{"id":53567,"date":"2025-08-08T21:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/53567\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T21:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:28:06","slug":"david-benavidez-didnt-hesitate-when-asked-if-he-will-fight-terence-crawford-if-he-beats-canelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/53567\/","title":{"rendered":"David Benavidez Didn’t Hesitate When Asked If He Will Fight Terence Crawford If He Beats Canelo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has landed a fight with Canelo Alvarez<\/a>, leaving David Benavidez<\/a> wondering if he will ever manage to do the same.<\/p>\n

Crawford will move up two divisions from his last outing at 154lbs for the challenge, hoping to relieve Mexican icon Canelo of his four world titles at 168.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is a fight Benavidez, now campaigning at 175, had chase for some years. The 28-year-old is not WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion and has made it clear time and again that he is only interested in the biggest and most intriguing challenges.<\/p>\n

That does not include pound-for-pound star \u2018Bud\u2019 as, speaking to Pro Boxing Fans<\/a>, Benavidez said that he would not move back down in weight to face the American should he become just the third man to beat Canelo.<\/p>\n

\u201cNah, I wouldn\u2019t fight Crawford. I\u2019m at 175.\u201d<\/p>\n

The point may be moot anyway, as Crawford has not mentioned sticking around at super-middleweight for any other fight. He has teased a potential drop back down to super welterweight to attempt to become undisputed in a fourth division, however many feel he may, at 38-years-old, seriously consider retirement. There is also the possibility of a rematch with Alvarez depending on how the action plays out.<\/p>\n

Benavidez has said that he wants the fight with Canelo at 175<\/a>, a weight the Mexican has fought at just twice in 68 bouts. After beating Sergey Kovalev in 2019, Canelo attempted the move again in 2022 but fell short to Dmitry Bivol.<\/p>\n

Many feel that he simply won\u2019t fight Benavidez, however with a belt on the line, potentially more if the latter manages to unify soon, certainly makes it a more appealing prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has landed a fight with Canelo Alvarez, leaving David Benavidez wondering if he will ever manage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-53567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53567","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=53567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}