LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 25: David Benavidez (L) battles Demetrius Andrade in a WBC incredibly middleweight title battle at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 25, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Benavidez kept his title with a TKO. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
November 26, 2023 9: 30 am ET
David Benavidez was asked after his knockout of Demetrius Andrade what Mike Tyson stated throughout their brief post-fight conference at ringside.
“I simply informed Mike Tyson that I love him,” Benavidez stated in the ring. “And thanks so much for the inspiration he’s provided me. It’s not every day that a legend like Mike Tyson offers individuals a label. I simply desire to live up to my name.”
The label Tyson bestowed upon him is “The Mexican Monster.” And, yes, he’s living up to it.
The Mexican Monster @Benavidez300 stops Demetrius Andrade and puts the world, and another huge 🇲🇽 fighter, on notification.
There’s a brand-new individuals’s champ and his name is David Benavidez. #BenavidezAndrade pic.twitter.com/sTIu6uemHP
— Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) November 26, 2023
That was neverever more clear than on a remarkable Saturday night at Michelob Altra Anena in Las Vegas, where Benavidez dropped, mauled and lastly stopped one of the sport’s most prevented champs after the 6th round.
Benavidez, an “interim” beltholder, stated himself the finest 168-pound champ in the world after the battle. That’s a idea an increasing number of educated observers are start to buy into however there is just one method to show it.
He has to battle undeniable champ Canelo Alvarez, who Benavidez states he will chase till he lastly satisfies him in the ring.
“I simply strengthened myself as the controling entertainer that I am,” stated Benavidez, who has twotimes held significant extremely middleweight titles. “It was simply a tip of who the genuine champ at 168 is. They desire to see me versus Canelo and th