Haters, be honest, when Bivol beats both Davids , you will give him no credit

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He wasn't a relevant contender for years and years.

I think Benavidez is a good fighter, but he sure gets a lot a of hype for a guy who spent a decade a 168 and whose best wins are Anthony Dirrell and Caleb Plant. Even before Canelo stepped into the division, why didn't he fight DeGale, Plant (after DeGale vacated), Callum Smith, Zurdo Ramirez, Billy Joe Saunders. If Benavidez had to wait for his shot, it's because he hadn't done anything to press it with the competition he was facing. It took his win over Plant before he could really say he'd beaten another top contender.

look at his boxrec its a good cv he fought good guys and everyone and i mean everyone wanted the canelo fight stop BSing please canelo and the wbc conspired to freeze him out which they did well done to them but its shameful stuff and then demanding 200 mil benny had no options but to go to 175 for big fights as canelo would never fight him and thats clear to all

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Just stating the fact that Benavidez could have enforced his shot.

Explain why would Canelo demand $200 million to fight Benny only to go back to his usual pay ???

Why would that be according to you ???

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He did with the WBC and it still got him nowhere
Canelo should of been stripped but that didn’t happen either because of the shady Sulaiman
No one would question his choice of opponents if he just dropped the belts and did what he’s doing
Your here trying to ring up something that has been argued or years and proven that he is ducking his mando
With no repercussions either

Canelo didn't avoid the mandatory, because it was never called, negotiations were never ordered nor were purse bids. You can blame the WBC for that and I can see the argument that it probably should have been called sooner. But Bena would have been able to invoke it had he moved back down after Gvozdyk and chose not to. Bena might have considered it a waste of time if he thought Canelo would vacate, but I also think he should have done it anyway because it was a win-win situation, either he forces Canelo to take the fight, or he gets a huge PR win as Canelo would have had to vacate the title making it clear as crystal he didn't want the fight.

I wouldn't say Canelo hasn't had any repercussions, most boxing fans do agree with your opinion he ducked Benavidez and consider his recent opponents underwhelming. He's dropped in most outlets P4P lists (I think the Ring have him #7).

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Canelo didn't avoid the mandatory, because it was never called, negotiations were never ordered nor were purse bids. You can blame the WBC for that and I can see the argument that it probably should have been called sooner. But Bena would have been able to invoke it had he moved back down after Gvozdyk and chose not to. Bena might have considered it a waste of time if he thought Canelo would vacate, but I also think he should have done it anyway because it was a win-win situation, either he forces Canelo to take the fight, or he gets a huge PR win as Canelo would have had to vacate the title making it clear as crystal he didn't want the fight.

I wouldn't say Canelo hasn't had any repercussions, most boxing fans do agree with your opinion he ducked Benavidez and consider his recent opponents underwhelming. He's dropped in most outlets P4P lists (I think the Ring have him #7).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5Mc2iR7Vc

benny on what he thinks of the wbc not calling the canelo mando shot

yeah benny eventually goes to 175 and then up pops the wbc and canelo both in cahoots with each other and then say ok lets do this mando shot for benny after all u ok canelo with not wanting the 200 mil and happy to face banny as mando for 35mil instead? Canelo 'sure guys i am the king' lol keep dreaming is all i have to say u live in some alternative reality universe im thinking

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Canelo didn't avoid the mandatory, because it was never called, negotiations were never ordered nor were purse bids. You can blame the WBC for that and I can see the argument that it probably should have been called sooner. But Bena would have been able to invoke it had he moved back down after Gvozdyk and chose not to. Bena might have considered it a waste of time if he thought Canelo would vacate, but I also think he should have done it anyway because it was a win-win situation, either he forces Canelo to take the fight, or he gets a huge PR win as Canelo would have had to vacate the title making it clear as crystal he didn't want the fight.

I wouldn't say Canelo hasn't had any repercussions, most boxing fans do agree with your opinion he ducked Benavidez and consider his recent opponents underwhelming. He's dropped in most outlets P4P lists (I think the Ring have him #7).

After waiting years to fight him , getting eliminators out of the way , making you WBC mando and after all that not getting the fight , would you come back down and try again ???
But the WBC was quick to force the Benny vs Bivol fight ??? Lol
Your way of thinking would be ok if it were even a year of this yo-yo bullchit but we are talking years
And yes he was mando for WBC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5Mc2iR7Vc

benny on what he thinks of the wbc not calling the canelo mando shot

yeah benny eventually goes to 175 and then up pops the wbc and canelo both in cahoots with each other and then say ok lets do this mando shot for benny after all u ok canelo with not wanting the 200 mil and happy to face banny as mando for 35mil instead? Canelo 'sure guys i am the king' lol keep dreaming is all i have to say u live in some alternative reality universe im thinking

I mean, the $200mil was trash talking bollocks, but I don't doubt Canelo would have waited for Bena to be enforced as mandatory so he could leverage the champions split in negotiations. But I don't think that to be unreasonable given the profile of the fighters. Of course Canelo was going to get the lion's share.

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But the WBC was quick to force the Benny vs Bivol fight ??? Lol

canelo by this stage is safe and the wbc almost trip over themselves calling the mando for benny this time lol that butt sniffer suliclown has no shame whatsoever hes corrupt to the core

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I mean, the $200mil was trash talking bollocks, but I don't doubt Canelo would have waited for Bena to be enforced as mandatory so he could leverage the champions split in negotiations. But I don't think that to be unreasonable given the profile of the fighters. Of course Canelo was going to get the lion's share.

the 200 mil was simply a statement of im not fighting u benny so please piiss off to 175 quick now good lad

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canelo by this stage is safe and the wbc almost trip over themselves calling the mando for benny this time lol that butt sniffer suliclown has no shame whatsoever hes corrupt to the core

No chit
I’m starting to believe that we’re dealing with a Canelo closet nuthugger
Or troll

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After waiting years to fight him , getting eliminators out of the way , making you WBC mando and after all that not getting the fight , would you come back down and try again ???
But the WBC was quick to force the Benny vs Bivol fight ??? Lol
Your way of thinking would be ok if it were even a year of this yo-yo bullchit but we are talking years
And yes he was mando for WBC

Tbf Canelo v Benavidez was only clamoured for; for a year before Bena moved up to 175. It's not a fight with years of anticipation. Bena won the interim title against Lemeiux in 2022 (around the same time Canelo fought Bivol), and there wasn't any hot demand for Bena v Canelo immediately after that. Bena didn't fight for 10 months after and then fought Plant in 2023, that's when the hype started to get going. In real terms there's only been two opponents Canelo has faced where the fans overwhelming called for Benavidez and that's when Canelo fought Charlo and when he fought Munguia.

Benavidez was in the mandatory position, but it wasn't called by the WBC so Canelo never had an obligation to face him. Had Benavidez moved back down and invoked his mandatory it would have forced Canelo to take the fight or face the shame of vacating.

It would have been a good fight, but I've never really been as hyped for it as other fans seem to be. Mainly because I think Benavidez' 168 resume is fairly underwhelming. He would have probably only been Canelo's 3rd best win at 168 by my estimation.