Timothy Bradley Jr. Will Criticize Canelo Alvarez If He Doesn’t Face David Benavidez Next

Timothy Bradley Jr. believes if Canelo Alvarez doesn’t face David Benavidez next time out, it would be disappointing.

Alvarez vs. Benavidez is one of the biggest fights to make in boxing, but he also has been linked to Chris Eubank Jr. and Edgar Berlanga next time out. But, Bradley Jr. thinks Alvarez needs to box Benavidez next time out as that is the biggest fight to make.

“If he fights [Chris] Eubank [Jr.] or [Edgar] Berlanga … bro, come on man,” Pro Box TV analyst and Hall of Fame fighter Timothy Bradley Jr. said on Monday’s episode of “Deep Waters” (via BoxingScene). “As great as Mayweather was, and what he did as ‘Pretty Boy,’ and leading up to the end of his career … everybody only looks at that – how he operated as a businessman. This is [beginning] for ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. We’re not getting the best possible fight out there. We want to see the [David] Benavidez fight.”

Timothy Bradley Jr. believes Canelo Alvarez is now holding the titles hostage by not facing the true No. 1 contender in David Benavidez which would stain his legacy.

“You’re holding the straps hostage,” Bradley said of Alvarez. “I’m letting y’all know right now – Canelo’s got a yellow stripe running down his damn back. Yes, he does people. You know what that means – he’s soft. Canelo is soft. Step up and face a real fighter in Benavidez. Someone who has rightfully earned his spot – someone who wants that world championship that you have…

“We can say it won’t tarnish your legacy,” Bradley said. “Yeah, at the end of the day, it is going to tarnish your legacy. With me, it is, because I’m saying, ‘Wait, hold up, you’re supposed to be a pound-for-pound great? But you don’t want to fight this guy to prove you’re a pound-for-pound great? As a champion?’ I have a problem with that. And I’m not going to shut up about it.”