Name David Benavidez has made a lot of noise in the boxing scene in recent years. due to his undeniable qualities in the ring, the perfect result and the interesting personality of the fighter.
Mike Tyson called him the “Mexican monster” during a podcast taping, a nickname that Benavides loved, and several boxing legends have insisted in recent months that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez should face him.
But the reality is that a Mexican-Ecuadorian man born in Phoenix He still needs to win a big fight to be eligible for the long-awaited fight with Canelo.boxing’s biggest star today.
David Benavidez will have the opportunity to do just that on March 25 when he faces American Caleb Plant in a former world champion showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Nothing really agreed, but if Benavidez wins and looks good, the Canelo fight could start to take shape.
“I think that after this fight in which I defeated Caleb Plant, people will call this fight more [con Canelo]. And you have to give the fans what they want to see. It’s time to put up a fight. I’m ready,” Benavidez told La Opinión..
“I feel very good right now because I have the support of all the legends of the sport and I think this is a fight that the whole public wants to watch,” he adds of a possible fight with the redhead who, in May of this year, the face of John Ryder – a public unknown – in Guadalajara.
Canelo is also a legend, and I am a very young fighter who wants to make his own history. And I think I’m the best super middleweight.”
David Benavidez vows to knock out Plant in less than six rounds
As for the fight with Plant, he will be for the interim World Boxing Council super middleweight title, which Benavidez received in May 2022 by defeating veteran David Lemieux.
Benavidez (26-0) is said to be ready to fight. His goal is to knock out Plant (22-1), and he even dares to promise that he will finish him in less than six rounds..
“I feel very good. We are 100 percent ready to fight, we already had a four-month camp,” says Benavidez.
It turns out that the fighter, also known as the “Red Banner”, can’t stand Plant. The hostility is great, and the lawsuit has been preparing for several years with the help of statements.
“He’s the kind of person I don’t like: I don’t like the way he acts, the way he talks, everything he says about me,” says Benavidez.. “We have been wanting to fight for five years… It’s time to fight. I’m going to break his mouth to make him pay for everything he said about me.”
Caleb Plant must have something to make his rivals speak so badly of him. Canelo lashed out at Plant as part of a scandal at a press conference ahead of the 2021 match.
“I promised all my fans that I would knock him out before the 6th round. That is the plan and we will follow the plan,” Benavidez added. “I want to show people that I am a monster. I have 26 fights with 23 knockouts and there are only two people I didn’t knock out. I’m going for the knockout in this fight.”
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Source: La Opinion
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