David Benavidez is still hopeful of facing Canelo Alvarez one day.
Benavidez has chased a fight against Canelo for a number of years, but it has never materialised and ‘The Mexican Monster’ has since moved up to light heavyweight.
The closest that the boxing world seemed to be to getting the fight was in early 2024, when Alvarez was searching for his next opponent after his victory over Jermell Charlo.
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Benavidez has now explained to All The Smoke Fight that he was approached for the clash, and revealed how much he was offered.
“I always knew I was a problem for him because I was never at the forefront when he mentioned fights. I knew one day people would ask for that fight. They offered him 70 million to fight me, that’s before pay-per-view.
“He pays the guys a flat fee, they had offered me 5 million dollars, I said cool. Sampson Lewkowicz called us before the [Jaime] Munguia fight and said would you be willing to fight a flat fee of 5 million dollars, no pay-per-view. I said yes.”
Benavidez then stated how he believes the offer may have been a ploy.
“We had agreed then we never heard back. They were calling the bait out. They wanted to see if I said yes or no. I think they thought I was going to say ‘no I’m not going to fight for 5 million dollars, this fight is worth way more.’ I called the bluff.
“I said yes and that was the last time we ever heard about that fight. This fight is inevitable, everybody is asking for it. It’s the biggest fight that can possibly be made. I’m not scared of Canelo. I feel like I can beat him.”
Benavidez returns to action this weekend when he takes on David Morrell, with a victory placing him first in line to face the winner of the undisputed rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol later that month.
