{"id":558319,"date":"2026-03-23T04:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558319\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:04:08","slug":"canelo-trainer-eddy-reynoso-delivers-david-benavidez-vs-gilberto-ramirez-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558319\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo trainer Eddy Reynoso delivers David Benavidez vs Gilberto Ramirez verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> and David Benavidez<\/a>\u2019s rivalry remains unsettled after years of back and forth. In May, Benavidez seeks a legacy-defining win up at cruiserweight against Gilberto Ramirez<\/a>, and now Canelo\u2019s trainer has revealed his prediction for the bout.<\/p>\n

Benavidez was in hot pursuit of Canelo for a number of years, possessing the WBC Interim super-middleweight title but still unable to secure a shot at the then undisputed champion, until he was forced to move up to light-heavyweight.<\/p>\n

At 175lbs, \u2018The Mexican Monster\u2019 has become the WBC light-heavyweight champion, but in six weeks\u2019 time, he ventures up to cruiserweight to challenge \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez<\/a> for the unified WBO and WBA marbles at 200lbs.<\/p>\n

In an interview with K.O. Artist Sports<\/a>, Eddy Reynoso, long-time trainer of Canelo, declared the fight as a close one, with the outcome hinging on which man makes fewer mistakes on the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cZurdo is a fighter who works more with his footwork, controls distance, and is very strong. He throws combinations and has good defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid is a great fighter who moves forward with a tight guard, throws strong combinations, and has a lot of speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a very evenly matched fight. Whoever performs better in the ring that night, whoever makes fewer mistakes, will win. It\u2019s a very close fight in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zurdo-Benavidez takes place on Saturday, May 2, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. As for Canelo, the four-division conqueror remains sidelined until September<\/a>, when he will presumably seek to reclaim a super-middleweight world title after losing them to Terence Crawford last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez\u2019s rivalry remains unsettled after years of back and forth. In May, Benavidez seeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-558319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}