“Charlo hasn’t even come up to 168 (pounds) yet,” Benavidez snaps. All of this buzz without any of the aforementioned fights materializing yet has Benavidez feeling like he’s purposely being evaded. DAZN has offered Canelo a lot of money to fight Golovkin, yet he’s chosen to fight less paying fights against Billy Joe Saunders, Avni Yildirim, Callum Smith, Danny Jacobs, Sergey Kovalev, Caleb Plant, and Rocky Fielding. Negotiations with secondary beltholder Ryota Murata fell through and it was reported in recent days that Ring/WBA 168-pound champ Callum Smith and WBO super middleweight titleholder Billy Joe Saunders turned down fights with Alvarez. Alvarez has gone through a gauntlet run of opponents since suffering his sole loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013, beating Miguel Cotto, Gennadiy Golovkin, and Sergey Kovalev, among others, to become a champion in four weight classes. “Sweathands” has his eyes on WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo. Demetrius Andrade, the WBO middleweight champion, has requested to face Charlo for some time. Noticing how WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade has also been clamoring for a crack at Canelo, Benavidez thinks a bout with “Boo Boo” can force the Mexican icon’s hand for a fight with the winner.
Morrell is the WBA ‘regular’ champion at super middleweight, offering the chance for the 25-year-old American to secure a world title, while former IBF champion Plant would prove his worth at the top of the division. Fixing a diet is easier than the issue that limits the ceiling for Benavidez and other talented fighters who want their chance to be among boxing's top draws. You can go where you please, where and whenever you want. “But unfortunately ‘Boo Boo’ Andrade is out from an injury, so I’m just thinking that I want to fight the best fighters out there and get the respect from the fans. “I’m excited. Thank you everyone for coming out to The Armory. He even claimed that he will clear out the rest of the middleweight division if that's what is necessary to get his hands on the Guadalajara native once more. The 25-year-old is well aware that Alvarez potentially will get promoted to WBC "franchise" champion, which is a fancy way of allowing Alvarez to retain his title without having to make the mandatory defense. Undisputed Super Middleweight Championship: Canelo Alvarez vs. If Benavidez beats Lemieux (43-4, 36 KOs), he'll win the WBC's interim super middleweight title, which would theoretically force a mandatory showdown for Canelo's WBC belt.
Golovkin won via TKO in the ninth round to win the WBA (Super) middleweight title. The Uzcategui win solidified him as a top-level super middleweight, but Canelo is considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world so Plant will be a heavy underdog. The 25-year-old, who has been stripped of the super middleweight title because of drug suspensions and weight issues, last fought in November, beating Kyrone Davis via TKO. Munguia captured the belt, scoring a fourth-round TKO of Sadam Ali. “I promised my brother a stoppage in rounds one through five. Fulton used good distance, boxing mainly in the center of the ring in the third and fourth rounds behind a versatile jab. The 25-year-old is a two-time WBC super middleweight champion and is aiming to challenge for the a world title once again now he has made a successful return to the ring after beating David Lemieux last month. With all that being said, time has already been kicking for Plant to get in the ring with a legit super middleweight. After losing his IBF super middleweight title, Caleb Plant is looking to return to action in a big way. Like I said before in the last outing with Brandon Figueroa, I didn’t have the energy because I didn’t make the weight the right way.
Plant did land a right hand in the ninth round that made Alvarez move away from him and reset his feet. They competed in a rematch in '18, which was delayed by a few months after Alvarez tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. As a result of Plant losing, Canelo became the undisputed super middleweight champion in just 11 months. Just then, the former two-time WBC super-middleweight world champion forces himself to separate wishful thinking from a gaffe he makes. Benavidez last fought in May when he defeated David Lemieux, a former IBF champion at middleweight. Why not go ahead and take the real risk and fight Canelo where I could put it all on the line rather than fighting David Benavidez, who has nothing to offer. But you have to take a big risk to get that big reward, fighting the face of boxing. Boxing fans aren’t buying Canelo’s excuse for why he decided to get physical with Plant.