Eddie Hearn says David Benavidez may get his long-awaited combat towards Canelo Alvarez if he comes by means of his March twenty fifth match towards Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant.
If Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) comes out victorious towards Benavidez, Hearn says that’s not an opponent that Canelo will hassle preventing, seeing that he already knocked out ‘Sweethands’ within the eleventh spherical in 2021.
Subsequently, it’s not an interesting match-up for Canelo given all the opposite thrilling opponents which are on the market for him to combat. Plant clearly doesn’t know that, as he believes that he’s received a shot at getting a profitable rematch with Canelo.
If Plant didn’t assume he had an opportunity of preventing Canelo once more, he in all probability wouldn’t be taking the Benavidez combat as a result of that’s a dangerous one wherein he may get knocked out or, on the very least, badly overwhelmed up in dropping a grueling 12 spherical choice towards the younger 26-year-old ‘Mexican Monster.’
Hearn states that Benavidez would get his shot towards Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) after the Mexican star’s rematch with Dmitry Bivol in September.
What’s unclear is whether or not Canelo will nonetheless be the undisputed tremendous middleweight champion at that time as a result of his rematch with Bivol will likely be for his 4 168-lb titles.
If Canelo loses that combat, he’ll be beltless, which means that his match towards Benavidez received’t have any straps on the road until the WBC whips one up in a jiffy.
Fortunately, you possibly can at all times rely on the World Boxing Council to supply considered one of their belts for important fights with none titles.
“It’s an incredible combat and precisely the sort of combat that we have to see,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Boxing Social in regards to the Caleb Plant vs. David Benavidez combat on March twenty fifth.
“Clearly, Canelo has already knocked out Caleb Plant. Even when Caleb Plant beats Benavidez, I’m undecided that’s the combat [for Canelo]. However Benavidez towards Canelo, I really feel that’s an enormous combat.
“I’ve at all times mentioned that Benavidez is in search of these fights, however you need to have them. So if Benavidez comes by means of Plant, which is a extremely good combat, then he places himself. There will likely be lots of people pressuring that combat after Canelo fights Dmitry Bivol,” mentioned Hearn.
We’ll should see if Canelo exhibits curiosity in preventing Benavidez after his rematch with Bivol in September. Assuming Canelo loses to Bivol once more, he’ll in all probability need a confidence booster slightly than taking over Benavidez.