{"id":564346,"date":"2026-05-03T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564346\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:49:09","slug":"canelo-alvarez-explains-early-exit-before-benavidez-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564346\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez Explains Early Exit Before Benavidez Win"},"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>From a promotional standpoint, he completely denied David Benavidez the \u201cmoney shot\u201d that usually fuels these massive pay-per-view builds.<\/p>\n<p>If Canelo is in the front row when Benavidez gets that sixth-round stoppage, the cameras immediately pan to him. Benavidez gets to point at him, the crowd roars, and the narrative that the fight is \u201chappening\u201d becomes unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>By exiting after Munguia\u2019s win, Canelo dictated the terms of his own presence. He showed support for a fellow Mexican fighter and teammate, then vanished before he could be used as a backdrop for someone else\u2019s marketing campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While fans often label this as ducking, it looks more like a cold business calculation. Canelo knows that his presence is a valuable commodity.<\/p>\n<p>By leaving, Canelo deflated the Benavidez Post-Fight Hype. Benavidez called him out to an empty seat, which carries far less importance than a highlight reel. The move by Canelo also kept the focus on Munguia. He presented the night around Jaime\u2019s success against Resendiz rather than the \u201cMonster\u201d in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo\u2019s exit also maintained his leverage. He continues to signal that he is the one who decides when, where, and if a fight happens.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez becoming a three-division champion by stopping a guy like Ramirez is a huge statement, but Canelo is the rare star who can make a statement just by being absent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From a promotional standpoint, he completely denied David Benavidez the \u201cmoney shot\u201d that usually fuels these massive pay-per-view&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-564346","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\/564346","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=564346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}