Saul “Canelo” Alvarez could also be mentioned to be ducking David Benavidez, however the revered coach Robert Garcia believes the super-middleweight king can do with out him.
Alvarez, 34, efficiently defended his WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight belts in opposition to Edgar Berlanga final Saturday, with a dominant unanimous determination win at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The Alvarez-Berlanga struggle reportedly recorded important numbers regardless of many criticizing the match-up. Mexico’s Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) disillusioned many observers by preventing Berlanga of Puerto Rico (22-1, 17 KOs) fairly than Benavidez.
However Garcia believes Alvarez has repeatedly proved that he’s the face of boxing with unimaginable pay-per-view numbers no matter the opponent he fights.
“That simply tells you, Canelo is a celebrity,” he advised FightHub TV. “He is the face of boxing proper now. Folks kinda tease him about his alternative of opponents, however whenever you take a look at the buys, whenever you take a look at the gate, does it seem like he is kinda discovered the candy spot? He does not give a fuck.
“He does not care. We’d all like to see him struggle Benavidez, however he does not should. He is nonetheless doing nice numbers with whoever he picks.”
The yet-to-be-staged bout between Alvarez and Benavidez has lengthy been thought of essentially the most thrilling the Mexican might comply with. With disappointment in his eyes, Benavidez moved as much as 175lbs to struggle Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June.
It’s unclear if Alvarez would take into account providing Benavidez a possibility to struggle him subsequent – particularly when the title of Terence Crawford retains rising as a possible opponent at 168lbs.
When requested who he thinks Alvarez ought to struggle subsequent, Garcia in contrast ‘Canelo’ to Floyd Mayweather, saying: “Mayweather was in that place too the place regardless of who he fights or who he does an exhibition with, he is nonetheless gonna do good numbers.
“So, there’s only a few that would do this, and Canelo’s one among them.”
Bernard Neequaye is a sports activities journalist with a specialty in boxing protection. He wrote a boxing column titled “From The Ringside” in his native Ghana for years. He could be reached on X (previously Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and thru e mail at bernardneequaye@gmail.com.
