Comments Thread For: Canelo Torn On Possible David Benavidez vs. Demetrius Andrade Fight: "50/50"

[Verus]

Lmfao. One fight is a huge event with another Mexican boxer that would be perfect on a Mexican American holiday that is expected to generate huge ppv revenue

The other is a guy you avoided as a MW champ that no one knows.

2 things! One, Benavidez is not Mexican. He is Mexican American at best. Two, neither May 5 nor September 16 are American holidays. Those dates are Mexican holidays. I am not familiar with any Mexican American holidays.

[The Big Dunn]

2 things! One, Benavidez is not Mexican. He is Mexican American at best. Two, neither May 5 nor September 16 are American holidays. Those dates are Mexican holidays. I am not familiar with any Mexican American holidays.

Fair point. I think I al correct in saying this is a huge fight on one of those days.

Ok. I apologize for the mistake. I meant no offense.

[Verus]

Fair point. I think I al correct in saying this is a huge fight on one of those days.

Ok. I apologize for the mistake. I meant no offense.

No offense taken.

[Combat Talk Radio]

It's quite simple (in response to some of the people above).

If Canelo is ducking Benavidez, then Crawford is ducking Boots. If Crawford is not ducking Boots, then Canelo is not ducking Benavidez.

Once we actually come to grips with that simple statement, Canelo's response makes perfect sense: he wants them to fight each other so he can see who might be worth fighting if he can deal with the three in front of him. Hell, if Benavidez took the fight and beat Andrade, he might get slotted into #3.

[budfr]

2 things! One, Benavidez is not Mexican. He is Mexican American at best. Two, neither May 5 nor September 16 are American holidays. Those dates are Mexican holidays. I am not familiar with any Mexican American holidays.

2 Things.....1. you are neither Mexican nor Mexican - American so STFU. Those holidays, spacially May 5 are deeply rooted in the Mexican American community and known all over the United States, dummy. In that case St. Patrickīs which shouldnīt be celebrated since itīs an Irish holiday.

[Jab jab boom]

There are a couple of other reasons why Canelo will now call this a 50/50. First, Canelo is now under contract to fight his next 3 fights under the PBC banner, and saying that Andrade has no business being in the ring with Benavidez will negatively affect the revenues of that fight thereby hurting the PBC. Second, on the off chance that Andrade beats Benavidez will also have a negative effect on the revenues of a future Canelo vs Boo Boo fight.

You really think Canelo took all of that into consideration when he was randomly asked to pick who would win?

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Demetrius Andrade is seemingly ready to go from the kiddie side of the pool to the part where sharks roam free. According to Mike Coppinger of ESPN, the former two-division champ is on the verge of finalizing a deal that will see him face off against current WBC interim tag holder, David Benavidez.
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50/50? Andrade is going to get whipped EASILY. I’d pay to see that.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Boo Boo could use a shovel because he's in one deep shit; No pun intended. He could either move around the ring for twelve rounds by not engaging, avoiding the exchanges and not trading punches to lose on points.

Or he could possibly stand his ground by trading punches with the much younger, stronger and larger Benavidez then run the risk of possibly getting himself stopped.

I guess it's very possible that Andrade could win on points but it is highly unlikely. I expect him to do exceptionally well early in the fight like Caleb Plant did.

However, by the second half of the fight; I could see Benavidez super imposing his will, physical size and youth on the much older Demetrius Andrade as he goes into survival mode like Caleb Plant did.

The reason being is like Plant; "Boo Boo" lacks the punching power to fight the "Mexican" monster off him.

Benavidez is overrated as a puncher in my opinion. I think Andrade can beat him, but I really want Canelo to be the one to do it.

[El_Maldito_Rey]

2 things! One, Benavidez is not Mexican. He is Mexican American at best. Two, neither May 5 nor September 16 are American holidays. Those dates are Mexican holidays. I am not familiar with any Mexican American holidays.

May 5 is more American than Mexican. Meaning nobody in Mexico, save for the little town of Puebla where that battle was fought celebrates Cinco de Mayo. They celebrate it here as a reason to get drunk.

[Verus]

2 Things.....1. you are neither Mexican nor Mexican - American so STFU. Those holidays, spacially May 5 are deeply rooted in the Mexican American community and known all over the United States, dummy. In that case St. Patrickīs which shouldnīt be celebrated since itīs an Irish holiday.

I am not saying that people should not celebrate that historical event or Chinese New Year or any other ethnic holiday. The Cinco de Mayo "holiday" celebration among Mexican Americans is not deeply rooted in Mexican American culture as you say. It is of recent vintage. It began after the Chicano movement started in the Southwest and breweries and other American companies figured out they can sell more product to that community by promoting that holiday and making it more popular. In fact, May 5 is not that big of a deal in Mexico. Do some research and you will find little mention of Cinco de Mayo before the 1960's.