David Benavídez provokes Canelo Álvarez with controversial shirt

David Benavídez, interim 168-pound champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), provoked Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez with a controversial shirt to try to get their attention and may give him the opportunity to face him in September.

According to the Mexican-American’s website, the shirt is named “duck hunting season” and features Benavídez. shooting these winged animals that have faces like Canelo Álvarez’s.

The experts’ forecasts, if the confrontation takes place, are very close. Because some believe that the Mexican Monster has what it takes to end the reign of the Guadalajara native, but based on what was seen in his debut at light heavyweight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk, some have changed their minds and think that the undisputed monarch will beat him.

For three years Benavídez has been the mandatory challenger and now he must decide whether he will stay at 175 or go down to 168 to seek the duel with the Mexican four-division champion. Although fans and many experts in the sport would like to see this great fight, the tapatío has not shown any real interest and the WBC has not enforced the rules to order the fight.

In addition, Canelo Álvarez assured that the only way he will accept the confrontation is that they offer him a purse of $200 million dollars. For this reason, David Benavídez asked Turki Alalshikh for help to make this duel a reality.

The Sheikh He is also not interested in having this duel and wants the Mexican to face Terence Crawfordwhile he has other plans for the Mexican Monster. Alalshikh wants Benavídez to face the winner of the fight for the undisputed 175-pound championship between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.

David Benavídez, interim WBC super middleweight and light heavyweight champion, defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk in his 175-pound debut by unanimous decision. The Mexican Monster He has a record of 29 wins, 24 of them by fast track and no losses. as a professional.

For his part, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, 33, was able to recover from a bad start and He beat his compatriot Jaime Munguía on the judges’ cards in Las Vegas. The undisputed 168-pound champion has a record of 61 wins (39 by knockout), two losses and two draws in his professional career.

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