heavy bag if they fought.
    - -Ring/Boxrec ranked. Noone here rates U as any more than stooge...

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      #3
      Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT
      He’s a B level fighter at best IMO. One dimensional, relatively one paced, all he really has is fast hands and a good engine.

      I think Canelo would use him as a heavy bag if they fought.
      He dominated a #45 bum on boxrec.

      Of course he's gonna look good.

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      • famicommander
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        He passes the eye test but he only has one good win.

        Would I be shocked if he beat guys like Plant, Saunders, Truax, Lemieux, Jacobs, etc? No. But he hasn't done it yet.

        He tried to fight Uzcategui and it's not his fault that it fell through, but beyond that the only titlist he's been in there with was a faded Anthony Dirrell. And that's not good enough for a guy with 25 fights and apparently all the tools.

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          #5
          Originally posted by famicommander
          He passes the eye test but he only has one good win.
          He doesn’t even pass the eye test for me. I think he looks very beatable.

          The only fight I thought he looked impressive was against Porky Medina.

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            #6
            Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT

            He doesn’t even pass the eye test for me. I think he looks very beatable.

            The only fight I thought he looked impressive was against Porky Medina.
            I give him credit for the Dirrell win. I said myself Dirrell was faded, but when Benavidez beat him his only loss was a MD to Badou Jack. And he stopped Dirrell, who managed to fight 47 rounds in 5 straight fights against Bika, Rubio, Jack, and Truax without getting stopped. And even though he only beat Yildirim for it the second time around, Dirrell was 31-1-1 and a reigning 2X WBC champion when the fight went down.

            So yeah, stopping a 2X titlist for the first time to win his belt is impressive. What's not so impressive is losing title a on the scales, then losing it a second time for a suspension, and never fighting anybody else good.
            Last edited by famicommander; 11-14-2021, 06:28 AM.

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              #7
              Originally posted by RJJ-94-02=GOAT
              He’s a B level fighter at best IMO. One dimensional, relatively one paced, all he really has is fast hands and a good engine.

              I think Canelo would use him as a heavy bag if they fought.
              is benevidez going to back up and lay on the ropes like smith?

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              • deathofaclown
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                #8
                Originally posted by Watcherw1

                is benevidez going to back up and lay on the ropes like smith?
                Maybe he will, nobody knows

                Fighters have all sorts of great intent until they’re in with elite fighters and they end up in situations that they thought wouldn’t happen and usually doesn’t. I’m sure Callum Smith had no intentions of being on the ropes either and he’s accomplished much more than Benavidez.

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                • BLArmy
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                  Last time I checked, he's a former WBC champion who never lost his belt in the ring

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                  • Boxing fan1981
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                    Canelo can’t win now. Half will think he’s a bum, the other half think he’s a killer and should not retire before fighting him.

                    once Canelo beats him, and I’m sure he will, he won’t be rated as much. He’ll be an insignificant win on his resume.

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