Tim Bradley has weighed in on as potential fight between Terence Crawford and David Benavidez.
Crawford became undisputed super-middleweight champion last month after defeating Canelo Alvarez, and attention has now turned to who ‘Bud’ may take on next.
One name proposed by fans is David Benavidez, the current WBC light heavyweight champion, who is also a two-time world champion at super-middleweight.
Crawford beat Benavidez’s older brother Jose earlier in his career, and now former two-weight world champion Bradley has revealed on his YouTube channel how he thinks a clash between ‘Bud’ and ‘The Mexican Monster’ would go at 168lbs.
“If Crawford wants to stay at 168, I see a couple of guys there that are marquee names. One is Benavidez… If he comes back down to 168 that’s another crazy match-up for Bud.
“You have the skillset of Crawford and everything else he brings, but these guys have skills too and they’re bigger than him. That’s difficult. Canelo was the perfect size and style for Crawford, but when you start fighting giants like Benavidez who bring the size, volume, stamina, determination to win, the skill along with that…
“He already beat older brother, but trust me, little brother is a little bit different. His mentality is different too. We can talk about his flaws, but his strengths cover up a lot of those flaws. His ability and willingness to walk through a damn wall to get that victory.
“That’s a hell of a match-up. 60-40 either way, 55-45, 50-50, whatever you want to call it, but you never want to count out Terence Crawford, he’s that damn good.”
Benavidez returns to action next month when he defends his WBC light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde, and he recently made a U-turn on whether or not he would be willing to take on ‘Bud.’
