Canelo says David Benavidez is using his name to boost his career

Canelo Alvarez says David Benavidez is just using his name for power to get attention on his career. No one will pay attention to Benavidez’s career without mentioning Canelo’s name.

Alvarez makes a good point. 11-year pro Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) hasn’t fought the type of opposition during his career to turn himself into a household name and become a star like Canelo. Benavidez is now fighting undercards because he is not popular enough to get called up on PPV.

Calling Canelo’s name and complaining that he ducks has become a shortcut for Benavidez to gain some fame. It’s a shallow way to get popular because Benavidez doesn’t get popular in the ring, but rather by dropping Canelo’s name regularly.

It’s a cheap way to gain a following, but it hasn’t worked for Benavidez to become a PPV attraction in the US with casual boxing fans. You have to do more than moan about Canelo 24/7 to become a pay-per-view draw nationally in the United States.

“They can say what they want, but if they don’t speak my name, no one will look at them. I understand, I understand. They have to say my name to get attention, so I get it,” said Canelo Alvarez IFLTVwhich explains why David Benavidez keeps calling his name.

Benavidez is now fighting at 175, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to become a star in this weight class. In his light heavyweight debut last May, Benavidez showed no power, struggling to defeat veteran Oleksandr Gvozdyk by a 12-round unanimous decision in a fight much closer than the judges’ generous scores. have.

It’s probably too late for Benavidez to become a star like Canelo because he failed to take on the challenges he needed to make the leap to stardom in his career. What he needs to do is make the most of it at 175 or 200 by forgetting about Canelo and taking the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol fight to beat.

If Benavidez can become undisputed light heavyweight champion, it will help his career, and he won’t need to keep chasing Canelo. Benavidez can make a lot of money fighting Beterbiev and Bivol two or three times. If Benavidez can beat those guys, he should move up to cruiserweight and face IBF champion Jai Opetaia if he still has a title by then.