Canelo Alvarez is a face of boxing he shows spectacular performance in the ring he is on the top of the “GOAT” list after his last fight with Jermell Charlo he successfully retained his super middleweight world titles via score of (119-108, 118-109 ,118-109) after this fight canelo has a mandatory opponent .
The American boxer David Benavidez two times WBC super middleweight champion is a mandatory opponent for canelo. his last fight with Demetrius Andrade which benavidez wins makes him no contender to face canelo who defends his four super middleweight titles against charlo
During his postfight press conference Benavidez made it clear that he wants canelo next
” the people want Canelo and that’s we want too, Give me the fight we all want to see,”Benavidez said
“lets give the people what they want to see” BENAVIDEZ said people want to see David Benavidez vs Canelo Alvarez.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) gave greenlight for David Benavidez to be the official challenger for Canelo
It was confirmed in the 61th annual convention of the WBC by the Mauricio Sulaiman. In this conference Sulaiman confirmed that David Benavidez vs Canelo Alvarez will have to take place
Sulaiman himself was asked about the possible date of clash he points to May or September 2024
” It is the most important division at the moment and we will be careful to get to the right path, where justice is done,where no rules are broken and the best is done for boxing” said by the WBC President.