Canelo Alvarez has finally revealed that he did not fight David Benavidez for a reason and it is pathetic to say the least.
Mexican star Alvarez last fought in a defeat to Terence Crawford last year by UD on points.
He returns in October against in a not impressive fight at all though, no big name return for him.
David Benavidez for years looked to fight him at 168 pounds and Benavidez has since taken over the Cinco De Mayo date from Canelo.
Defeating Gilberto Ramirez on Cinco De Mayo just gone by stoppage.
Alvarez has said he did not fight Benavidez over the years because he is a heavyweight fighting at cruiser and even at 168 pounds.
No he is not.
Some notes on Canelo’s crybaby moment above on Benavidez:
- He literally fought at 175 lbs against Kovalev, so crying about 168 being “too big” is blatantly hypocritical.
- Benavidez has never fought above 175—calling him a “heavyweight” or “cruiserweight” is a straight-up lie.
- He’s faced taller, longer fighters like Callum Smith and Bivol without this excuse—size only matters when it’s Benavidez.
- He fought Jermell Charlo, a career 154-pounder, at 168—but a natural 168-pounder like Benavidez is suddenly unfair?
- The “he wasn’t a champion” line is bogus—he’s fought plenty of non-champions (Fielding, Yildirim, Ryder) without hesitation.
- When Benavidez was the WBC mandatory, Canelo vacated the belt instead of facing him—so the belt excuse was never real.
- He demanded GGG twice, Chavez Jr., and Mosley without them all being champions—so the rule only exists for Benavidez.
- He took on Bivol at 175 and lost—so he’s willing to risk size for a challenge, just not this challenge.
- The real issue is risk/reward—Benavidez is young, huge volume, heavy hands, and no mega-PPV name to justify the danger.
- It’s a textbook duck—dressing up fear as “fairness” while his own résumé proves he doesn’t actually care about fair weight mismatches.
Canelo also had a go at David Benavidez’s Mexican heritage recently.
Canelo Alvarez is all over the place lately and he is in danger of damaging his legacy in his poor opponent choice next up also.
No good.
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