{"id":460860,"date":"2026-03-06T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460860\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:34:10","slug":"david-benavidez-says-canelo-passed-on-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460860\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed On Fight"},"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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted to pay Canelo 150 [million], but he didn\u2019t want it. It was going to f*** him up,\u201d Benavidez said. \u201cBecause I\u2019ll beat the s*** out of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The matchup between Benavidez and Alvarez has been debated in boxing for several years. Alvarez held the undisputed championship at 168 pounds during that period while Benavidez repeatedly pushed for a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez twice held the WBC super middleweight title earlier in his career, but never fought Alvarez during the period when Alvarez collected all four belts in the division. Instead, Alvarez defended the titles against challengers that included Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Caleb Plant, and John Ryder.<\/p>\n<p>The bout was never finalized while Alvarez controlled the division, and it seems even less likely to happen now that he\u2019s coming off a loss to Terence Crawford. Benavidez said he still believes the matchup would be one of the biggest fights available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese fights are not for us. They\u2019re for the people. We deserve to give the people the best fights out there,\u201d Benavidez said. \u201cThis fight makes sense in so many different avenues. It\u2019s one of the biggest fights in boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to the money and the significance of the winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would make a lot of money, and the one who wins is going to be the baddest man on the planet,\u201d Benavidez said. \u201cUndefeated. There\u2019s a lot going on to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez added that he remains confident about the result if the bout ever takes place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m confident in myself 100%. I can\u2019t say the same for him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup continues to be discussed whenever either fighter is interviewed, even though both have moved on to different opponents since Canelo\u2019s run as undisputed champion at super middleweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThey wanted to pay Canelo 150 [million], but he didn\u2019t want it. It was going to f*** him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-460860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}