By: Sean Crose
“Benavidez is a monster,” Oscar De La Hoya stated to Fight Hub in a not too long ago posted video. “He has a lot of aggression, but he knows how to use it. ” De La Hoya, the legendary fighter turned promoter, has seen loads in his time. Say what one will, when De La Hoya talks boxing, individuals pay attention. His phrases concerning tremendous middleweight Benavidez, nonetheless, are certain to boost some eyebrows. “I think he knocks him out,” the person as soon as known as “The Golden Boy” stated of a Benavidez match towards undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. “Benavidez,” De La Hoya repeated, “is a monster.”
While basically admitting that he would possibly very properly be mistaken, De La Hoya then defined why he feels Beanvidez may truly trump Canelo in the precise. “Just by studying,” he stated, “and being an historian of boxing, the writing’s on the wall (for Canelo). If Benavidez is going to throw fifty punches a round, then guess whose going to win?” In the top, De La Hoya indicated it will all come right down to output. “I think Benavidez, because he’s young, because he’s strong, because he’s very versatile and throws a lot of punches, it’s going to create problems for Canelo,” he stated.
Before there’s any probability of dealing with Canelo, nonetheless, Benavidez has to get previous the extremely expert and enigmatic Demetrius Andrade when the 2 males meet on the twenty fifth of this month in Las Vegas because the headliner of a pay per view card. It’s an attention-grabbing combat, one that would – on paper not less than – go both approach. It’s a basic boxer-puncher state of affairs with the ability punching Benavidez seeking to break down the fluid and assured Andrade. While it’s debatable whether or not or not the standard pairing of Benavidez and Andrade is pay per view worthy, it’s a easy undeniable fact that the Benavidez-Andrade would be the final combat of notice to be broadcast by Showtime.
“It’s a sad moment for boxing,” De La Hoya mirrored on the cable community’s exit from the combat scene. “Showtime really did a great job in giving us amazing fights over the years…they will be missed. I strongly feel when someone exits the sport of boxing they leave a nice memory in many people’s minds.” Still, whereas few would deny Showtime will likely be missed by followers, De La Hoya took a considerably bigger view of issues. “Life goes on,” he stated, “and boxing goes on, and boxing moves forward.”
