His development and career got sidetracked when Pavel Miranda put him on ***** street in the 8th round of their fight and again when needed a gift vs. Mauricio Herrera. The shooting was the nail in the coffin.
Although he does deserve credit for keeping it close after 6 rounds. He didn't seem particularly mobile, but I'm not sure that his knee was much of a problem. It's only a topic of conversation today because ESPN couldn't stop talking about it.
There's no shame in being in tough against Mauricio Herrera. Danny Garcia got a gift against him too.
It should have been a good learning fight that improved Benavidez going forward, as long as he continued to develop and apply himself to his craft.
The problem tho is it wasn't exactly a hard fight. It was a methodical fight. Jose was trying to bait Crawfoed and Ceawfors was weary of his right hand so he kept playing the in and out game. Sure he didnt blast the man out. But it wasn't a close fight, Crawford really didnt struggle, he fought his fight all night. You guys make too much noise oitta nothing.
But blasting Benavidez out is what people were saying in the leadup to the fight. That was the noise all week.
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