David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant - 25 March 2023 | Page 2

46 Wins · 2023-02-27

Former champion vs former champion, the Mexican Monster takes on Sweet Hands on Showtime PPV in a fight that's been in the making for years now. Finally they'll get it on for the right to challenge the WBC champion, the dislike is genuine here, Benavidez says this won't go past 6.

steviebruno

· #21 · 2 mo ago

Cableaddict said:
I disagree.

The biggest advantage a tall fighter has is the ability to just pull his head back into a safe zone. But Bena never does that. He relies mostly on blocking shots with his gloves, plus some lateral movement. Canelo will have all the advantages that a shorter fighter always has, with the most relevant one being that it's harder to throw an uppercut against a much shorter fighter. One of Bena's main weapons is the uppercut.

Bena is also somewhat susceptible to body shots, as he's tall and likes to keep his gloves high. Canelo's great and throwing hooks to the body, and being so short, it will be even harder for Bena to see them coming.

And finally, while Bena's #1 advantage is his exceptional hand speed, Canelo has the best defensive head movement in the sport today. If anyone can avoid / diffuse Bena's standard attack, it's Canelo. That means Bena will have to rely more on slower power shots, and that means fighting closer, where Canelo rules the land.

Canelo isn't going to diffuse Benavidez' attack with stationary feet and pure head movement; David will simply throw in feints, alter his attack upstairs and downstairs, and alter the speed/power in his punches. Literally everything he couldn't do against Plant because Caleb wouldn't stand still. If Canelo spends the fight trying to offset Benavidez' attack, he'll never get going on his own attack. He'll have to take some real damage in order to get the job done.

Even in moving up in weight, Canelo has been able to play the stalker and walk his opponents down, controlling range and setting up his heavy looping counters. He would not have that luxury here, and it would be interesting to see Canelo trying to fight off of the back foot.

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· #22 · 2 mo ago

Sister Sledge said:
So you are saying that Canelo is a better infighter than DB? I hope you are not saying that, because Canelo likes is not an infighter and likes to have his own range. David is a much better infighter.

I didn't say that at all. Canelo is great at exploding in then immediately getting out again. I said he's a great body puncher, which he is, and an advantage that will be amplified by the extreme height difference.

And yeah, Bena like to mix it up on the inside, more than you'd expect from such a tall fighter. - but one of his main weapons on the inside is the uppercut, which he won't easily land against a much shorter opponent. - And if he bends down to land it, Canelo will counter him into Thursday.

I love me some Benavidez, but I think Canelo has most of the advantages in this matchup..

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Sister Sledge

· #23 · 2 mo ago

Cableaddict said:
I didn't say that at all. Canelo is great at exploding in then immediately getting out again. I said he's a great body puncher, which he is, and an advantage that will be amplified by the extreme height difference.

And yeah, Bena like to mix it up on the inside, more than you'd expect from such a tall fighter. - but one of his main weapons on the inside is the uppercut, which he won't easily land against a much shorter opponent. - And if he bends down to land it, Canelo will counter him into Thursday.

I love me some Benavidez, but I think Canelo has most of the advantages in this matchup..

To each his own, my friend. Let's see if Canelo even takes the fight.

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· #24 · 2 mo ago

Cableaddict said:
I didn't say that at all. Canelo is great at exploding in then immediately getting out again. I said he's a great body puncher, which he is, and an advantage that will be amplified by the extreme height difference.

And yeah, Bena like to mix it up on the inside, more than you'd expect from such a tall fighter. - but one of his main weapons on the inside is the uppercut, which he won't easily land against a much shorter opponent. - And if he bends down to land it, Canelo will counter him into Thursday.

I love me some Benavidez, but I think Canelo has most of the advantages in this matchup..

Canelo is a much better infighter than Benavidez. He's more compact, throws wicked body punches, has great head movement to avoid much of what may come back at him and Benavidez shows his body way too much between squaring up like he does and winging those head shots from all angles. I watched 3 of Benavidez's fights just this week and in every one of them he squared up against his opponent several times a round. Canelo will wreck that torso, and once the body breaks down, the head will follow.

Canelo has shown he can outfight taller Supermiddleweights. The guys only 2 losses were to Mayweather, who is slicker than snot in the ring and a true Light Heavyweight Champion in Bivol.

If that fight happens, my money will be on Alvarez.

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Discussion Starter · #25 · 2 mo ago

gumbo2176 said:
Canelo is a much better infighter than Benavidez. He's more compact, throws wicked body punches, has great head movement to avoid much of what may come back at him and Benavidez shows his body way too much between squaring up like he does and winging those head shots from all angles. I watched 3 of Benavidez's fights just this week and in every one of them he squared up against his opponent several times a round. Canelo will wreck that torso, and once the body breaks down, the head will follow.

Canelo has shown he can outfight taller Supermiddleweights. The guys only 2 losses were to Mayweather, who is slicker than snot in the ring and a true Light Heavyweight Champion in Bivol.

If that fight happens, my money will be on Alvarez.

I agree, the question then is what's the problem here? Benavidez has been the WBC no.1 contender for about 2 years and interim champion for a bit less but no fight with Canelo still. Instead he's fighting Ryder and apparently he doesn't fight Mexicans (anymore). Benavidez has been calling for the fight for years and Canelo keeps making excuses, seems as if we have more faith in him than he does himself.

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steviebruno

· #26 · 2 mo ago

gumbo2176 said:
Canelo is a much better infighter than Benavidez. He's more compact, throws wicked body punches, has great head movement to avoid much of what may come back at him and Benavidez shows his body way too much between squaring up like he does and winging those head shots from all angles. I watched 3 of Benavidez's fights just this week and in every one of them he squared up against his opponent several times a round. Canelo will wreck that torso, and once the body breaks down, the head will follow.

Canelo has shown he can outfight taller Supermiddleweights. The guys only 2 losses were to Mayweather, who is slicker than snot in the ring and a true Light Heavyweight Champion in Bivol.

If that fight happens, my money will be on Alvarez.

He may have only two official losses, but he has struggled against various styles since he began moving up. He should have at least one L against GGG (probably two), struggled against Jacobs and Plant, and barely got past Trout way back at 154. He's getting credit for being some sort of virtuoso performer when he really isn't.

He's been up against it before and he would be again. Let's just see the fight that we should've already seen before he tried to cherrypick his way to a cruiserweight titie.

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