Crawford: Canelo Benavidez Avoiding Rooting ‘Mexican’ Disability, not Boxing Skill

Terence Crawford does not believe that Canelo Alvarez has avoided the fight against David Benavidez all these years, as many fans do. Crawford (41-0, 31 Kos) says Alvarez has chosen not to fight against Benavidez because he has been “Especially disrespectful”Against him.

Terence notes that Canelo (62-2-2, 39 Kos) has struggled with other fighters who did not respect him, but he perceived it more personal because Benavidez was a “Mexican” and went a little further with his bumps. He’s not really a Mexican. Benavidez is an American and has half of the Ecuadorian and half of the Mexican roots. He is not from Mexico.

Benavidez Avoidance

Fans do not buy this excuse why Canelo hasn’t fought Benavidez. They simply see it as Alvarez does not want to fight someone who will probably hit him and possibly hit him. This is the same reason why Canelo chose to fight Dmitry Bivol when he rose to 175 three years ago, not Artur Betterbiev when he fought for the world title in 2022.

It’s not a shock that Crawford is painting a positive picture of why Canelo hasn’t fought Benavideza because he’s in line to face him on September 13. The last thing Crawford needs is to get to Canelo’s bad side and make him choose not to fight him. This is the retirement money that Crawford receives for this fight. It would be interesting if the terence started bad Mouthing Canelo, saying how it is, and then he stubbornly refuses to fight him in September. Where could Crawford go?

“When you look at Canelo’s history, there were many disrespectful fighters, calling him. He struggled with them all. From Shane Mosley to Lara, Danny Jacobs and Saunders, ”said Terence Crawford to Ring log About Canelo Alvarez’s past opponents.

“When you look at all the fighters who were disrespectful to Canelo and he was still fighting them. I think from a Mexican point of view, when you have two Mexicans, and one is particularly disrespectful of the other, he simply perceived as more personal than the race aspect than sports, ”said Crawford as to why, in his opinion, Canelo has chosen not to fight Benavidez.

“He removed sports from it and decided he was not going to give Benavidez’s salary day, which he just wanted because he felt something different at the time,” said Crorford.