Sure, Naoya Inoue of Japan is also called ‘The Monster’ but what makes David Benavidez the undisputed monster of world championship boxing.
At the highest level in professional boxing.
When you look at Inoue, he can box as well as fight.
But Benavidez, sure, he can box at times, but he is more relentless.
If there is more of a monster of the two, it has to be him.
Now, he’s finally world champion as well and returns again soon against Anthony Yarde of the UK in a great fight of power punchers to look forward to.
What makes Benavidez for us ‘The Monster’?
10 Reasons Why David Benavidez Is ‘The Monster’ Of Boxing
Let’s take a look.
- Youngest super middleweight champ at 20 (WBC, 2017)
- Undefeated 30-0 with 24 KOs (80% KO rate)
- Two-division world champion (super middleweight & light heavyweight)
- Relentless stalking pressure with explosive power 6’2″ frame & reach — a physical freak in his divisions
- Dropped 100+ lbs from 250 lbs as a teen
- Only 15 amateur fights — pro debut at 16Wins over elite: Plant, Andrade, Lemieux, Morrell
- Rebounded from two title strips to reclaim belts
- Boxing family dynasty — trained since age 3
Those are some reasons, but as well, he lost a shed load of weight in his younger days when he was basically obese to then become a world champion.
Something other than him and maybe Tyson Fury that no one has ever done in the history of professional fighting, essentially.
David Benavidez is relentless.
He flattens all his opponents and is too strong a man for most of them so far.
The ultimate test for him though will be against the likes of Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol if they can make a fight against one of them.
That would be a different kind of test for him.
Next up he faces Yarde however on November 22nd in Saudi Arabia.
