“Shut the people's mouths”: David Benavidez's father publicly challenged Canelo Álvarez

December 10, 2021

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Much has been said about Canelo Team’s refusal to fight against Mexican-American David Benavidez . Even though former boxers like Julio César Chávez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ask for that fight, Saúl Álvarez continues planning his fight against Ilunga Makabu . Against this background, the father of the “Red Flag” exploded.

“Well, honestly, what I think is that why are you going to get on a Cruise if you have David Benavidez. Shut the people up , Mayweather thinks it’s a great fight, Óscar de la Hoya, Julio César Chávez the Legend of Mexico, Mike Tyson and a lot of people want to watch this fight between Canelo and David Benavidez ”, declared José Benavidez for the Association Spanish Boxing, compiled by Half-time .

Eddy Reynoso explained the reasons why they do not contemplate the fight . Among other things, Saúl Álvarez’s coach said he was not interested in facing Benavidez. Reynoso indicated that the “Red Flag” had to achieve other successes to be able to stand in front of Canelo . But Benavidez’s father considers that they are simple excuses for not facing a fighter like his son.

“It is a very dangerous fight for us too. . Canelo is the pound for pound, a very disciplined, difficult fighter, a fighter who is killing everyone. I think that if David is as easy as they think, why not shut up, get on another division and end it all? , but I believe that before going up to another division or leaving the belts vacant, there is and always will be that he ran David Benavidez “, he emphasized.

Finally, José Benavidez questioned Canelo’s possible rival by stating that is a little known boxer and that this match is only being planned for business purposes.

“ No one knew that boy (Ilunga Makabu) and I believe that this is already business . At the end of the day they are looking at it as a business and they know that they can hit this African and I think that if they thought it was a difficult fight they would not fight because it is too much weight, is something ridiculous, there are two or three categories above ”, he concluded.