Comments Thread For: David Benavidez: A Fight With Me & Canelo Would Be Explosive!

[Verus]

I suppose many Mexicans are not really Mexicans since a lot of them have the blood of Spaniards flowing in them. And using your rationale I'm not American but Irish.

A lot of people confuse race, with nationality, cultural heritage and even religion. Countries in the Americas are a mixture of indigenous people and immigrants from Europe and other continents. Mexican immigration, included significant number of people from: Italy, France, Germany, various Slavic nations, China, Korea, Japan, Spain and the list goes on. One tidbit, there are more people of Mideast ancestry in Mexico than anywhere except the Middle East itself. My favorite in that category is Salma Hayek, Lebanese. As for religion, Mexico has large numbers of Ashke**** ***s, Sephardic ***s, Mennonites and Mormons, in addition to Catholics, Protestants, high tone women and cigar smokers.

[Robi13]

I suppose many Mexicans are not really Mexicans since a lot of them have the blood of Spaniards flowing in them. And using your rationale I'm not American but Irish.

very true Conor

[Oldskoolg]

Charlo is not taking that kind of risk. Benavidez would beat him easy imo. Both Charlo brothers are very talented but lack initiative in making themselves a household name

Of course it’s not in consideration to the topic at hand that neither brother are fighters at Benevidez weight class.....

[Robi13]

Mexican blood? You have to be kidding. Next thing you know someone will pipe up about Mexican "Race".

Nationality not a race, a prideful country that’s all. What’s a race anyway? White, black, brown????

[scap]

Canelo waited GGG out-imagine if their first fight took place 2-3 years prior???

David is 23 and as it stands right now Canelo is still improving so you need to be wise. Team Benavidez simply needs to wait until David is man enough to beat Canelo...not just talented enough.

[ShoulderRoll]

I suppose many Mexicans are not really Mexicans since a lot of them have the blood of Spaniards flowing in them.

That's what Mexicans are, isnt it? Native blood mixed with Spanish blood?

That's why they aren't called Aztecs or Spaniards...they are called Mexicans.

[Verus]

Nationality not a race, a prideful country that’s all. What’s a race anyway? White, black, brown????

Right, nationality is not a race. I think we are probably talking about ethnicity here if ethnicity means a shared cultural identity and common ancestry to some degree. In this case, Canelo is Mexican by nationality, ethnicity, and ancestry. Benevides shares a cultural identity in some sense with Canelo.

[Verus]

Brazil has the largest Arab population outside the Middle East. There are only about 1 million Arabs in Mexico. There are about 10 million in Brazil.

Good to know. I was referring to the peoples of the Middle East of which Arabs are only one of many ethnic groups. Non-Arabs in this region include the Berbers (Moors) ***s, Persians, Turks, Assyrians (Iraqis) and Egyptians. But your point is well taken.

[Robi13]

Right, nationality is not a race. I think we are probably talking about ethnicity here if ethnicity means a shared cultural identity and common ancestry to some degree. In this case, Canelo is Mexican by nationality, ethnicity, and ancestry. Benevides shares a cultural identity in some sense with Canelo.

They both are prideful of being Mexican and consider themselves Mexican although I’m also sure David is proud and should feel blessed to have grown up in USA... regardless, the boy represents Mexico with pride and so does canelo. The fight itself would be HUGE!

[Robi13]

There is no Brown race.

So give a list of races according to you...