Terenka Crawford does not believe that Canelo Alvarez has avoided fighting David Benavidez for many years, like many fans. Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) says that Alvarez decided not to fight Benavidez because he was “Additional disrespect“He was guided by him.

Terenka notes that Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KO) fought other fighters who did not respect him, but took him more personally, because Benavidez is a “Mexican” and went a little further with his biting comments. In fact, he is not a Mexican. Benavidez is American and has in the middle of Ecuador and half of Mexican roots. It does not come from Mexico.

Avoiding Benavidez

Fans do not buy this excuse, why Canelo did not fight Benavidez. They just see it as Alvarez, not wanting to fight someone who probably defeated him and probably knocked out. This is the same reason why Canelo decided to fight Dmitry Bivol, when he went to 175 three years ago than Artur Beterbavied, when he fought for the world championship title in 2022.

It is not a shock that Crawford paints a positive picture, why Canelo did not fight Benavidez, because he is queuing to face him on September 13. The last thing Crawford needs is to enter the wrong side of Canelo and let him decide not to fight him. This is the money from the pension that Crawford receives for this fight. It would be captivating if Terenka began the bad guesthouse Canelo, saying that it is so, and then stubbornly refuses to fight him in September. Where would Crawford go?

“Looking at the story of Canelo, about all the respected warriors, calling him, there were a lot of them. He fought everyone with them. From Shane Mosley to Lara, Danny Jacobs and Saunders – said Terenka Crawford to Ring magazine About previous opponents of Canelo Alvarez.

“When you look at all fighters who did not respect Canelo and still fought them. I think that from a Mexican point of view, when you have two Mexicans and one is extremely respectful for the other, he just took it more personally in the aspect of the race than sport, “said Crawford about why he thinks Canelo decided not to fight Benavidez.

“He took a sport from it and decided that he would not give Benavidez a payment, which he wanted only because he felt something different at that moment,” said Crawford.