Despite moving up to a new weight class, David Benavidez believes he can soon force a fight with Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez.
The 27-year-old has been chasing the bout for some time but the desire is not mutual, with unified champion Alvarez saying that the fight brings him nothing.
Tired of waiting, Benavidez recently made the jump to light-heavyweight and is now WBC mandatory challenger for the winner of the upcoming undisputed contest between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
In an interview with the Organically Speaking podcast, Benavidez revealed that he hopes the new path will still lead to Canelo.
“Canelo, he says that I can’t offer him nothing. I think Canelo’s a great fighter. I believe in myself. I believe I can beat the s**t out of him. Now, if I have all four major world titles at 175, in my head that’s the only way the fight’s gonna happen.
I’m already number one in line to fight for all four belts at 175 against the winner of Beterbiev-Bivol. I win all four belts, it’d be a great fight and maybe we could do a catchweight, you can put the 168 pound belts, I can put the 175 pound belts and we can fight together, winner take all.”
It seems it takes an ambitious plan to make a super fight and Benavidez has set himself one of the tallest tasks in the sport in defeating either Beterbiev or Bivol.
