{"id":630495,"date":"2026-04-26T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630495\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:30:13","slug":"eddy-reynoso-says-canelo-alvarez-vs-david-benavidez-fight-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630495\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddy Reynoso Says Canelo Alvarez Vs David Benavidez Fight Is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Canelo\u2019s trainer and manager, Eddy Reynoso, said there is no path back to the matchup after Benavidez moved beyond super middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat fight against Benavidez is done. There was a time when that fight could have been made at 168, and it didn\u2019t happen, so it\u2019s done,\u201d Reynoso said to the Ring. \u201cBenavidez is now fighting at cruiserweight. There is a better chance for Benavidez to fight Oleksandr Usyk than there is to fight Canelo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is the strongest public dismissal yet of a fight that hung over the 168-pound division for years. Benavidez spent multiple seasons pressing for the bout while building his standing as the leading threat in the class. The fight never materialized, and he has since moved up in weight.<\/p>\n<p>Reynoso\u2019s comments also suggest Canelo\u2019s next stretch will focus on current super middleweight options rather than revisiting old demands. He said Alvarez plans to remain at 168 pounds, where names such as Christian Mbilli, Osleys Iglesias, and other titleholders are available.<\/p>\n<p>For years, many fans treated Benavidez as the unfinished business on Canelo\u2019s record. Reynoso is now framing it as a chapter that closed when the timing was there and passed without agreement. Once camps start speaking that plainly, those fights rarely come back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez had held the WBC interim champion and the mandatory challenger for what felt like an eternity, and the interest from Canelo\u2019s side remained at a consistent zero.<\/p>\n<p>By presenting this as a closed chapter due to Benavidez\u2019s departure, Reynoso is shifting the blame from Canelo didn\u2019t want it to the divisions no longer aligning. It allows them to promote fights against Jose Armando Resendiz or Hamzah Sheeraz without the Benavidez question looming over every press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo\u2019s trainer and manager, Eddy Reynoso, said there is no path back to the matchup after Benavidez moved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-630495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}