Canelo Alvarez opens as decent betting favorite to beat David Benavidez amid links to future boxing fight
Super middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez has opened as a quite significant betting favorite to hand current interim divisional titleholder, David Benavidez his first professional blemish in a potential title unification bout in the future – with the pair continually linked to a championship clash.
Canelo, the current WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO super middleweight champion, continued his winning run back in September of last year in Las Vegas, turning in a staggering sixtieth professional win, in the form of a unanimous decision victory against Jermell Charlo in the pair’s title fight.
As for 27-year-old interim gold holder, Benavidez, the Arizonian turned in his twenty eighth straight win back in November in ‘Sin City’ to boot – landing a sixth round finish over Demetrius Andrade – extending his stunning unbeaten record.
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And with betting – and in particular, the guide offshore gambling provided in mind, Canelo is currently holding odds in the region of -215 as a betting favorite to hand the +162 betting underdog, Benavidez his first professional loss since his career began back in 2013.
And continuing in his pursuit of a title unification fight with Mexican striker, Canelo, Benavidez, who campaigned for a fight with the 33-year-old following his decision win over common-foe, Caleb Plant, is a sizeable underdog to defeat the former if they fight.
In the midst of a three-fight winning spree since he dropped his second career loss in a light heavyweight title pursuit against European puncher, Dmitry Bivol, Canelo shut out his trilogy with Gennady Golovkin with a decision win, before landing a victory on points against British challenger, John Ryder in his return to his native Mexico, prior to September’s win over Charlo.
In his sole other professional loss, Canelo headlined a pay-per-view card against unbeaten icon, Floyd Mayweather Jr. back in 2013, suffering a decision loss to the Grand Rapids star.
Since then, however, Jalisco native, Canelo has turned in stunning title fight wins over the likes of Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Liam Smith, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Daniel Jacobs, Sergey Kovalev, Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, and the above-mentioned, Golovkin.
A devastating knockout artist, from his 28 professional wins, Benavidez, 27, has landed a jaw-dropping 24 stoppage victories via strikes.
First landing WBC gold at the super middleweight limit back in 2017, Benavidez would beat Ronald Gavril in a split decision success.
In 2022, Benavidez would capture the interim super middleweight limit under the governing body of the WBC, beating David Lemieux with a third round knockout win, before turning in consecutive decision successes against both Plant, and the above-mentioned, Andrade.
Remaining non-committal a future title unification bout with Benavidez this year at least, veteran kingpin, Canelo stressed that while he plans to fight in May and September of this year, he holds all the cards – not the interim champion.
“Right now, my dates are May and September,” Canelo Alvarez explained back in December. “Those are the dates that I always look to fight. This Monday I’m gonna have a meeting and see what’s next.”
“Look, a lot of things can be said, but, at the end of the day, I’m the king and I can do what I want,” Canelo Alvarez said of a fight with David Benavidez. “We’ll see. Like I’ve said, always, I’m here to make the good fights. If that’s a good fight for September, or he has to wait a little bit, we’ll see. At the end of the day, sometimes the fights are bigger when you have to wait a little bit.”
That same month, Benavidez questioned why a bout with Canelo had failed to come to fruition as of yet, claiming the Mexican should simply just fight “celebrities” instead of world champions in the future.
“I know people say, ‘He’s done enough’, and ‘He doesn’t need to fight.’ so why does he have all the belts?” David Benavidez explained. “He should just be in celebrity boxing matches, why does he keep holding the belts hostage and not giving the number one contenders the opportunities they deserve.”
“When the WBC ordered him to fight (Avni) Yildirim he rushed into it,” Benavidez said. “You owe it to the people, let’s give the people what they want to see. Hopefully, the mandatory fight against Canelo will be made. He and I need each other. Canelo needs me as much as I need him. I can knock him out and if he doesn’t want me to go to 175 [pounds] to face Dmitry Bivol – I’ve been boxing for 10 years, so it’s time to look and challenge the champions there.”
And while Benavidez remains hopeful of landing a fight with Canelo next, incoming force, Tijuana native, Jaime Munguia could very-well spoil the Phoenix star’s plans after his victory against John Ryder in the pair’s clash – in the hope of setting up an all-Mexican showdown against super middleweight ace, Canelo next.
