By Dan Ambrose: Eddie Hearn lashed out at David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo today when they told him the fans would rather see Canelo Alvarez fight them than the 40-year-old Gennadiy Golovkin right now.
Golovkin is a good fighter, but he doesn’t look like he has much chance of beating Canelo. The fans would rather see Charlo and Benavidez fight Canelo because they think they would have an excellent chance of winning.
Hearn didn’t seem to like being told the truth, so instead of accepting the boxing public’s preference for Canelo, he chose to criticize the resumes of Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) and Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs). .
Granted, Benavidez and Charlo haven’t fought all the big names that Canelo has over their long 17-year pro career, but they haven’t had the advantage in popularity from the start that the Mexican star had to allow them to fight the same type of opposition. .
Some would say that Canelo had the red hair gimmick coupled with the talent that helped his career early on. Canelo had the ability, but he was never unbeatable, as we saw in his fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr, Austin Trout, Erislandy Lara, Gennadiy Golovkin x 2 and Dmitry Bivol.
“All we wanted was to see [Jermall] Charlo fights Gennadiy Golovkin, and they wouldn’t do that either,” Eddie Hearn told Fight Hub TV when told that boxing fans would rather see Canelo Alvarez fight Jermall Charlo and David Benavidez than Gennadiy Golovkin.
“These guys, Charlo, Benavidez, they absolutely do not fight anyone. How can you criticize Canelo Álvarez’s resume and not criticize Charlo and Benavidez? Hear continued.
“His resumes are jokes, and I don’t even think Benavidez wants a joke resume. Charlo, I don’t know, but I don’t think he’s insisting. Something’s not right with these guys standing up and saying, ‘Give me this.’
“Benavidez, I think he’s a guy who wants the legacy, he wants the big fights, but give it to him.
“Caleb Plant is fighting [Anthony] Dirrell. It’s a good fight, but we want to see Benavidez-Plant and Plant-Charlo. Why not? It’s not my side of the street,” Hearn said when asked why these fights are happening.
