Demetrius Andrade warns Canelo Alvarez to keep away from his former conqueror, David Benavidez, after dropping to him by a sixth-round stoppage in 2023. Andrade thinks Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) is simply too massive and throws too many mixtures for Canelo to defeat him.
It’s comprehensible why Demetrius is attempting to make Benavidez sound invincible as a result of that lessens the impression of his defeat towards him. He took an ego hit in that combat, struggling his first profession loss. So, he’s attempting to guard his ego by making Benavidez sound like he’s some excellent expertise when in actuality, he’s not.
Benavidez’s Subsequent Opponent
We noticed that in his combat towards 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth. Gvozdyk had lately come out of a four-year retirement and out-punched Benavidez, placing every kind of lumps on his face.
Canelo hasn’t talked about eager to combat ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez, and the 2 fighters are actually competing in numerous weight courses. Benavidez, 28, is preventing at gentle heavyweight and can problem WBA common 175-lb champion David Morrell in 33 days on February 1st on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
If Benavidez loses that combat by knockout, he could return to the 168-lb division if he can nonetheless make weight. It will be ineffective for him to remain at 175 if Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) destroys him. Morrell is simply as massive as Benavidez however quicker, hits more durable, youthful, and has higher technical expertise.
There’s a superb likelihood that Morrell will win that combat and completely deal with Canelo’s downside, not that he wants assist. Andrade, 36, could also be impressed by Benavidez’s offensive expertise, however he’s not a knockout puncher. He couldn’t even cease Caleb Plant.
The one purpose he stopped Andrade is due to his dimension and youth benefit. He was 26 when he defeated Demetrius final 12 months on November twenty fifth.
Don’t Do It!
“I don’t suppose Canelo is thrashing David [Benavidez]. I don’t blame him to not combat David. Canelo, avoid David. Don’t do it,” stated Demetrius Andrade to Combat Hub TV. “I’m taller and longer than Canelo. I don’t know if Canelo [can beat Benavidez]. That’s a giant boy.
“You’ve acquired to have the precise talent set, motion, IQ, sharpness to beat David except David fights the following greatest man at 175 goes to be a distinct story. However at 168, that’s how you need to be to beat him.
“Canelo is smaller than me, and I used to be capable of push David round for a number of rounds and do what I’ve to do no matter. However that weight and his size, and he is aware of the best way to throw punches in bunches, it’s going to be a tough activity for Canelo.
“David is just not somebody that’s going to let up on you both. Canelo is just not beating him,” stated Andrade about his perception that Benavidez can’t be beat by Alvarez.
Canelo would have fought Benavidez by now, however he talked a lot trash and got here throughout as needy. The way in which Benavidez has appeared fixated on Alvarez is frightening, nearly like a stalker. For any fashionable fighter to have somebody sound so obsessive about the way in which Benavidez has come throughout, they might ignore him, too.
