I'll believe it when I see it signed GREAT fight, if so, up there with inoue Fulton Makes zero sense for team benavidez, despite whatever lewkowicz says
Big risk for Benavidez. If this fight is happening, it pretty much CONFIRMS that Canelo has already turned down their offer.
It Makes a SLIVER of Sense in That It's a "Unification" Fight of Sorts; Interim WBC Champ vs. Interim WBA Champ...Winner Would Be the Unified Super Middleweight "Lil' Bro" Champ, If You Will... But Aside from THAT, You're Absolutely Correct...Dangerous Fight for Benavidez, RISKY AF Coming Off the Plant Fight and the SHIFT In Public Opinion Regarding Canelo and His Apparent REFUSAL to Fight Him...Benavidez Has Waited 2-3 YEARS to Position Himself Where he's @ Currently....Now He's Reportedly Putting it on the Line vs. a 9-0 Guy???... REED's Shocked from Morrell's Perspective as Well; Put a TALENTED Youngster In w/the WRONG Guy @ the WRONG Time and You've Got Fernando Vargas All Over Again...Helluva Fight for FANS, But if REED Were a Member of EITHER Camp, He'd DELAY This Bout for @ Least a Year... 1. To Allow Benavidez to Clean Up the Canelo Mess 2. Allow Morrell a Chance to Actually Face a Bonafied Top 10 Contender PRIOR to Jumping into the Deeeeeeeeeeep End w/Benavidez REED
Lefkowicz Sent Team Canelo an Offer GUARANTEE'ing $50mil, Which was Substantiated by Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report and Boxing Scene... Reynoso Came Out and Said They NEVER Received an Offer, But Lefcowicz Called Their Bluff and RE-SENT the Offer, This Time PUBLICLY... Lefcowicz Has Since Reported He's Heard NATHAN from Team Canelo, Since Sending the $50mil Offer a 2nd Time...Canelo's Next Move Will Go a Loooooooong Way Towards CEMENTING His Legacy, One Way or the Other...Honestly, if Canelo Fights Benavidez THIS Year, He'd Pretty Much Get a PASS for the Remainder of His Career - Just Fight Guys We've Actually HEARD Of, No MORE, No LESS, Until Riding Off Into the Sunset... But if he DOESN'T Fight Benavidez THIS Year, Canelo Comes Off Looking Like a Cherry Picking OPPORTUNIST, Who Received Sanctioning Body/Boxing Commission "Protection" to Forge the Career He's Had... REED
He’d have a better chance against Benavidez than Bivol that’s for sure. But I’m thinking he will fight Jermall Charlo.
I think you're overrating Inoue-Fulton a bit. Fulton doesn't have much of a chance. I won't say he has no chance, but it'd be quite surprising. A Morrell upset of Bena would not be surprising. I think it's a combination of two things. One, Morrell is more talented with more firepower than Fulton. And two, Benavidez isn't as good as Inoue. Benavidez-Morrell is a better fight.
