Sergio Mora says that he perceives David Benavidez as a novel “box of boxing” after Canelo Alvarez was beaten by Terenka Crawford last weekend. Mora points out that Benavidez (30-0, 24 KO) is youthful at the age of 28, has no signs of ring clothing and has the size, speed and power as the next face of sport.
In the last two fights, Benavidez defeated the impressive main David Morrell and former WBC master Featherlight Heavyweight, Oleksandr Gvozdyka, winning a few 12 unanimous decisions. He did not run on the ring, like Crawford against Canelo and made him look ugly.
Benavidez’s “Mexican monster” overtook both warriors and it was not effortless. He was still ready to stay in trenches and trade with Morrell and Gvozdyk.
The novel king Mora is anointing boxing
“David Benavidez. He is 28 years aged and shows no signs of wear. He is an stimulating warrior, a” Mexican monster, “said Sergio Mora about Chris Mannix’s. canal Asked who is the next “box of boxing” in Terenka Crawford. “I think he can be another guy for a long time.”
Mora shook her head when Mannix said Crawford was currently the “face face” after the victory over Canelo Alvarez. He explained that he did not perceive Terence as a novel “face” after this win. He could be right.
Criteria of the best boxing star
It will become a “face of boxing”, which conducts sport, requires something more than defeating the previous one. Requires these things:
Will remain energetic: Benavidez defeated Crawford in this department. The “Mexican monster” fights twice a year, while Crawford has been constantly fighting every year since 2020.
Fighting the best: Not choosing older fighters when they become defenseless and torn by car accidents.
Having a versatile style: We saw how Crawford uses a lot of movement in his fight with Canelo and Israil Madrimov, which made both competitions uninteresting. In contrast to this, Benavidez began the war with David Morrell on February 1, 2025. Earlier he had an equally witty battle with Oleksandrem Gvozdyk on June 15 last year.
“It has an ideal mixture of speed and power. It’s so scarce, especially from a height of 6’2 ″ and has long shoulders. He is really a monster. I don’t see anyone beating him. So Benavidez is the future,” said Mora.
Collision course with Beterbiev
If there are doubts that Benavidez took over the “box of boxing”, he erases that if I will defeat Artur Beterbiev and / Dmitry Bivol. Benavidez defends his heavyweight WBC title against Anthony Yarde on November 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
If he wins this fight, it is possible to start with Beterbiv. The 175-Funting Master, Beterbiev, was on the basis of Benavidez-yarde against Deon Nicholson. There is already talk of Beterbaiew and Benavidez fighting with each other if they win their fights on November 22.
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Terence Crawford faced and defeated 42 different opponents during a 17-year career, but super-middleweight icon Carl Froch believes that there is one welterweight who would have put an end to Crawford’s unbeaten streak if they were to meet in their primes.
Crawford became the first post-war boxer to claim the undisputed title in three separate weight divisions last September; a run which began as a super-lightweight in 2015 by defeating Thomas Dulorme, then unifying against Viktor Postol before halting Julius Indongo in an undisputed title showdown.
‘Bud’ then moved on to the welterweight scene and knocked out Jeff Horn to capture the WBO world title on his 147lb debut, making five defences of the title before colliding with fierce rival and three-belt unified titleholder, Errol Spence Jr, in 2023.
In a unforgettable fight, Crawford brutally beat Spence down in an authoritative ninth-round stoppage win to capture the undisputed welterweight throne. Talk then turned to an unprecedented three-weight move up to super-middleweight to take on Canelo Alvarez.
After stopping off at super-welterweight to dethrone Israil Madrimov on his way up, Crawford debuted at super-middleweight in a challenge for Canelo’s undisputed crown and outboxed the Mexican superstar in an iconic win last year, hanging up the gloves three months later.
Despite those legendary achievements, Froch picked Floyd Mayweather Jr to come out on top in a potential fantasy fight against the Omaha southpaw, in an episode of ‘Froch on Fighting’.
Mayweather’s achievements speak for themselves, retiring with a perfect 50-0 unbeaten record after claiming world honours in five divisions, with his most impressive reign coming at 147lbs, where he defeated the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley.
Mayweather has been rumoured to make a comeback, but while there would be huge finances that would be on offer, Crawford has revealed that he would have no interest in ending his retirement for a bout with ‘TBE’, believing that the 49-year-old is ‘old’ and ‘done’.
Terence Crawford has been hailed by many as the best fighter of this generation following his retirement, and now WBC welterweight title hopeful Conor Benn has shared how he thinks ‘Bud’ would have fared against six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya.
Crawford became boxing’s sixth five-division world champion with an iconic win over Canelo Alvarez back in September; joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in that elite and exclusive club reserved only for legends of the sport.
Of that group, only De La Hoya and Pacquiao have gone on to conquer a sixth division, with De La Hoya’s 2004 WBO middleweight world title win over Felix Sturm seeing the Californian become the first boxer to ever become a sextuple champion.
Crawford could have joined ‘’The Golden Boy’ and ‘Pac-Man’ in achieving that feat, having been offered a middleweight world title shot during the aftermath of his triumph over Canelo late last year – a proposal which later fell apart due to a failed doping test by Janibek Alimkhanuly.
Continuing the praise that the Omaha-born southpaw has received since announcing his retirement last December, Benn told Daily Mail Boxing that he would favour the undefeated star to get the better of De La Hoya, if they were to meet in their primes.
Benn also went on to predict that Crawford would retain his unbeaten streak against other greats of the game, picking him to come out on top against each of Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
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