By Erwin Quiñonez
May 8, 2024, 8:23 PM EDT
Less than a week after being confirmed as absolute super middleweight champion, the Mexican Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez has let it be known that it is possible to carry out a fight with the Mexican-American David Benavidez, but he clarified that this will not happen if You are not guaranteed a juicy financial profit
“If he wants me to fight him (Benavidez), it’s $200 million dollars,” said Canelo, according to the EFE news agency, just four days after defeating his compatriot Jaime Munguía at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. , Snowfall.
This is just a ratification of the words expressed by the champion after said victory, when he assured that he would fight the American only “if the money is right.”
Álvarez took the opportunity to throw a dart at those who have criticized him for having previously rejected this fight. “Throughout my entire career the press has demanded that I measure myself against this or that boxer and everyone they said has already passed. At this moment I can demand and do whatever I want,” he pointed out.
The fight between Canelo Álvarez and David Benavidez is one of the most requested by boxing fans and connoisseurs, due to the quality of both fighters, who have shown that they can put on a good show when they enter the ring.
It must be taken into account that the American boxer with Mexican and Ecuadorian roots already knows what it is to win a belt in this category. And he was champion from 2017 to 2018 and repeated from 2019 to 2020.
Canelo doesn’t care about his rival
In this sense, Saúl Álvarez also referred to the possibility of facing the American Terence Crawford in Saudi Arabia, after the public offer to organize said meeting, made by Turki Al-Sheikh, president of the General Entertainment Authority of that country.
“If they pay me twice as much as I normally earn, yes, but if they are going to pay the same, why?” he said.
With the victory by unanimous decision, with cards in favor of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112, Canelo Álvarez reached his record of 61 wins, 39 of them by knockout, two draws and two losses.
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