Canelo Alvarez Explains His Displeasure With Benavidez
An all-time great, Canelo Alvarez goes at his speed in both his career and personal life. A lot of people want to meet him in the ring, including David Benavidez, but he won’t be sped up by anything or anyone. Canelo was interviewed by Forbes this week regarding Benavidez’s strategy and his quest for the […] The post Canelo Alvarez Explains His Displeasure With Benavidez appeared first on BlackSportsOnline.
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An all-time great, Canelo Alvarez goes at his speed in both his career and personal life. A lot of people want to meet him in the ring, including David Benavidez, but he won’t be sped up by anything or anyone.
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Canelo was interviewed by Forbes this week regarding Benavidez’s strategy and his quest for the Mexican legend.
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Canelo was questioned about the aspects of the 28-year-old interim light heavyweight champion’s style that irritated him. He said:
“You know, I don’t really know how to answer this question, but I think the way he talks, he thinks he’s Superman, right?” Canelo said in our interview on Zoom. “And he is very disrespectful—not just with me, with everybody. And he’s accomplished nothing. He’s not even a champion, and he’s not even in my weight class already. And you know, it’s a lot of things there that don’t make sense… at this point in my career, I can do whatever I want. And you guys can’t take anything away from my career, from my legacy, from anything. Because, you know, if you see my résumé, I fought everybody out there—all the elite fighters out there. So I’m very good with my résumé.”
Canelo Alvarez: “The way he(David Benavidez) talk…he thinks he’s Superman. He’s accomplished nothing, he’s not even a champion, & not in my weight class. At this point of my career I can do whatever I want”
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Canelo has achieved so much success in the ring and in business that he is no longer need to run in order to leave a legacy or amass wealth. That’s already safe.
The Mexican legend has reached a stage in his career that results in a level of liberation that most fighters never experience. How much Canelo cares about what people think determines how susceptible he is to the criticism that has resulted from his refusal to challenge Benavidez.
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