If Benavidez bodybags Plant

[1lparm]

Does that take the shine off of Canelo?

A lot of fans discounted the true king at 168 because he has a slight coke habit and occasionally is fat between fights. But if he crushes the guy many said was the toughest opponent Canelo faced at super middle does it drop the champ down a notch and the real top guy at the weight emerges.

[MikeyMike100]

It makes the public demand a Canelo vs Benavidez fight. Assuming Canelo gets passed Ryder

[_original_]

Canelo wins either way.

Plant wins and it makes his resume look even better. Benavidez wins and it’s now a super fight between them.

[REMOVE SHARK 5510]

No matter how Benavidez wins (if he wins) it wont take anything from Canelo. BUT if Canelo wont fight him after that it'll be very bad thing for his legacy

[Malvado]

Don't think so, it is more of a testament of Benavidez being an elite fighter by facing a former world champion in Plant. Even if he managed to get consistent good wins it shouldn't alter Canelo's legacy.

But if Canelo doesn't fight Benavidez, then I do think it would negatively impact his reputation as former world champions gave Alvarez the opportunity to prove himself while Canelo is refusing to do the same for David.

[BodyBagz]

Does that take the shine off of Canelo?

A lot of fans discounted the true king at 168 because he has a slight coke habit and occasionally is fat between fights. But if he crushes the guy many said was the toughest opponent Canelo faced at super middle does it drop the champ down a notch and the real top guy at the weight emerges.

No because Nelo did it 1st and had to move up to do it.

Let's see Benny do likewise.
Let's see any of these ''Boogeymen'' move up and chase greatness, instead of Nelo's money.

[DoubleMM]

Canelo isnt fighting benevidez.

Benevidez style is too much for canelo.

[Roadblock]

Angel Heredia makes a lot of difference, the only real way to improve elite fighters is through conditioning.

The shine generally goes to the guy that first achieved a stoppage over someone, until Caleb fights another top guy we don't if the Canelo loss took something away, if David stops him too then all the more reason Canelo needs to fight him.

[-Kev-]

If little Canelo coming from 147 could, then yeah Benavidez better do it too; and way quicker than Canelo as he’s naturally bigger than Canelo and an actual Super Middleweight. Hell, Benavidez is a legit LHW. The least he could do is “bodybag” Plant.

[-Kev-]

No because Nelo did it 1st and had to move up to do it.

Let's see Benny do likewise.
Let's see any of these ''Boogeymen'' move up and chase greatness, instead of Nelo's money.

A lot of people don’t understand the aspect of beating top fighters in your 3rd, 4th, 5th weight class. They will hail dudes who are in their first weight class, belittling a guy that has moved up 25lbs.

Benavidez is 26, just fighting his second top 10 fighter, in his natural weight class. A guy who can also comfortably fight at 175.

Canelo at 26 had fought a handful of top 10 fighters. Including fighters that his critics said he was ducking. Like Lara and Trout. He had also fought Mayweather, Cotto, Liam Smith, Rhodes, Angulo, Kirkland. With the exception of Angulo and Kirkland who were just seen as having a puncher’s chance, the rest were all top 1-5 fighters in the 154 division, according to The Ring.

This was only Canelo’s beginnings. He went on to obviously fight more tough fighters in his mid career resume like GGG, Jacobs, Bivol, Kovalev, C. Smith, Plant, etc

Canelo has already done so much, and fought so many elite fighters, that his next opponent ranked #3 by The Ring, with almost 10 years at 168lbs, is called a “cherrypick” by his critics.

I don’t think his critics are aware of how subconsciously they think really highly of Canelo and expect way more out of him than any other current boxer.