Should Benavidez get credit if he beats Gvozdyk?

[Malvado]

Pretty sure he walks in with his guard up. You should invest in glasses. You must be confusing him with mungia.

By the way, what are your thoughts on this match up? Gvozdyk is a thudding big puncher, but he isn't a one punch knockout fighter, he wins through punch accumulation like Benavidez. the Ukranian can box pretty well either backward and forward, but he isn't as slick defensively and mobile as let's say Andrade and Plant.

So this is a style that Benavidez can unleash his combinations from the get-go rather relying on loaded punches to slow his opponents down.

I believe David will showcase he has overall better defense than most are willing to admit. Whether it's the active Winky Wright like high guard or through slipping punches via waist/head movement like he did with big punchers in Lemieux (aware he declined and a middleweight, still a strong puncher though)( (43-4, 36 KOs) and Alexis Roamer Angulo (26-1, 22 KOs) who was a top contender at the time that upset a well touted former Mayweather prospect Anthony Sims Jr (20-0, 18 KOs). He was a gatekeeper who never got a belt at 168 like Anthony Yarde is at 175 though he lacked the experience of fighting a elite opponent like Kovalev even if it was a knockout loss.

[Eff Pandas]

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if people hype him up even more if he beats Gvodzyk. People are going crazy over Cruz because he beat Rolly, and there's a surprising number of people who are really impressed by Munguía's win over Ryder.

I think you are mistaking having fans for credit. Pitbull got the biggest crowd response walking into the ring last week as the non belt holding comain participant I believe. Munguia's stoppage over a guy who went 12 with Canelo should buy him some credit. Very few non #1 guys in boxing are overrated & idk if any of those mentioned are. I think most fans just wanna see the fooking fights & aren't THAT invested in who wins.

[Haka]

Pretty sure he walks in with his guard up. You should invest in glasses. You must be confusing him with mungia.

Things that he does works at 168 but against a fully fledged LHW it is not going to be as easy.

[BodyBagz]

How does a MFer rack up 35 L's

[Oracle01]

Things that he does works at 168 but against a fully fledged LHW it is not going to be as easy.

Cool so you admit you were wrong? You don't realize David is 5th on compubox for defense right? Do your research before spouting myths next time.

[El_Maldito_Rey]

If he destroys him haters will say it doesn't count because Gvozdyk was 'shot', just like they did with Lemueix.

Gvozdyk is over 35 years old. Are you of all people, after all your whining and b.itching about fighters beating up on over 35 year olds going to give Benavidez credit? Or are you going to be a hypocrite about it?

[Satir]

Some amount for sure, cause Gvozdyk is just better technically, better legs, has better punch selection, smarter cause of the amateur background, was just better boxer all around at his peak

[Haka]

Cool so you admit you were wrong? You don't realize David is 5th on compubox for defense right? Do your research before spouting myths next time.

Compubox does not mean anything at this stage of Benny's career.

[Oracle01]

Compubox does not mean anything at this stage of Benny's career.

Denial of evidence. Predictable. lol

[ImDominicanLipz]

oh wow canelo is amazing he beat an old kovalev with a rehydro clause. sorry no credit for that crap. bivol beat the crap outta him. oh yeah and canelo was avoiding callum smith until he looked like dog doo-doo and should have lost to ryder. after that happened the fight was signed quickly. strange??? what im describing is called cherry picking. when you can fight anyone you want and yet you choose guys who are on the slide or guys you should have fought before but are now older. benavidez doesnt have that kind of power. its a power imbalance. for example benavidez has been trying to fight canelo but he cant. why? he doesnt have the power. he has the power to fight gvodzk sure, but hes not cherry picking him waiting for him to be old. its just a fight that he can get, unlike the canelo ducking fraud fight.

David Morrell has been calling DB out. Same weight class. Same promoter. Sr said they’d fight him if no Canelo 2 fights ago. Now it’s “that fight deserves to be for a title fight” but you all want Canelo to lose to David so bad you excuse the ducking of Morrell. I’m not defending Canelo, I’m saying that if you apply a logic to 1 fighter u have to apply it to the next.