Sergio Mora believes David Benavidez can turn out to be the subsequent famous person in boxing as soon as Canelo Alvarez retires. He was impressed with Benavidez’s 12-round unanimous choice win over WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
He sees Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) as being a PPV star quickly, which might require that he beat the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 struggle. In fact, if Benavidez loses to considered one of them, Mora might want to re-think his prediction in regards to the ‘Mexican Monster’ changing into an enormous star for the subsequent 5 years.
The Beterbiev/Bivol Take a look at
It’s very potential that Benavidez will fail to turn out to be the star by shedding to Beterbiev or Bivol, or a few of the contenders within the 175-lb division. You noticed how marked up Benavidez acquired towards the 12-fight novice Morrell. If he faces a puncher like Joshua Buatsi, it could possibly be so much worse.
“He’s the subsequent famous person. As soon as Canelo goes into the sundown, it’s David Benavidez for the subsequent 5 years at the least that Mexicans are going to be supporting,” mentioned Sergio Mora to Chris Mannix’s YouTube channel, praising ‘The Mexican Monster’ after his win over David Morrell final Saturday evening.
“He’s keen to struggle one of the best. That’s the primary factor about David Benavidez. In the event you’re his resume, it’s already spectacular. From Demetrius Andrade to Caleb Plant to Gvozdyk and now this,” Mora Continued. “He welcomes all challenges, and that’s what boxing followers need. He’s going to be the subsequent PPV star for the subsequent 5 years.”
“He established himself outdoors of Bivol and Beterbiev, who’re nonetheless 1-2 at mild heavyweight. The subsequent man up is clearly David Benavidez,” mentioned Mannix. “No matter occurs with this Bivol-Beterbiev struggle, no matter what occurs, I wish to see the winner go up towards David Benavidez.
It’s means too early to foretell superstardom for Benavidez after this efficiency towards the 12-fight novice Morrell. Benavidez took quite a lot of punishment in that struggle, and that was towards a fighter who was solely combating in spurts. Issues could possibly be a lot totally different for Benavidez towards a relentless stress fighter like Artur Beterbiev or a boxer like Dmitry Bivol.
The query is whether or not Benavidez can take in a loss to Beterbiev or Bivol and nonetheless turn out to be a famous person along with his Mexican fanbase. In the event that they’re keen to miss a knockout loss for Benavidez towards Beterbiev or a call defeat to Bivol, he may probably turn out to be a PPV star as a contender or after these two retire or age sufficient for him to beat them.
“David Benavidez has spent the final couple of years pissed off at his lack of ability to get a Canelo struggle,” mentioned Mannix. “Now, you may see a reasonably clear pathway for Benavidez to turn out to be a famous person with out Canelo. He takes this win, and possibly he will get the winner of Beterbiev-Bivol. He’s speaking about combating the winner of Zurdo Ramirez at cruiserweight.”
If every part goes nicely for Benavidez, and he impressively defeats the Beterbiev-Bivol 2 winner, it will assist flip him right into a star. Nonetheless, it’ll nonetheless be onerous for him to take action with out changing into a crossover star within the U.S. like Oscar De La Hoya did.
The Charisma Issue
It received’t be sufficient for him to be embraced by Mexican American followers. He’s acquired to get the remainder of the boxing followers within the U.S., and for him to try this, he must be extra charismatic. Benavidez tends to say the identical factor in each interview for all of his opponents. It’s all the time, “I’m going to interrupt his face” or “I’m going to harm him.” He doesn’t provide you with new materials, and it makes him predictable and uninteresting. He doesn’t smile, giggle or joke. He’s all the time severe like he’s in a foul temper.
“There are quite a lot of good fights for him at 175 and above that may not solely make him wealthier however can construct that profile to the place he desires it to be. This might not have gone higher for Benavidez, who took an enormous step ahead on Saturday,” mentioned Mannix.
