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Canelo Alvarez explained why he hasn’t given David Benavidez a fight, saying he has disrespected him with the way he approached him to try to get the opportunity. Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) says why he should give money to someone who uses that tactic.
In recent years, Benavidez has put constant pressure on Canelo to give him the fight he wants. He accused him of dodging him, questioned his legacy and also mentioned that he had had success training with Dmitry Bivol, a fighter Canelo lost to.
Canelo’s dismissal
Most fighters would have given up trying to pressure Canelo for a fight if they had been ignored, but not Benavidez. He still talks about wanting to fight him, even though he now fights at 175. He sounds obsessed with Canelo, which some fans find creepy.
It is clear that Benavidez has become accustomed to fighting with whoever he wants without anyone telling him no. When you finally meet someone who isn’t interested, you can’t mentally process it and move on; he just keeps pushing.
“When someone comes up to you like that and calls you that, you don’t need to give them money,” Canelo Álvarez told Ring Podcast About David Benavidez. “Up to this point, I have fought every champion and best there is. I can do whatever I want now, and I don’t like the way he approached (to get) the fight.
“I think he wanted the fight and he was respectful. ‘I want Canelo,’” Alvarez said about Terence Crawford having been respectful to him in his approach to getting a fight against him.
“Yes, people want to see the fight, and maybe they will see it. We don’t know,” Canelo said of a clash between him and Terence Crawford. “Maybe they’ll see that fight. I’m always open to good fights. He’s a really good fighter with good skills and everything, and maybe we’ll see that fight. “We don’t know yet.”
