By: Sean Crose
“This is a fight I’ve been waiting for my whole life,” David Benavidez says in an interview with ESNews, “this is a step into the pay per view. I definitely want to leave a good impression and I want to leave my mark.” This weekend, the previous world titlist will face fellow former world titlist Caleb Plant in an excellent middleweight pay per view essential occasion. Canelo Alvarez would be the undisputed divisional champion, however each Benavidez and Plant are chomping on the bit.
“I want to get a knockout,” says Benavidez. “I’m on a six bout knockout street.” Knocking out Plant, who has solely misplaced as soon as and that was to a chief Canelo (in an honest battle) could be fairly spectacular for the undefeated Benavidez. The man has energy, certain, however he’s by no means gone up in opposition to the extraordinarily expert Plant earlier than. To maybe make issues much more intriguing heading into this weekend’s battle, there’s real dislike to be discovered between Benavidez and his opponent.
“I just don’t like him,” Benavidez says. “There’s a lot of people I just don’t like.” And, so far as Benavidez is anxious, it doesn’t go any deeper than that. “We just don’t like each other,” he says. “It’s a simple as that.” Fair sufficient – however how does Benavidez really feel the battle will prove? “I’m going to knock his ass out,” he says. “I have more knockouts than him. I have a better gas tank than him…I throw more than him. I land at a higher percentage than him.”
As for many who really feel Plant is just too good for him, Benavidez sees their opinions as sources of motivation. “I use that as fuel,” he says. “Everybody’s true colors come out once these type of fights come in.” Not that he sees Plant as a straightforward evening’s work. “Everything has to come out the arsenal,” he says of battle evening. “I’m going to have to use everything to really get this guy out of there.” With that being stated, Benavidez oozes confidence all through the interview. “I have the speed,” he says, “I have the power. I have the range. I have the way to put it together…Caleb Plant, he’s definitely going to push me, to bring it out of me.”
“This,” he says of Saturday’s pay per view essential occasion in Las Vegas, “is going to be the best performance of my career so far.”
