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After co-promoter Sampson Lewkowicz reported that he had sent an offer to Eddy Reynoso, David Benavídez revealed that Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez he was offered more than $45 million to take the fight and assured that they never received an answer from the Guadalajara team.
In an interview with Fight Hype, Benavídez expressed that the offer was backed by both Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and for that reason he trusted that the long-awaited fight with Canelo Álvarez could take place. The Mexican Monster indicated that he does not understand the reasons why they did not answer and that they are already looking for other options.
“It was more than $45 million dollars. That was the money that Al Haymon and PBC were offering. I see a lot of people saying that you don’t make offers to the A side, but $45 million dollars is a world of money. People want to see that fight, the company was supporting me. That’s why I thought we could make the fight happen, but they went in another direction,” he said.
“I don’t want to say they’re afraid, but they didn’t even respond to the offer. It’s one thing for them to turn it down and wait another year to make the fight and make more money, but they didn’t even respond.. Imagine you have an offer on the table for $45 million and no one answers. I don’t know what else to say,” she noted.
David Benavídez’s statements confirm the information that Chris Mannix, a Sports Illustrated journalist, published on his social networks, where he assured that the figure was around $50 million dollars with the box office and the PPV included.
It should be noted that the offer sent by Sampson Lewkowicz was denied by Eddy Reynoso, but the promoter made a publication on his social networks with the capture of the email that proved otherwise. In addition, days later, the co-promoter said that the fight would no longer take place because Canelo Álvarez’s team never answered.
David Benavídez has sought in every possible way to get a fight with Canelo Álvarez, but the man from Guadalajara has not shown real interest in facing him because of his rule of not facing Mexicans. For this reason, the Mexican Monster He stated that they are depriving him of fulfilling his dream, which is to become a unified champion.
“When I was little, my only goal was not just to fight Canelo. My goal was to win all the belts, to be a unified world champion, and that is the opportunity that they are taking away from me because I am the number one contender to fight Canelo. He has all the belts. My dream is to be the unified world champion, and they don’t want to give it to me. I don’t know,” she added.
Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is the undisputed super middleweight champion and has a record of 59 wins (39 by knockout) and two losses. For his part, David Benavídez, interim 168-pound champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), It has a record of 27 wins, 23 of them on the fast track and no setbacks.
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