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I think it is Interesting enough that Benavidez was 22 when he beat the experienced champ at his prime (34 years old). That's the equivalent of let's say a unexpericed upcoming Ryan Garcia against a Regis Prograis at his peak.
Then a year later, he went to fight hard hitter Alexis Roamer Angulo (26-1 at the time with 22 knockouts) who came off from derailing one of Mayweather's top prospects Anthony Sims Jr who was 20 wins with 18 KOs after Angulo was coming off a competitive loss to Zurdo Ramirez, 2 years later with very low activity he gave Edgar Berlanga a run for his money having a controversial loss imo.
Then he went to beat a slick crafty fighter in Plant (22-1 with 13 knockouts) who was a decent puncher with a 60% knockout rate but has questionable stamina, he was also having coming off beating a declined Dirrell via late knockout. When fought David, the ref was not doing his job well, allowing Caleb to deploy dirty tactics without warning such as low blows, 2 headbutts and over clinching. Despite having a considerable edge, David caught him to the body, and battered him in the later rounds. (Though he landed a headbutt of his own at the end and one low blow.) Caleb had also beaten the likes of Mike Lee, Vincent Feigenbutz and Jose Uzcategui, who were top contenders for a lackluster division. Only other fighter who beat him was Canelo in the eleventh round prior to the loss to Bivol. He also pummeled Kyrone Ellis until a 7th round stoppage, who had a split draw with the same version of Anthony Dirrell that fought Plant. Which was the reason why I thought he would beaten Caleb prior their fight.
Andrade (32-0 with 19 KOs) a slick southpaw that had acclimated to 168 after fighting Nicholson, he was always large bodied for the divisions he fought at (154-160) standing at 6'1, according to a journalist that goes by JuliusJulianis, Demetrius rehydrated 23 pounds (190lb) which was heavier than David (17 pounds at 184 pounds). He has a lackluster resume but was well experienced with some decent opponents and was undefeated besides being a former champ. Only fighter I don't think was near at his best was when Benavidez fought David Lemiuex, but even though he had declined after some battles, he was still relatively young at 33 years old and was still a heavy hitter having beaten Max Bursak and Gary Sullivan in one round. (Who lasted in the late rounds against Munguia and Lara after his loss).
David has beaten 4 former world champions (Lemiuex, Andrade, Dirrell and Plant), he might not have the best resume compared to most P4P fighters, but I feel like people should not look down on his current accolades. The guy is currently 26 years old and is aiming for the best that are at 168 before moving up, Errol Spence's HOF career started at 27 years old yet David is quite ahead of him. With Spence having beaten 7 champs before facing Crawford.
Then a year later, he went to fight hard hitter Alexis Roamer Angulo (26-1 at the time with 22 knockouts) who came off from derailing one of Mayweather's top prospects Anthony Sims Jr who was 20 wins with 18 KOs after Angulo was coming off a competitive loss to Zurdo Ramirez, 2 years later with very low activity he gave Edgar Berlanga a run for his money having a controversial loss imo.
Then he went to beat a slick crafty fighter in Plant (22-1 with 13 knockouts) who was a decent puncher with a 60% knockout rate but has questionable stamina, he was also having coming off beating a declined Dirrell via late knockout. When fought David, the ref was not doing his job well, allowing Caleb to deploy dirty tactics without warning such as low blows, 2 headbutts and over clinching. Despite having a considerable edge, David caught him to the body, and battered him in the later rounds. (Though he landed a headbutt of his own at the end and one low blow.) Caleb had also beaten the likes of Mike Lee, Vincent Feigenbutz and Jose Uzcategui, who were top contenders for a lackluster division. Only other fighter who beat him was Canelo in the eleventh round prior to the loss to Bivol. He also pummeled Kyrone Ellis until a 7th round stoppage, who had a split draw with the same version of Anthony Dirrell that fought Plant. Which was the reason why I thought he would beaten Caleb prior their fight.
Andrade (32-0 with 19 KOs) a slick southpaw that had acclimated to 168 after fighting Nicholson, he was always large bodied for the divisions he fought at (154-160) standing at 6'1, according to a journalist that goes by JuliusJulianis, Demetrius rehydrated 23 pounds (190lb) which was heavier than David (17 pounds at 184 pounds). He has a lackluster resume but was well experienced with some decent opponents and was undefeated besides being a former champ. Only fighter I don't think was near at his best was when Benavidez fought David Lemiuex, but even though he had declined after some battles, he was still relatively young at 33 years old and was still a heavy hitter having beaten Max Bursak and Gary Sullivan in one round. (Who lasted in the late rounds against Munguia and Lara after his loss).
David has beaten 4 former world champions (Lemiuex, Andrade, Dirrell and Plant), he might not have the best resume compared to most P4P fighters, but I feel like people should not look down on his current accolades. The guy is currently 26 years old and is aiming for the best that are at 168 before moving up, Errol Spence's HOF career started at 27 years old yet David is quite ahead of him. With Spence having beaten 7 champs before facing Crawford.
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