Yes we can't stop him, many boxers as well in the past have that ambition to move up in weight and claim the belt. But only few and very gifted athletes have done that in the past, Floyd, Manny, Oscar Dela Hoya to name a few.
Oscar though tasted defeated when he tries to go as high as middleweight and fight his now GBP partner in Bernard Hopkins and get knock out in a body punch. So lets see how far David can go in his career.
It's true what happened with Oscar was something really painful, but I think that happened to Oscar because he began to climb very quickly, the training was not enough and obviously the blows they gave him were on another level, his body had not yet adapted to that, in which, in my respect, gaining weight in boxing is something that is really difficult because the ability to receive blows has to be higher than before and this can only be achieved with very hard training, and to pass quickly unless To be a genius in boxing you have to spend a long time training, only then is it possible, otherwise what happened to Oscar happens.
And for David's perspective towards Plant, it's either he is indeed underestimating the latter just because he failed on his campaign towards Canelo or David was just messing around and playing some mind games with him to distract him from his plans. But that moves may have a consequence because the way I see it, Plant is serious this time and David might be a victim.
Hard to say, maybe mind games, or personal thing for him as we have seen videos of their confrontation years ago. And it seems the Benavidez are hell bent on getting their revenge on Caleb. But the thing is that Caleb saw this as just their antics and so he will be more prepared for this fight just to make sure to shut the mouth of David and his father.
Well, Benavidez might get furious on that note because Caleb is just taking their words lightly when in-fact Benavidez's side are serious about it and it's not just mind game antics for them or trying to sell the fight even more. On the other hand, at least Caleb Plant is calm enough about it and didn't let David and his father destroy his plan, that is to have a rematch against Canelo.
If that is the case then Caleb should be winning the mind games already? Because if the Benavidez can't get into Caleb's mind then it could backfire on them and maybe it's Caleb that is getting to their nerves and not the other way around.
That's one thing I noticed about Caleb though, even in the Canelo fight, he is really calm until Canelo hit him with that hook during their press conference. But after the fight, they are all professional and respectful to each other. Hopefully who ever wins here, will bury their hatchet and forget what has been said and done in the past.
These games are always something that boxers use to praise themselves, of course all this is part of the show and something that we see with a lot of emotion, because of what they say, because of what they do, these are things that entertain , but because it is part of the show we must take into consideration that the fight is somewhat close, Benavidez is doing his part, it is normal, Plant on the other hand knows that he should not give up, for me this fight is very balanced, no I would know who to bet on. I don't see a stronger boxer.
Benavidez On Plant: The Only Personal Part That Will Come Of Me Is In Training, During Press Conferences
It goes without saying that David Benavidez and Caleb Plant do not like one another.
That doesn’t mean the entire training camp or even the fight itself will be fueled by hatred.
“The only personal part of it that will come out of me is in training and during the press conferences,” Benavidez told BoxingScene.com. “You won’t see anything personal come out of me during the fight.”
There have been a lot of personal insults hurled between camps in the buildup leading into their long-anticipated grudge match. The two had to be separated numerous times during their February 2 announcement press conference in Los Angeles for their March 25 Showtime Pay-Per-View headliner from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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https://www.boxingscene.com/benavidez-on-plant-only-personal-part-come-me-training-during-press-conferences--173184
