David Benavidez says he would prefer to fight against Dmitry Bivol rather than Artur Beterbiev if he had the choice. Benavidez wants to fight Bivol (23-1, 12 ko) because he faced a lot with him and thinks he really won his previous fight against Artur Beterbiev.
Fans would see this as a pure 100% signal that “the Mexican monster” Benavidez wants nothing to do with Betbiev after the shellacking he took last weekend against David Morrell. He cannot afford to continue to undergo this kind of punishment if he does not want his career to end in the next two or three fights.
Benavidez says that beating Bivol will prove to fans that he is “better than Canelo”, which is not true. Fighting Bivol gives Benavidez a much better chance of winning than in front of Artur Beterbiev, who would be a nightmare for him.
Obviously, the judges saw him differently, giving Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KB) the victory due to the choice of Bivo to make the last seven laps after being cut and injured in the middle by a powerful right hand d’Artur.
Benavidez’s strategy
It is not surprising for anyone that Benavidez (30-0, 24 KB) prefers not to fight the dangerous Pencher Betbiev because it has enormous power and is an excellent interior fighter.
The way Benavidez is fighting is ideal for Beterbiev because he would enjoy his punch of volume. In addition, the punishment that Benavidez brought in his last fight against David Morrell last Saturday evening may have withdrawn a lot from him physically. He was repeatedly by the Cuban and had nothing in the last three laps.
Benavidez was just punching and eating huge head shots that left his unrecognizable face. He seemed to have been overturned by a truck. In comparison, Morrell is not marked, also indicating that Benavidez has no power at 175.
He was good when he fought at 168 years old against older and smaller fighters, but with light heavy goods vehicles, there is no power in his blows. His last two fights have seen him take more punishment than all his other 28 combined matches.
“I would choose Bivo because he beat Canelo. So, fundamentally, when I beat Bivol, it would argue that I am better than Canelo, “David Benavidez told Ariel Helwani channel About preferring to fight Dmitry Bivo that Artur Beterbiev, because it would help him to prove that he is better than Canelo Alvarez to impressable fans of ultra-harter-corcore boxing who follow the sport closely.
“I know Dmitry Bivol very well. I faced him and he is a big fighter, and we had a lot of super -sparing sessions. So I would like to fight Bivol, ”said Benavidez. “If Bivol wins this fight [Beterbiev]They will have to make a rubber match. Who am I to say that they cannot fight another fight. They fought two big fights. If that were to happen, I would not fight before I finished with it, then I would go to this fight after having a trilogy.
“My father spoke to him on the phone [Turki Al-Sheikh]. We will go there [Riyadh] February 22, and we will probably understand everything if Bivol again wins [correction: Beterbiev beat Bivol on October 12th last year] Or if Bivom wins. It’s probably too long.
It is quite obvious why Benavidez wants Bivol to win rather than Betbiev because it does not correspond well to Artur. He knows that, of course, and prefers finesse Fighter Bivo, who has no power and is a runner.
“I think I have proven to everyone at what level I am. Me against anyone, I bet that the house against me against me, “said Benavidez, badly marked, wearing sunglasses.
