WBC orders Canelo to fight Benavidez in 2024

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  1. Eclipse

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    So its just PBC narrative that Canelo won't be fighting Benavidez next, and fought a 154 last fight?
     
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  2. BCS8

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    "I am bigger than the WBC and will not be dictated to. I will dump the belt. My press agent Shadow111 will explain why this is the correct and brave thing to do."
     
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  3. Eclipse

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    But Benavidez does not walk into counters easily. Plant and Andrade struggled to land clean on him and they are sharp fast pure boxers. Some people still think Benavidez is a Margarito or something its hilarious how ignorant boxing fans can be. He is literally top 5 in compubox plus/minus which means he does not get hit much at all.

    Can you list all the fighters like Benavidez that Canelo has fought and defeated before? When I say like Benavidez, I mean fighters with his combination of size, speed, power, skill, volume, aggression. I think you will find the number is actually zero, but maybe you can dig someone up.

    You think a small 160 pounder hits harder than a big 168 pounder? Who was the best fighter GGG ever knocked out again?

    News flash. Benavidez hits harder than GGG.
     
  4. IsaL

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    Marinating the fight bro. Surely you're that smart to see what PBC is doing with Canelo's three fight deal.

    Look how many Canelo threads are being made just in this site.
     
  5. Eclipse

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    yes because marinating the wilder, AJ fight worked out so well right. lol.
     
  6. IsaL

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    It worked for Manny and Floyd very well.

    And who cares about Wilder and AJ, two overrated fighters, which I am of fan of but I call it how it is.

    Canelo has proven to be the best at 168, and now Benavidez has to prove it by fighting Canelo, but if he takes a fight in between and loses, than it proves he isn't the best, same for Canelo, if he loses to someone at SMW then it proves he isn't the best SMW anymore.

    So what's the problem buddy?
     
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  7. drenlou

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    Floyd-Manny happened 6 years too late and still broke the all time PPV record. Lol
     
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  8. IsaL

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    These Canelo haters are all over the place. From Canelo is waiting for Benavidez to get old, to Canelo is risking the fight by marinating it, to everything in between.

    At the end of the day, this is Trout, Lara, Cotto, Golovkin, Jacobs, Saunders, Plant, Bivol all over.. "Canelo will never fight...."

    Crazy hoe people can hate on people
     
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  9. drenlou

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    Yeah it only benefits benevidez the longer the wait goes.
     
  10. Eclipse

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    Everyone was disappointed the fight happened when they were past their primes actually. And How has Canelo proven to be the best at 168 when he never fought the top opponent in the division? You think belts automatically make someone the best?
     
  11. IsaL

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    The top opponent isn't snorting or smoking crack cocaine and missing weight.

    If Benavidez wanted to be a part of Canelo's campaign to be the first ever to unify 168 he should have been a true professional.
     
  12. Brighton bomber

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    That was the rumoured plan when he signed with PBC, Jermell, Jermall and then Benavidez. He fought Jermell as expected, if he doesn't fight Jermall it's because he's so off the rails he refuses to sign for Canelo and so Canelo will fight another PBC opponents and then they fight Benavidez.

    That was always the plan nothing has changed, only people are now going hysterical claiming Canelo is ducking when it's been clear it was never happening until the 3rd fight with PBC. Now if it doesn't happen for the 3rd fight then yes we can claim duck but I won't be dragged into this fan boy/hater drama surrounding this proposed match up like some on here.
     
  13. lufcrazy

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    3rd fight with PBC just means Canelo fights two more lesser opponents before actually facing his top contender.

    It's nonsense and I can't believe fans stand for it.
     
  14. Brighton bomber

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    Plant is mediocre at best and Andrade is bang average, he reminds me of a Super middleweight version of Charles Martin his balance and foot work is so bad. If that's your idea of a sharp boxer you don't have a clue, he's technically pretty awful.

    Canelo is levels above both and unlike them a counter puncher. It's easy to walk down opponents like Andrade and Plant who don't counter punch at all. Canelo is one of the best counter punchers in the game and will punish Benavidez whenever he opens up. It won't be close and people will complain after the fight that Benavidez didn't show up as he won't let his hands go for fear of being countered. His work rate will count for nothing because it will work against him, much like it did for Spence when he faced an elite counter puncher in Crawford.

    The hype surrounding Benavidez is ludicrous considering he's done nothing and beaten nobody worth a damn. I said it before, this will be like Calzaghe vs Lacy, perhaps not that one sided but Benavidez is going to get exposed.
     
  15. Brighton bomber

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    It's clearly a load of crap and shows how little respect Canelo and PBC have for the fans but lets be honest PBC love to marinate a fight it's their modus operandi and it's not the first time Canelo has waited an opponent out until it suits him.

    Yes fans shouldn't be happy over this, we've seen PBC do this too many times with good fights but all these claims of ducking and such just plays into the PBC design to hype what is likely to be a mismatch into a big fight that makes them more money which guess what means PBC keep pulling this crap with big fights, because boxing fans keep falling for this marinating of fights as a way to build big fights and make them more lucrative.