Comments Thread For: David Benavidez: I Feel Confident That I Can Beat Demetrius Andrade!

[VashDBasher]

Andrade knows all about that. He pulled out of the Charlo fight to get an imaginary bigger purse from no one.

He also immediately priced himself out of Lara fight and also turned him down because he's "boring".

Props to you for supporting Andrade. I really don't know how you guys do it. That's a tough fighter to support.

Couldn’t have said it any better.

[-Kev-]

Couldn’t have said it any better.

I supported Andrade at the beginning, on his way to fighting Vanes, where he looked average but still I said let's see what is next, he will improve. Good god, nothing. Turning down good fighters, pulling out of a good fight vs Charlo.

He made it very, very difficult to support him. I saw his behavior, saw a pattern, and immediately abandoned ship. No way i'm about to defend this guy when he is duck high risk, low reward fights, just skip that part, and just cash out by throwing tantrums towards the big money fighters to fight him with his barren resume.

Who ever is his fan still, my god, they are more than loyal. God bless them. This guy is like 2 years away from being past prime, and his best win is still Vanes. Major props to his fans. I don't even know what the hell they are a fan of, like what does he do, which win was it, what do they like about his style? I don't know, there's nothing there for me. He just does nothing. He can announce his retirement today, it does nothing, it ruins no good matchups, no network will care, fighters won't care, most boxing fans won't care.

[Rodtang]

I read this article, i see 4 names. Benavidez, Andrade, Charlo and plant. Any, and all combinations of that 4 are good fights, and great for whatever divisions their set up in. Unfortunately the potential match ups only come from a triad of those guys, as Andrade isn't on the same platform and will get none of those guys.

[VashDBasher]

I supported Andrade at the beginning, on his way to fighting Vanes, where he looked average but still I said let's see what is next, he will improve. Good god, nothing. Turning down good fighters, pulling out of a good fight vs Charlo.

He made it very, very difficult to support him. I saw his behavior, saw a pattern, and immediately abandoned ship. No way i'm about to defend this guy when he is duck high risk, low reward fights, just skip that part, and just cash out by throwing tantrums towards the big money fighters to fight him with his barren resume.

Who ever is his fan still, my god, they are more than loyal. God bless them. This guy is like 2 years away from being past prime, and his best win is still Vanes. Major props to his fans. I don't even know what the hell they are a fan of, like what does he do, which win was it, what do they like about his style? I don't know, there's nothing there for me. He just does nothing. He can announce his retirement today, it does nothing, it ruins no good matchups, no network will care, fighters won't care, most boxing fans won't care.

I also used to support him, but he’s done things that made me just stop doing so. He’s his own worst enemy. He made all the wrong moves for his career and the first catalyst of that was when he pulled out of the fight with Jermell. Had he won that fight, which I believe he would, it would’ve opened up so much more opportunities for him. He’s created the very situation he’s in right now so he has no one to blame. He seems content with fighting B and C level fighters. I really want to see a showdown between him and Benavidez.

[hitmanjosh]

No matter what anyone says Benavidez is the silent killer, all fear his destructive style and non stop work rate, plus he’s large for the weight. I can see him beating Canelo, Andrade, or Charlo and my man Plant is smooth but would have no shot! This boy can fight but there blocking him using past behavior as an excuse.

[kiaba360]

Yet Benavidez is demanding 7 million+ to fight Andrade and is already pricing hinself out.

So essentially, this match-up isn't happening. Andrade should've kept his ass at 160 and continued defending his title because at least he was getting fights there.

[Boxing2695]

It's a good fight but it's a dangerous fight for Andrade to go into straight away in a new division but at this point he's gonna have to take a risk because he can't the fights at 160 I mean people have been saying for years this guy is a great fighter but he's 34 and he hasn't ever fought a champion or a former champion which is ridiculous. So he needs to take what he can get at this point and just get a big fight why there's still some time left

[hhh1200]

Benavidez (literally lost to a TMT) and Charlo (can't handle low level southpaws let alone an Olympian level one) are both undefeated. In what universe is Haymon going to put them in with Andrade and take a defeat vs. selling them to Canelo like Plant or letting them fight in Texas? I don't understand boxing fans sometimes. It's like Ortiz situation. They kept him from AJ so Wilder could knock him out twice and build his profile but fans think AJ was ducking Ortiz.