By Frank Bay: Boxing’s face is Canelo Alvarez. I like it or not, this is a truth based on elementary economics. Alvarez brings the most money from every current boxer around the world, but most importantly in the United States (USA). Anthony Joshua can fight Canelo around the world, but he is certainly unable.
Not only the “face” economically, but also socially. Canelo attracts the greatest attention in recognized media (messages such as ESPN, boxing scene, Ring magazine, etc.) and with novel media, i.e. social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and X, which are dependent on clicks and views. So, if you want to cover boxing, you will talk about Canelo Alvarez in any way necessary.
Simply put, Canelo Alvarez undertook where Floyd Mayweather ended, and in front of him Oscar de la Hoya and to Ali. Like Canelo, they led out celebrities, actors, athletes and musicians. They attract the eyes and dollars of celebrated people and an ordinary man. This is how boxing works and as always worked. But from time to time there is someone who wants to disturb the system and the powerful role of the sauce train. Take us to Davis Benavidez around 2025.
Red monster
Who is David Benavidez, can you ask? In fact, Benavidez is on the other side of 28 years and he has been professionally boxed for 12 years at 168 pounds and 175 pounds. He achieved an impressive record of 30 wins and without losses from 24 KO. Technically, you can call him a 2x master, but this is based only on technical values, because he lost it first.
David, although he lost the title because of drug utilize and a second to the missing weight. He beat Porky Medina and Ronald Gavril for these titles. Not entirely the murderer’s government, but he was still the youngest 168-pound in boxing history. Benavidez is currently fighting for PBC and is advised by a notorious ghostly character Al Haymon. He is managed by the well -known boxing form Sampson Lewkowicz, who also discovered talents such as Serigo Martinez and Marcos Maidana.
Benavidez has always been a talent fighting in the shade, he says, being a fat child of his brother Jose Benavidez Jr. Jose Jr was a very advertised perspective, but because of the injury he was not able to move, so the family’s success depended on the green and teenage David.
There were already stories about David, because allegedly 13 -year -old sparring with such as Gennada Golovkin and other professionals. He was still the best guarded secret in boxing, but his star grew because the word was not. The best rank once tried to get the best beach Benevidez from the highest rank, but to no avail. David had ups and downs, but his falls could not come in a worse time.
Canelo Alvarez: King or dictator?
Bringing us back to the face of boxing. Canelo Alvarez was to move to 168 and become the undisputed champion in just 18 months. It was perhaps the worst fate of everyone for Benavidez, because since he lost the title, he was unable to maximize him, being one of the opponents that Canelo Alvarez had to go through.
No, instead, his stable Caleb plant gained a chance for Alvarez and a 10 million dollars changing life, which he apparently got after Canelo fell for the first time. Well played, caleb resl. David Benavidez looked outside again and remained outside, like one Demetrius Andrade was while attempting to hunt red -haired Mexico during his unfortunate race.
Andrade tried Canelo more and more, chasing him and criticizing him at press conferences, where we now get the celebrated quotes: “Get Phuck Outta Here Mane” and “You Horible Fighter”. Alvarez told Andrade the same thing that he did nothing and that he would never get a shot for being so disregarding.
It was the moment when Alvarez announced that he was in charge, and if you wanted “Peya Dey”, you had to kiss the king’s ring and play nice. He told the world of boxing, “he does what he wants.” Andrade held rounds with the media and social media platforms, howls to the moon that Alvarez threw him.
Everything was unsuccessful, it fell on the deaf ears, and Andrade’s career died of vine when he played safely, deciding to be inactive and fight the fighters of the low -coaliber, waiting for Canelo Alvarez. It never happened, and David Benavidez used this scenario, eliminating Andrade. The conquest of a man said that Canelo avoided.
Birth of a villain: Mexican monster
Now that Canelo was in his division, Benavidez saw the delicate at the end of the tunnel. But he was still fighting rather when Alvarez took 168 thrones, during which he was once human. He assumed that he would return to the top in a brief time. He just had to wait. So, to start the trial, Canelo Alvares begins to call. It sounds straightforward enough, but it soon turned. Canelo had other plans.
A monster was born at that time. He received a marking stamp by the legend herself, Iron Mike Tyson. In Mike Tyson’s podcast, the unknown David Benavidez was a guest. Some say Tyson did not really know who David was, so he mistakenly called him a Mexican monster. And the city legend was born.
It doesn’t matter that David is half an elecuadorian. David started and ran with it. There was no better fit than the Mexican monster for 6’1 220pd David Benavidez to contrast with 5’6 160-Isling Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican monster was now a popular topic.
The one who wears the crown is massive
The monster was now on the path of war to the king. But Alvarez, which became undisputed, was in an indestructible fortress. And the king had greater ambitions, passing to 175. David had a name, but the future looked gloomy. Apart from the recognition of Alvarez, David has not yet beat anyone.
Canelo was at this point isolated from criticism because he became undisputed. But after the defeat Bivol, the monster and society saw the king’s weakness. At this point, the murmurs began with fans and critics. What would Canelo do?
The answer to most was that Canelo would play her safely. Now, looking back, most would say that he tried to hold the crown by choosing protected opponents, while behaving as if Benavidez was an ordinary beggar.
Saturday’s fight with Keyshawn Davis and Edwin de Los Santos was officially canceled after Keyshawn did not reach weight on Friday and was deprived of his lithe WBO title. Davis (13-0, 9 KO) weighed 139.3 pounds, i.e. 4.3 pounds above the limit of 135 pounds.
Abdullah Mason Modern Headliner
The fight of Abdullah Mason with Jeremia Nakathila will be moved to the place to Headliner on Saturday evening to save the show to the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Mason has an invigorating combat style that makes him a perfect substitute for Keyshawn. When entering the fight, some fans perceived him as a worthy main header over Keyshawn.
Incorrect lithe pretender No. 2 WBO, Mason (18-0, 16 KO) comes from Ohio. This is not perfect to be the main event. However, the brothers Keyshawn, Kelvin and Keon Davis, are still on the card, and this will satisfy the crowd of Norfolk. Given that the Saturday event is shown at ESPN and ESPN+.
Keyshawn accepted a lot of criticism from fans for the missing weight. Many of them believe that he intentionally came to overweight to gain an advantage over the demanding punchating of Southpaw de los Santos (16-2, 14 KO).
What rejected the fans was Davis said that he was going to be his last fight at the age of 135 and that he moved to 140. In addition, he did not have the physical appearance of a warrior who pressed on the weight.
Davis: Miss unprofessional weight
“You should make a weight. Why did you sign a contract for 135 and placed the title on the line if you knew that you were not going to start?” Tim Bradley said WarriorResponding to Keyhawn Davis, who does not earn weight today.
Davis has never left his weight before during his tiny four -year professional career. In his last three fights he seemed to be bigger and looked like a weight class.
“It’s very unprofessional. You should do this weight. If you crawl on all fours to the scale, I say:” Damn, he tried to endure weight, but it was too much for him. ” But he didn’t crash on the scales at all, “Bradley said about Keyshawn.
Keyshawna size
The difference in size between Keyshawn and De Los Santos was noticeable during the last press conference on Thursday. After looking at Keyshawn, it could be said that it did not seem that he even began to take off the weight. However, de los Santos looked out of skin and skeletal.
“He is a immense 135-pound and was all his [4-year] career. However, he was busy, “Bradley said about Keyshawn. “It’s not like he was sitting for two years. He went from the camp to the camp. He should be able to bring this weight or get closer to this weight.”
Considering that Davis was already planning to leave a slight division, there was no reason for him to go through the bell, to go down to 135. However, if it was intended, he did not understand that the fight could be canceled.
“Four pounds are embarrassment, an senior. One pound, I understand. I understand some ounces, maybe even two pounds. But three pounds, four pounds and no, no. It’s not professional, senior. It’s bad and it’s unfortunate. Shame, shame, keyhawn. You dropped the ball here,” said Bradley.
Ego led Davis to failure
Lack of 4.3 pounds makes Keyshawn look bad. Is it on his part that prompted him to understand the response of fans? It can be. He seems to be a narcissus, and his victory over a cushioned opposition, which fed the highest rank, seemed to come to his head.
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Olympic champion IMane Khelif skipped Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after world sex tests for all athletes.
Algerian boxer, who won gold at the Paris Games last summer among the control of its qualification, did not register before closing the application on Thursday.
“The decision to exclude IMane is not ours. We regret it,” said Dirk Renders for the Associated Press.
Khelif intended to return to the international competition at the Eindhoven Hotel, before World Boxing announced a novel sexual test policy last Friday. The managing body specifically mentioned Khelif, saying that it would have to check to be approved for any upcoming events, including at the Eindhoven Box Cup.
Mayor Eindhoven Jeroen Dijsselbloem criticized the decision of world boxing.
“As for us, all athletes are welcome in Eindhoven. With the exception of athletes based on the controversial” sex tests “certainly does not match this,” wrote Dijsselbloem in a letter addressed to the Dutch Federation Boxing and the International Federation. Imane Khelif. “
Khelif won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris last summer among the international control of her and Taiwan Lin Yu-Tinta, another winner of the golden medal. The previous Olympic box managing body, dominated by Russia, international boxing association, disqualified both fighters from their 2023 world championships after they claimed that they failed to infected the qualification tests.
But Iba was banished for decades and controversies. The IOC led the last two Olympic boxing tournaments in its place and applied the principles of sexual eligibility used at previous Olympic Games. Khelif and Lin could compete according to these standards.
Since then, World Boxing has been temporarily approved as a boxing organizer at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 and stood in the face of the pressure of boxers and their federation to create gender qualifying standards.
His president, Boris Van der Vorst, apologized after Khelif was awarded in the announcement of the management body last week.
Khelif planned to defend her gold medal at the LA Games, but some boxers and their federations have already spoken against it.
Khelif won gold at the Eindhoven party last year, defeating Australian Marissa Williamson-Tohlman in the final.
Algerian also competed as delicate in the Tokyo Games in 2021, losing the quarter finals with the final gold medalist Kellie Harrington from Ireland.
Abdullah Mason says he is “grateful”, that he has the opportunity to fight in the main event with Jeremia Nakathlia on Saturday evening at ESPN at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Mason claims that he had to be “prepared for this moment” and wants to exploit it, winning modern fans with an impressive victory. It is amazing that 21-year-old warriors receive a live headline on ESPN, and he would never have got it if it wasn’t for Keyshawn Davis dropping the ball.
Delicate pretender, Mason (18-0, 16 KO), had a chance to lean after the fight Keyshawna Davis from Edwin de los Santos today for the highest position, because Davis has gone out of excess weight during weighing.
Last Thursday, Keyshawn tried to embarrass the Mason, confronting him from the media, dared that he would fight him in the next order, even though he had no experience in amateurs or professionals for this kind of competition. The failure of Keyshawna’s weight led him to perceive him as undisciplined, and many fans thought he deliberately did it to get an unfair advantage.
If the Mason looks spectacular against Nakoscilia, he could be transferred to the main status of the event for future cards with the highest rannch. This means more fame, larger warriors and higher wages.
“I had to be prepared at the moment and I am. I am simply grateful that they will perform as the main event and come here,” said Abdullah Mason Fight Hub tv On replacing Keyshawn Davis at the main event on Saturday evening at ESPN, Norfolk, Virginia.
It’s high time Abdullah to shine
This is an ideal situation in which the Mason shone on Saturday, because recently he was stolen by a series fighting on the approach. However, when the fights were buried well below the main event, he did not pay attention that he would get different if the headline, if he looked excellent on Saturday with a knockout out of heads. It will change his career. This is not only great for him, but also for the highest class.
Keyshawna’s brother, lightweight half-weight Kelvin Davis, will go to the slot of the factor for the 10-round fight against Nahir Albright this Saturday. It is an ideal place for Kelvin to get very necessary attention to his career. Kelvin’s fight was to be on the introductory card, but now he was improved to the main card.
“My goal is to show for Norfolk and for everyone watching me in the main event,” said Mason. “It will be my second time in ESPN. In the main event there will be many people who did not see me. They never saw me. So I’m just focused on Saturday evening.
“In the case of this fight for an accident, I perceive it as positive for my career. Norfolk is now becoming my second home. This is my first main event. For the first time, everyone loved me [against Yohan Vasquez]. They embraced me. So, for me to be here now, I feel as if everyone is still excited to watch the fight – said Mason.
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