The authoritative American trainer Virgil Hunter said that he believes David Benavidez favorite in a potential fight against the absolute world champion in the second middleweight Saul Alvarez.
“I see that in this fight everything will depend on who can keep the opponent on the back foot. Canelo doesn’t like to fight on the back foot, and David doesn’t like it either. More precisely, I can’t say this for sure because I haven’t seen Benavidez on the back foot. But I saw Bivol make Canelo back away. Saul did not succeed on his hind leg.
So the best chance of winning this battle will be with the one who can control the territory. If I were to bet, I would bet on Benavidez's jab and how he uses it. This would give him an excellent chance of winning this fight,” Boxing Social quotes Hunter.
