Benavidez vs Angula Sunday
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SKY SPORT 9, Channel 59.  1PM-4:30.  Free.  This Sunday in NZ.

Finally.  I'll list the undercard tomorrow
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Benavidez: The last 3 pounds wouldn’t come off

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Photo: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME

Former WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez has commented on losing his world title on the scale. “I’m very disappointed,” he said. “This is obviously my first time missing weight. Just very disappointed to lose the title on the scale, but I’m still going to win the fight tomorrow. I put the blame on myself. It’s just the last three pounds wouldn’t come off.
“Maybe not having the proper things I needed like no sauna. I was only able to go to the gym an hour a day since I got here. It’s just a couple of different things, but I still have a job to do tomorrow. Maybe later the opportunity will present itself, but I still have a fight to win.

“I didn’t think this all the way through. Coming in I thought I would have access to more, but I didn’t. Maybe this is a message to all the other fighters who have a little bit of trouble with their weight. It’s going to be hard to make the weight if you already have trouble.

“If you need a couple extra things like the gym or the sauna, you better come into the bubble already on weight. Because it’s very hard.”
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super middle David Benavidez 22 0 0
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Roamer Alexis Angulo 26 1 0
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vacant World Boxing Council World Super Middle Title

light Rolando Romero 11 0 0
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Jackson Marinez 19 0 0
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interim World Boxing Association World Light Title

heavy Otto Wallin 20 1 0
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Travis Kauffman 32 3 0
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heavy Carlos Negron 21 3 0
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Jonathan Rice 13 5 1
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super middle Alantez Fox 26 2 1
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Habib Ahmed 27 1 1
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Really good undercard. And a good heavyweight clash with Wallin/Kauffman.
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Marinez wuz robbed!!!

Rolly” Romero wins WBA interim lightweight title

In a clash between unbeaten fighters for the WBA interim lightweight title, Rolando “Rolly” Romero (12-0, 10 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Jackson Maríñez (19-1, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Romero spent most his time throwing haymakers while Maríñez countered with some nifty pro moves. In the end, judges scored it 115-113, 116-112, 118-110.
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Benavidez dominates Angulo, remains unbeaten

Undefeated former WBC super middleweight world champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez (23-0, 20 KOs), who lost his title yesterday on the scale, scored a tenth round TKO over former world title challenger Alexis Angulo (26-2, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. After ten rounds of one-sided punishment, Angulo’s corner stopped the fight.
“I rate myself a solid eight,” Benavidez said. “I could have done some stuff better, but overall it was a great performance. I didn’t want to go too fast and leave myself exposed for some big shots. He’s a heavy puncher. But like I said, I like to do the stuff that nobody has ever done. Nobody has ever stopped him and I’m pretty sure nobody is ever going to make him look like that again. I demolished him from round one to round 10.”

Benavidez said he was disappointed and embarrassed by not making the 168-pound weight limit on Friday. “Everything everyone said about me is true,” Benavidez said. “I should be a professional and come in on weight, but this time I couldn’t do it. It’s my first time not making weight in eight years of being a professional.”

“I really have to talk to my promoter to see what’s next,” Benavidez added. “I’ll fight anybody to get back to the spot I was. You could see by this performance tonight, I could put on a great performance against anybody and people will pay to see that. I’m probably going to go right back into training camp to make sure I don’t miss weight.”
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Marinez: I want a rematch!

By Robert Coster

Lightweight Jackson Marinez was naturally dejected by the extremely controversial decision rendered against him in favor of Rolando “Rolly” Romero for the WBA interim lightweight title on Saturday night. “I gave him a boxing lesson, a real spanking,” said Marinez. “Either the judges were corrupt or incompetent or both. For me, it was an easy fight. Romero is so limited. His face was his defense. I had him figured out from round one.”

The stylish young Dominican is now clamoring for a rematch. “Let’s do it again in another venue, with competent, honest judges,” he said.

Marinez’s manager Jorge Herasme concurred. “I appeal to the WBA to force a rematch. What happened on Saturday is so bad for boxing. It makes boxing lose all credibility. It becomes a crooked farce. I expect the WBA to intervene in this scandal. I’m counting on Gilbertico Mendoza. I know he will not accept what happened.”
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Golden Boy Won’t Let Canelo Alvarez Face Benavidez Says Ellerbe
August 16, 2020 by Michael Collins

David Benevidez won't ever get a chance to fight Canelo Alvarez, according to promoter Leonard Ellerbe. He says that Canelo's promoters at Golden Boy Promotions will never allow him to face the talented former WBC super-middleweight champion Benavidez (23-0, 20 KOs) because he's too talented.

The Mayweather Promotions CEO Ellerbe says both Benavidez and Caleb Plant would both beat Canelo Alvarez, but they’d also not be picked to face him either.

Ellerbe states that the 23-year-old Benavidez would be a stylistic nightmare for the 30-year-old Canelo due to his size, power, and speed. The combination of attributes that Benavidez has going for him will keep Golden Boy from ever letting Canelo face him.

In looking at the opposition that Golden Boy has been matching against Canelo recently, it’s hard to disagree with Ellerbe. Canelo has been fighting a lot of older guys:

Sergey Kovalev
Gennady Golovkin
Daniel Jacobs
Canelo’s next opponent could be someone like Callum Smith, who isn’t old, but he’s not considered to be as talented as Benavidez or IBF 168-lb champion Caleb Plant.

David Benavidez looked impressive last Saturday night in stopping Roamer Alexis Angulo (26-2, 22 KOs) by a 10th round knockout on Showtime Championship boxing from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Although Benavidez failed to make weight for the fight, he still got the victory in battering the 36-year-old Angulo until his corner pulled him out after the 10th round had ended.

Benavidez Won’t Ever Get Canelo Fight
“Stylistically, that’s a great fight, but Golden Boy would never make that fight,” said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe to Fighthype when asked how David Benavidez would do against Canelo Alvarez. “He’s big; he’s strong, he’s fast; all the wrong things for Canelo.”

Quotes: David Benavídez vs. Alexis Angulo
Golden Boy has never mentioned Benavidez as a potential opponent for Canelo after all these years, which backs up Ellerbe’s claim that he’ll never face the Mexican star.

David has been a significant player at 168 for the last couple of years, and Canelo hasn’t shown interest in fighting him. Rocky Fielding, Callum Smith, and Billy Joe Saunders are the super middleweights that Canelo has shown interest in fighting.

Is Benavidez as good as Fielding, Saunders, and Callum? If not, then it makes sense for Canelo to be ignoring him. But if Benavidez is better than those fighters, then it would be a similar situation as we just saw from Canelo in picking Sergey Kovalev to fight last November rather than IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.

“Canelo is a tremendous fighter, and he has tons and tons of experience now because he’s fought Floyd [Mayweather], but there are certain stylistic match-ups you won’t see him in with. That’s a compliment t their [Golden Boy Promotions] matchmaking. Their very good at matchmaking,” said Ellerbe.

So basically, Ellerbe is saying that Golden Boy Promotions have been cherry-picking Canelo’s opponents rather than matching him against the best. If Golden Boy been carefully selecting Canelo’s opposition all these years, does that still make him ‘The Face of Boxing,’ or does it suggest that he’s a product of careful matchmaking?

Canelo Alvarez, David Benavidez, Golden Boy Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe - David Benevidez won't ever get a chance to fight Canelo Alvarez, according to promoter Leonard Ellerbe. He says that Canelo's promoters at Golden Boy Promotions will never allow him to face the talented former WBC super-middleweight champion Benavidez (23-0, 20 KOs) because he's too talented.

Is Alvarez Capable Of Beating Benavidez, Beterbiev & Plant?
If this were the NFL and a team was allowed to place only teams with an 8-8 record in Super Bowl games, should be recognized as #1? That’s the question that pops into one’s mind when they hear Ellerbe talk about Canelo never being allowed to fight someone like Benavidez.

If Canelo isn’t facing the best, then can he still be considered as the best or do you see him as an opportunist, which is a label that Andre Ward gave to him recently. Ward said Canelo would never fight Artur Beterbiev, and thus far, he’s been correct.

“Robert [Garcia] and Eric [Gomez of Golden Boy] do a great job at that stuff,” said Ellerbe in discussing the way Canelo’s opponents are carefully selected for each fight. “In my opinion, Caleb [Plant] and Benavidez beat Canelo. Both guys beat him,” said Ellerbe.

As talented as Caleb Plant and Benavidez are both looking right now, you can make a strong argument that they’re #1 and #2, respectively, at 168. That’s not a knock on Canelo, who is a superb fighter, but he looked very beatable in his last fight against the badly shot Sergey Kovalev last November.

Kovalev, who looked like he fighting at 50% capacity, was beating Canelo through the first ten rounds of the contest before getting caught in the 11th round after he gassed out. This wasn’t the Kovalev that had terrorized the 175-lb division in 2013, and this wasn’t a talent like Beterbiev or WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.

Canelo Alvarez, David Benavidez, Golden Boy Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe - David Benevidez won't ever get a chance to fight Canelo Alvarez, according to promoter Leonard Ellerbe. He says that Canelo's promoters at Golden Boy Promotions will never allow him to face the talented former WBC super-middleweight champion Benavidez (23-0, 20 KOs) because he's too talented.
Judging Canelo off his performance against Kovalev, you’d have to pick these fighters as beating him handily:

David Benavidez
Caleb Plant
Artur Beterbiev
Jean Pascal
Gilberto Ramirez
Dmitry Bivol
Edgar Berlanga

Canelo Calls The Shots In Picking Opponents
“It would be [a big fight between Benavidez and Canelo], but they [Golden Boy] have other options,” Ellerbe said about Golden Boy having other options for Canelo rather than letting him face Benavidez in a risky fight.

“Canelo is the top dog, so he has other options. He’s in the position where he can pick and choose what he wants to do, and he’s not looking to run through a brick wall [Benavidez or Plant].

If Canelo wanted to impress the boxing world, he would choose Benavidez, Plant, Bivol, or Beterbiev for his next fight. At least Canelo would disprove Ellerbe’s theory that Golden Boy is cherry-picking his opposition instead of matching him against the best.

Canelo’s fans point out that he fought Gennady Golovkin twice, but the problem with that is he didn’t fight him until he was 35-years-old.

Canelo Alvarez, David Benavidez, Golden Boy Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe - David Benevidez won't ever get a chance to fight Canelo Alvarez, according to promoter Leonard Ellerbe. He says that Canelo's promoters at Golden Boy Promotions will never allow him to face the talented former WBC super-middleweight champion Benavidez (23-0, 20 KOs) because he's too talented.
“He’s put himself in that position as the top dog,” Ellerbe continued in talking about Canelo. “He’s calling the shots, and I highly doubt [that Canelo will fight Benavidez or Plant]. I’m not his promoter. I give them [Golden Boy] a lot of credit for moving him.

“David Benavidez is cut a little different,” said Ellerbe when asked if Canelo will get in close and work Benavidez’s body to beat him. He has tremendous hand speed,” said Ellerbe.
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