By: Sean Crose
Simply how a lot does tremendous middleweight terror David Benavidez desire a piece of undisputed divisional champion Canelo Alvarez? A lot that he took to Instagram on Friday to handle Saudi sports activities huge shot Turki Alalshikh.
“@turkialalshik,” posted 28-0 contender Benavidez, “let’s carry the largest and most fun struggle to Saudi Arabia. This would be the largest Mexican vs Mexican American struggle within the historical past of boxing and what higher place to do it than The Kingdom, for the complete world to see. This struggle is for pleasure and glory. I struggle for greatness not cash. Your Excellency if I don’t beat Canelo, I’ll donate my whole purse to any youngsters charity of your liking. After I do beat Canelo, I can be donating an enormous quantity of that purse to profit youngsters starvation the world over. I’m a champion of the individuals and can proceed to struggle the perfect! I stand by my phrases! @premierboxing @wbcboxing @wbcmoro“
It’s value noting that Canelo has not proven a lot curiosity in going through Benavidez, at the least not straight away. Then once more, Canelo took criticism for “avoiding” Gennady Golovkin years in the past. He ended up having three fights with the person, profitable two out of three (although most felt Golovkin received the primary match). In different phrases, though he’s not preventing Benavidez now (Canelo can be preventing Jaime Munguia in Might), he might properly ended up going through the highly effective contender later.
Not that Benavidez or followers are completely satisfied about that. Canelo-Benavidez is among the largest fights to be made within the sport, in any case. What’s extra, Benavidez ought to clearly be subsequent in line for going through the legendary Canelo. Had been Canelo not holding on to the divisional title, it is likely to be one other story fully. The purple haired star, nonetheless, is holding on to his belts.
Saudi Arabia has turn out to be a hotbed of excessive stage boxing because of the truth that it throws huge quantities of cash on the sport, which clearly makes the Center Jap Kingdom a logical vacation spot. Canelo, nonetheless, nonetheless seems to need to struggle in america and Mexico. Suffice to say, Canelo has lately acknowledged that he’ll must be extravagantly paid if he’s ever to sq. off with Benavidez within the ring. “If some promoter I work with,” he informed Combat Hub, “involves me and says, ‘I’m providing you 150 or 200 million {dollars},’ that will be the one purpose I’d struggle him,”
