Canelo Took My Moment, Not Crawford’s

David Benavidez confirmed in an interview that he will not drop to 168 to challenge Terence Crawford for his middleweight championship.

Crawford took the stage instead

Benavidez says it should have been him who fought Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KOS). He believes it should have been his moment to fight Alvarez, not Crawford. However, Benavidez blames Canelo for not wanting to fight him, because he knows he will lose. That “Mexican Monster” should have been there that night on September 13th.

Canelo missed opportunity

What Mexican star Alvarez failed to realize is that he would have looked better in the eyes of the fans and in the record books if he had lost to Benavidez than to Crawford, because he would have been awarded a Built-in excuse He lost to the younger man and older man to return to him.

Instead, it looks bad that he was beaten by Crawford, who essentially came down three weight divisions from heavyweight to super middleweight to upset him.

“I have no interest in going down to 168,” David Benavidez told HUB TV Fight.

Benavidez adds that he wouldn’t move up to 168 to face Crawford for any amount of money. He’s not interested in this fight. Again, he still wants to fight Canelo, but it’s questionable if it will ever happen. If he didn’t fight him before, he’s unlikely to do so now after losing to Crawford.

“That was my moment”

“His ego is so big that he thought he could walk through him, catch him with a big bullet, and it would be done. I’m not happy that he lost. I felt like it could have been me.” That was my moment.” Benavidez said of feeling like he was the one who deserved to fight Canelo. “I had my hand raised, and that’s why it didn’t happen.”

Benavidez is right. He should have been the one who took the fight with Canelo, because he had been chasing him for years when he was fighting at middleweight. He only moved up to 175 because Alvarez wouldn’t fight. Benavidez was more deserving of the fight against Canelo than Crawford, who has never fought in the 168-pound weight class.