March
01David Benavidez sat on the ring apron at the downtown BOXR Gym and wrapped his hands — just because the Canelo Alvarez fight he has pushed so hard to land seems farther away than ever, it doesn’t mean the work stops. Alvarez has long stated Benavidez (and other fighters) must earn a shot at boxing’s top star, and there’s no doubt following his breakthrough campaign last year that Benavidez did exactly that. He brutalized Caleb Plant in a March decision victory and followed with a sixth-round TKO triumph over Demetrius Andrade in November. The calls for an Alvarez-Benavidez matchup for […]