I’ll probably get that $200 million

David Benavidez is in the home stretch of his preparation since he will face his next opponent, the Ukrainian, Alexander Gvozdyk, for the interim World Boxing Council (WBC) belt in the light heavyweight division.

However, he is looking beyond that, hoping to wage a long-awaited fight against Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight belt, he even declares that he will knock him out.

This because as a first challenge, Canelo set the purse he wants for the fight to take place at a whopping $200 million. However, less than a month after the challenge launched by Canelo, the ‘Red Flag’, assures that it is about to obtain this amount and that its promoter begins formal negotiations with Canelo’s team.

“I will knock him out. It will be a very difficult fight, I believe 100% in what I can do and I will knock him out,” Benavidez assured journalist Andres Cantera before the fight between Canelo and Jaime Munguia on May 4 in Las Vegas.

The $200 million mark

More recently, Benavidez said after one of his training sessions that he was able to get the $200 million purse Saul Alvarez asks to accept the fight.

He added: “I don’t see him asking for $200 million to (face) someone else and honestly the reality is I’ll probably get that $200 million. I just want to have a chance to beat him, then think about a rematch.”

Whatever happens against Alvarez Barragan, Benavidez It is clear that in reality his future lies in the super middleweight division. First against Gvozdykon June 15, and, if victorious, he would be a marquee opponent to challenge the next undisputed champion of the light heavyweight division, between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.

Although this fight was postponed due to a knee injury Beterbiev and that would push the fight back until 2025, when he will be nearly 40 years old.