Ward spoke out about Alvarez's reluctance to fight Benavides

Famed boxing veteran Andre Ward criticized absolute world champion in the second middleweight division Saul Alvarez for not wanting to fight the holder of the WBC interim belt in the same category David Benavides.

"Will I criticize Saul if he doesn't fight Benavides? Of course. As for Alvarez's resume, you can look at his opponents, you can say he fought this and that.... But what condition were his opponents in? Canelo is 33 years old and has two losses. When he fought Kovalev, he was already finished. He was no longer the undefeated Crusher.

Alvarez is a really tough fighter, but you won't know how good until he fights another elite fighter," Ward said in an interview with YouTube channel Breakfast Club Power.