Former super middleweight champion David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) wants Saul Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) to somehow defeat WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) ) in revenge, but at the same time it sounds as if he does not believe at all in the Mexican, who frankly lost to the underdog on points.
“Now they [в команде Канело] know that this time they should have a better plan, that they need to be more focused in preparation and strictly follow the plan,” said “El Bandera Roja”
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“I’ve always felt that I can pile on Alvarez. Bivol could, too, if he leaned on the body. Everything was fine with him, but he did not give up body punches. In his place, I would add in this regard and throw a little more combinations. It’s a pity I wasn’t the first to beat Canelo, ”added the American.
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Benavidez has begun to switch from Canelo to a new target: he says he’s already sparred with Bivol and knows “that would be a great fight.”
“I will try to be as respectful as possible, but still I dominated most of these sparring sessions,” David convinces us. “But it was not a one-sided sparring, and it will not be an easy fight with him. Bivol is a high level fighter and to beat him I have to be on top.”
According to the ex-champ, he “definitely would like Canelo to beat Bivol in a rematch.
“But there are a lot of holes in his box. He is not Mayweather. Floyd was a good defensive fighter, extremely fast, using a lot of combinations. Canelo is more like a one punch fighter,” Benavidez said.
In March, he named the amount Canelo was offered to fight him. Around the same time, the legendary veteran was arguing who Canelo’s biggest threat is “from light heavyweight to heavyweight.
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