Jose Benavidez Sr. Says David “The Mexican Monster” Benavidez Would “Destroy” Terence Crawford

Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says his son, David Benavidez, can be too “robust” and “too huge” for Terence Crawford in the event that they had been to battle. He states that ‘The Mexican Monster’ would “destroy” Crawford at tremendous middleweight.

Canelo’s Deteriorated State

Benavidez Sr. means that Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) battle a number of the high contenders within the 168-lb division to show himself as a result of he doesn’t imagine he’s acquired full credit score for his win over Canelo Alvarez final Saturday night time because of the deteriorated state the Mexican celebrity was in.

Jose Sr. states that Canelo isn’t the fighter that he as soon as was, and he’d been saying this nicely earlier than he fought Crawford. He believes Alvarez has misplaced quite a bit from his recreation from the numerous wars he’s had, all of the grueling sparring periods he’s used to organize himself for fights.

Benavidez’s Measurement and Energy Benefit

“David is just too huge for Terence Crawford. I believe Crawford will likely be 38 years outdated. It is not going to be the identical as Canelo. David is younger, robust, and tremendous huge for Terence Crawford. With David, it’s a distinct story,” mentioned coach Jose Benavodez Sr. to MillCity Boxing when requested a few battle between David Benavidez and Terence Crawford.

Benavidez has an excessive amount of youth, energy, measurement, and mixture punching capacity for Crawford. Age isn’t an element. Crawford might be in his 20s, and Benavidez would nonetheless be an excessive amount of for him. It could be strolling right into a bloodbath if Crawford had been to battle Benavidez.

As Chris Algieri identified at this time, September 16, in an interview with Inside Boxing on YouTube, “Crawford doesn’t take fights he can’t win,” which implies he would by no means comply with face Benavidez. He is aware of his limitations. Beating a fading, flat-footed Canelo is one factor, nevertheless it’s a distinct story making an attempt that with Benavidez.

The strategy that Crawford used in opposition to Canelo final Saturday, touchdown then dashing away, wouldn’t be sensible in opposition to Benavidez. It wouldn’t preserve him from being tracked down within the ring and bagged like a rabbit by the ‘Mexican Monster.’

Crawford’s Lack of Validation

“He has to beat some others at tremendous middleweight to get the complete credit score. I don’t know if he can do it. He’s too small for that weight,” mentioned Benavidez Sr. about Crawford needing to beat the highest contenders at 168 to obtain full credit score for his victory over Canelo

Jose Sr. didn’t point out who Crawford would wish to defeat at tremendous middleweight for him to be validated by the hardcore followers who intently observe. These can be a number of the high fighters that Crawford would wish to defeat to show himself:

Christian Mbilli
Osleys Iglesias
Diego Pacheco

Word: I disregarded Lester Martinez as a result of he’s Crawford’s sparring companion, a member of his group, and a buddy of his. He can be on the checklist if not for that. Hamzah Sheerz is new to the tremendous middleweight division, so I didn’t embody him.

That will present loads of bravery on Crawford’s half if he had been to battle Mbilli and Iglesias, as these are two of the three greatest fighters within the tremendous middleweight division. These should not fights that Crawford would doubtless comply with for 2 causes:

Excessive chance of him shedding: Mbilli is a punching machine along with his quantity assault, and he can be on high of Crawford all night time, teeing off for 12 rounds. Operating wouldn’t be efficient. The Cuban southpaw Iglesias is a big puncher with both hand, with a jab that is sort of a energy punch. His attain is sort of similar to Crawford’s.
Not marketable fights

Once more, Lester Martinez can be amongst them if not for his friendship with Crawford. He can be a superb selection, besides for his or her friendship.

Bud’s Unlikely Fan Development

“Crawford doesn’t have an enormous following. I don’t suppose he’s going to steal Canelo’s followers. Crawford is a good fighter, however sadly, he doesn’t have an enormous following,” mentioned Benavidez Sr.

Crawford’s fanbase isn’t going to extend to the degrees of Canelo’s simply due to his victory final Saturday. He doesn’t have a rustic backing him like Canelo does with Mexico. Furthermore, the way wherein Crawford used to win, transferring across the ring all night time, wasn’t thrilling to observe.

Crawford used a mix of Mayweather and Shakur Stevenson’s kinds to outbox Canelo for the choice. Whereas he bought the victory, the efficiency was on the uninteresting aspect of the spectrum.

“Bivol beat Canelo. Does Bivol have an enormous following?” mentioned Jose Sr., arguing that Crawford’s fanbase received’t develop to the extent of Canelo’s after his win. He states that Crawford “simply doesn’t have the identical charisma as Canelo.”