Canelo Alvarez issued a fired-up response to claim that he ran from his most dangerous foe… ‘I can do whatever I want’

Canelo Alvarez lashed out after being criticized for not fighting David Benavidez

For some time, there has been one opponent that a lot of boxing fans have wanted to see go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez.

The 35-year-old may still be the biggest Mexican star in boxing but there is one fighter who might take this spot once Alvarez decides to call time on his career.

David Benavidez is undefeated at 30-0 with 26 of his wins coming via knockout.

While he may only be 28 years old, it looks like his path might not cross with Alvarez due to them currently competing in different weight classes, though this is a matchup that Benavidez has heavily pushed for.

In an interview with FightHype, Alvarez responded to his fellow Mexican’s callouts and some of the criticism that he has faced for taking on different opponents in recent years.

“With the way he talks, he thinks he’s Superman. He’s very disrespectful, not just with me but with everybody, and he’s accomplished nothing. He’s not even a champion. He’s not even in my weight class [anymore].”

After diminishing Benavidez’s accomplishments, Alvarez went on to say that after everything he has done in his career, people cannot criticize him for choosing who to fight.

“There’s a lot of things there that doesn’t make sense, and plus, at this point in my career, I can do whatever I want. You guys can’t take anything away from my career and my legacy for anything. If you see my resume, I fought everybody out there, all the elite fighters out there. I’m very good with my resume.”

David Benavidez predicts Canelo Alvarez’s fight with Terence Crawford

In a recent interview with Clocked N’ Loaded, David Benavidez gave his prediction for Canelo Alvarez’s upcoming fight with Terence Crawford.

‘Bud’ has been incredibly successful when moving up weight classes but a lot of people, Benavidez included, believe that this will be too big of a jump for him.

“I think Canelo’s gonna win, only because of the size, you know what I mean? Crawford is coming up three weight classes so I think, you know, Canelo’s more of a natural super-middleweight, this is Crawford’s first super-middleweight fight so I gotta go for him.”

Benavidez, who became the WBC light heavyweight champion after Dmitry Bivol relinquished the title, is set to defend the belt against Anthony Yarde on November 22.