Comments Thread For: David Benavidez's Coach Slams Canelo: Fight Us, Nobody Wants To See Makabu!

[SteelFist01]

I don’t feel like Benavidez is that dangerous for Canelo. Actually I think he’s a better style matchup than either BJS or Plant. He’s slower and comes to you.

Canelo vs a Cruiser champ is actually the sort of sideshow I don’t mind seeing in boxing.

Well, Plant and Saunders are definitely more mobile than Benavidez, but Benavidez has much more power to keep Canelo honest. But, I do think that Canelo can beat him, and most of the other fighters that are mentioned (Charlo, Andrade, Bivol, & Beterbiev). The thing is that they have to actually fight! Canelo is good, but he's not super human, and he's not invincible, lol. You would think that fans would want to see their favorite fighter fight and beat the best available opponent. I'm a Steelers fan (yeah they suck lol), and when they were good, I couldn't wait to see them play the team with the best record, win or lose, and would get bored when they would mollywhop bad teams in one sided games. I guess people are just fine with mediocrity, lol.

[Jab jab boom]

You make good points also. It's just unfortunate that we don't always get the fights we want.

that’s my biggest frustration as a boxing fan. It’s extremely rare that we get the fights we want when we want them.

[Oracle01]

I don’t feel like Benavidez is that dangerous for Canelo. Actually I think he’s a better style matchup than either BJS or Plant. He’s slower and comes to you.

Canelo vs a Cruiser champ is actually the sort of sideshow I don’t mind seeing in boxing.

Yes he comes at you with blazing hand speed , huge combinations and dangerous power, which Canelo will have to deal with, so it won't be a case of Canelo just 'lol countering David easily', he will have to deal with serious fire to achieve that vs a fighter who throws twice as many punches on average. Everyone talks about Canelo will catch him but David has proven to be very durable, so you need to consider what if he eats Canelo's punches, just smiles and keeps coming forward? He is a totally different world from powder puffs like Plant, BJS and Smith. Canelo is not ****** he knows this.

[pretty ste]

That fat ass comes and Barely makes weight got banned for being a coke head now canelo had to fight him to get respect like are y’all serious meanwhile benavidez been at 168 almost his whole life and could become undisputed

[pretty ste]

I agree with Benevedez, Canelo is ducking and Mukuba is a pick

it don’t matter who canelo fights you ******* will always have excuses he beats the coke head fat **** that lost his belts on the scales more than once than y’all say he was to green canelo needs to fight this guy that guy but why y’all favorite ain’t fighting no one why where’s that same energy for every boxer I’m going to keep exposing you hoes we need to keep accountable to all this fighters that ain’t fighting nobody but carpet installers

[-Kev-]

David Benavidez has not done anything in the sport to be demanding a Canelo fight this hard. The way they are demanding it, with such disrespect and vigor, you would think Benavidez has fought a bunch of top fighters, champions, has a belt, defended it against top guys.

Instead, this guy won the vacant WBC title twice, and lost it three times all on his own. He should have lost one of those two times, versus no one of note. An unknown boxer, Ronald Gavril, dropped and seemingly beat Benavidez for the vacant WBC title. And Benavidez still had the WBC title handed to him, even while not actually earning it.

I repeat, David Benavidez fought for the vacant WBC title at 168, twice, versus no one of note, and lost it three times, versus no one of note. You can't make this up. And one of those three times was literally vs no one at all.

Let that sink in: Benavidez fought for the vacant WBC 168 title, twice, versus no one of note, and lost it three times.

This guy was actually handed the WBC title to his hands, twice, and lost it three times.

If I sound like a broken record, or beating a dead horse, good. That's the point.

First time: Getting the opportunity to fight for the vacant title vs no one of note, in the first place.

Second time: In that first opportunity to fight for the vacant WBC title, he should have lost that fight, but was still given the title in a bogus SD. Despite failing to secure a legitimate showcase win to get the gifted WBC title, this guy was still given the "win" anyway.

Third time: After seemingly losing the gifted vacant WBC title to Gavril but still somehow taking it home with him, Benavidez lost his title by missing weight vs Roamer Angulo.

It's comedic, amusing, for him to have any fan or media backing at all, for a push to fight Canelo Alvarez.

This guy has been forced to become the 168 WBC champion multiple times, and can't even keep the damn title to save his life. Say what you want about Canelo and how we won his first WBC title, or any fighter in history who got an easy title shot. But Benavidez is just on another level, a level all the way at bottom. Benavidez is a brand new type of prizefighter.

I do not know what more proof one needs to see that David Benavidez was just not meant to be a champion.

He is now being ordered to fight Lemiuex to become the mandatory challenger for the WBC title. Lemiuex has been done for like 5 years now. Once again, Benavidez is being gifted a shot at the WBC title.

[jmrf4435]

Yes he comes at you with blazing hand speed , huge combinations and dangerous power, which Canelo will have to deal with, so it won't be a case of Canelo just 'lol countering David easily', he will have to deal with serious fire to achieve that vs a fighter who throws twice as many punches on average. Everyone talks about Canelo will catch him but David has proven to be very durable, so you need to consider what if he eats Canelo's punches, just smiles and keeps coming forward? He is a totally different world from powder puffs like Plant, BJS and Smith. Canelo is not ****** he knows this.

hahahahahah i would take caleb plant over david right now, saunders etc

[just the facts]

james240, how does one get a fight with Canelo?

Pee clean and make weight for starters. I have no sympathy for Benevides. If he would have been professional about his business , he would have gotten a Canelo fight already. I can’t see how any promotion entity would put in the time and expense of putting together a Canelo/Benevides fight when David is such a leaky vessel.

[Mammoth]

Oddly enough, I was looking forward to Canelo-Benavidez and Canelo-Charlo much more than a fight with Makabu and I wouldn't pick David or Jermall to beat Makabu. Maybe I just like to see big fights sometimes.

[scap]

David Benavidez has not done anything in the sport to be demanding a Canelo fight this hard. The way they are demanding it, with such disrespect and vigor, you would think Benavidez has fought a bunch of top fighters, champions, has a belt, defended it against top guys.

Instead, this guy won the vacant WBC title twice, and lost it three times all on his own. He should have lost one of those two times, versus no one of note. An unknown boxer, Ronald Gavril, dropped and seemingly beat Benavidez for the vacant WBC title. And Benavidez still had the WBC title handed to him, even while not actually earning it.

I repeat, David Benavidez fought for the vacant WBC title at 168, twice, versus no one of note, and lost it three times, versus no one of note. You can't make this up. And one of those three times was literally vs no one at all.

Let that sink in: Benavidez fought for the vacant WBC 168 title, twice, versus no one of note, and lost it three times.

This guy was actually handed the WBC title to his hands, twice, and lost it three times.

If I sound like a broken record, or beating a dead horse, good. That's the point.

First time: Getting the opportunity to fight for the vacant title vs no one of note, in the first place.

Second time: In that first opportunity to fight for the vacant WBC title, he should have lost that fight, but was still given the title in a bogus SD. Despite failing to secure a legitimate showcase win to get the gifted WBC title, this guy was still given the "win" anyway.

Third time: After seemingly losing the gifted vacant WBC title to Gavril but still somehow taking it home with him, Benavidez lost his title by missing weight vs Roamer Angulo.

It's comedic, amusing, for him to have any fan or media backing at all, for a push to fight Canelo Alvarez.

This guy has been forced to become the 168 WBC champion multiple times, and can't even keep the damn title to save his life. Say what you want about Canelo and how we won his first WBC title, or any fighter in history who got an easy title shot. But Benavidez is just on another level, a level all the way at bottom. Benavidez is a brand new type of prizefighter.

I do not know what more proof one needs to see that David Benavidez was just not meant to be a champion.

He is now being ordered to fight Lemiuex to become the mandatory challenger for the WBC title. Lemiuex has been done for like 5 years now. Once again, Benavidez is being gifted a shot at the WBC title.

Watch the Gavril fights again-first fight David won close but clean despite the flash knockdown-and the rematch was a total mismatch.