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Alvarez is, as mentioned, a pristine 9-0 at 168 pounds.
And if super middleweight is the weight class in which he chooses to focus his full-time energy, there are precisely zero foes who make more sense than David Benavidez.
After all, the 26-year-old is 27-0 with 23 KOs, has twice been a WBC champion at 168, and will be that organization’s mandatory contender through March.
He was last seen thrashing ex-Canelo foe Caleb Plant over 12 rounds in March, after which he renewed his claim to line-leader status when it comes to the next marquee opportunity.
But it’s by no means a guarantee that he’ll get it.
Perhaps not surprisingly because he’s taller and longer than Alvarez and has an 85.19-percent KO rate that adds a legitimate element of danger.
And, lest anyone forget, neither of his two title reigns was ended by an opponent in the ring.
So if it happens, it’s got the chance to be as good as it gets.
“The biggest fight at 168 is Canelo vs. David Benavidez,” Sirius XM radio host and former Ring editor Randy Gordon told Bleacher Report. “While Canelo is still in his prime, he should go after that fight and stop hoping Benavidez goes away. That could easily be 2023’s fight of the year.”
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