Regis Prograis feels that Canelo Alvarez can nonetheless whoop David Benavidez if the 2 combat, however that might change over time. Regis was impressed with what he noticed of Benavidez final Saturday evening along with his sixth spherical stoppage win over Demetrius Andrade in Las Vegas.
It gained’t make Benavidez glad to listen to Prograis choosing Canelo to beat him as a result of he feels he would win, and he’s been so targeted on getting his approach and reaching his purpose of combating the celebrity that he’s not contemplating what he desires.
Benavidez and his dad, Jose Sr., have been past pushy, making an attempt to get a combat with Canelo. He’s obtained to cease being so overbearing in pursuit of a combat with Alvarez.
Benavidez desires to face the mega-star Canelo to extend his standing and take his profession to the following degree, however he’s doing it in a approach that’s not taking Alvarez’s emotions into consideration.
The WBC gentle welterweight champion Prograis felt that the 6’2″ Benavidez was “too huge and too sturdy” for the 35-year-old Andrade. Benavidez’s dimension gave him a bonus over Andrade, who didn’t appear like he was in the identical weight class.
Prograis thinks that as Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) features extra expertise, he might beat Canelo. The 26-year-old Benavidez and his dad, Jose Sr., don’t need to wait any longer as a result of they need the 33-year-old Canelo now.
Given Canelo’s age and lengthy 18-year skilled profession, he’s not going to be round for much longer. Benavidez ought to most likely cease pushing for the combat and concentrate on his profession.
David Benavidez was too huge for Andrade
“Benavidez stunned me. I believed it was going to be an in depth combat, however Benavidez went on the market and destroyed Boo Boo,” stated Regis Prograis to Fighthype when requested about his view on final Saturday’s combat between David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade.
That combat might have been extra aggressive if it had occurred 5 to seven years in the past when Andrade was youthful and extra energetic along with his profession. However within the final 4 or 5 years, he’s aged, and he’s not often fought. When Andrade has fought, it’s been towards weak opposition because of the prime guys at 154 and 160 not desirous to combat him.
“I believed Boo Boo was going to do higher than that, however proper now, Benavidez seems to be like a person towards boys,” stated Prograis. “He’s too huge; he’s too sturdy. That’s all. He’s beating these guys down too simply.”
If you happen to noticed Andrade’s debut at 168 towards journeyman Demond Nicholson final January, it was apparent that he was going to have huge issues towards Benavidez as a result of he was too small & previous for the burden class.
Nicholson dropped Andrade, and gave him numerous bother, and that’s a fighter that Edgar Berlanga knocked down 3 times in 2021.
Out of all of the fighters which have wished to combat Canelo up to now, Benavidez has pushed the toughest for the longest interval. Not even Gennadiy Golovkin was as insistent as Benavidez in pestering Canelo for a combat.
Canelo vs. Benavidez = tremendous combat
“His dimension. They’re the identical weight [at the weigh-in], however his dimension is an excessive amount of for these guys proper now, and proper now, it’s man vs. boys,” stated Prograis.
Regis needed to have meant that Benavidez was the identical dimension as Andrade on the weigh-in as a result of he seemed loads larger contained in the ring on combat evening.
It’ll be fascinating to see how effectively Benavidez does when he strikes as much as 175 like his father Jose Sr. retains speaking about him doing if he doesn’t get the Canelo combat.
That’s an excellent combat,” stated Prograis a couple of combat between Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez. “I really texted Benavidez. I instructed him, ‘I hope you get that Canelo combat. Proper now, I’ll nonetheless give it to Canelo simply because you may by no means go away from Canelo. He’s a Corridor of Famer.
“For my part, Canelo is the very best Mexican fighter in historical past. I do know now we have Julio Cesar Chavez, however for those who have a look at Canelo’s resume, it’s loopy. He’s finished a lot within the sport already, and he’s simply so good.
“So for me, I might nonetheless go together with Canelo proper now, however as time goes on, and if Benavidez retains getting expertise beneath his belt, I may need to lean extra towards Benavidez, however proper now, I lean extra in direction of Canelo as a result of he did have the higher competitors,” stated Prograis.
