The Most AVOIDED Man in Boxing — Transcript

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1. 0:00F*ck his team.
2. 0:01F*ck his dog.
3. 0:02F*ck his cat.
4. 0:04F*ck everybody over there.
5. 0:05My main job is to beat the f*ck out of him
6. 0:08and that's exactly what Imma do.
7. 0:12This might just be
8. 0:14the scariest fighter
9. 0:16in the sport of boxing today.
10. 0:18watching very intently
11. 0:19with Ellis pinned in the corner
12. 0:21and now Benavidez unloading on Ronald Ellis
13. 0:24Everybody is talking about you man
14. 0:25One of the most exciting
15. 0:27fan friendly fighters in the sport
16. 0:30He's one of the best combination punchers in the sport
17. 0:33no question
18. 0:33Benavidez now going to work
19. 0:34look at this hand speed by David Benavidez
20. 0:37You know he was a little heavy fat kid
21. 0:40and stuff like that
22. 0:41and he wanted to prove himself to the world.
23. 0:42When I was younger
24. 0:43I was the fatter kid and I wasn't really the fastest
25. 0:46so I had to go in there and actually like
26. 0:47earn my respect
27. 0:48literally had to go and take it from them
28. 0:50you know I was like f*cking 250,
29. 0:52260 pounds
30. 0:53everybody would laugh at me
31. 0:54but when I'd get in the gym
32. 0:55and I'd beat that ass
33. 0:56nobody would laugh at me ever again-
34. 0:57Youngest ever champion at 168 pounds
35. 1:00Mike Tyson gave me that name
36. 1:01The Mexican Monster, Benavidez
37. 1:03There's only one guy at that weight
38. 1:04that can get an upset against Canelo
39. 1:06and that's a young man named David Benavidez
40. 1:08I had him in camp
41. 1:09sparring with Golovkin at a very young age
42. 1:10When I was a kid I was his main sparring partner
43. 1:12I sparred him from 15 to 19
44. 1:14you know it would go back and forth
45. 1:15I'm not gonna lie I was getting the better of Golovkin
46. 1:17You know you fight Benavidez
47. 1:19no matter what you do you are in for a war
48. 1:21I was at 168 for 11 years
49. 1:24nobody wanted to fight.
50. 1:26My plans are to...
51. 1:28conquer the light heavyweight division
52. 1:30and that's exactly what Imma do
53. 1:40It's crazy like two months ago
54. 1:42I wouldn't even think I'd be here
55. 1:43training with Manny
56. 1:44like in the same gym as Manny Pacquiao
57. 1:49and now the gym's closed
58. 1:51and you're the only kid in the gym working out
59. 1:53the only one
60. 1:55Our story begins with a young David Benavidez
61. 1:58pushed into the sport of Boxing at the age of 3
62. 2:01by his father and trainer
63. 2:03expected to follow in the footsteps
64. 2:05of his older brother...
65. 2:06My brother and
66. 2:07my dad would tell everybody at wild card
67. 2:09like nah
68. 2:09you think Junior is good? We got another one
69. 2:11he's gonna come his name is David
70. 2:13this is David my other son, David Benavidez
71. 2:15how good is your brother?
72. 2:17he's really good
73. 2:18he might not look like a boxer but he's good
74. 2:20and I had talent
75. 2:22but because the way I looked people always write me off
76. 2:25I get there and I'm 250 pounds
77. 2:27and there are people looking at me like
78. 2:28this is the one that you said was good?
79. 2:30like man
80. 2:30get out of here bro
81. 2:31but after I'd get in the ring
82. 2:33beat that ass nobody would be talking sh*t
83. 2:36you know
84. 2:36he was a little heavy fat kid and stuff like that
85. 2:39and he wanted to prove himself to the world
86. 2:41the greatest fighters in the world
87. 2:42are the most insecure fighters
88. 2:44it doesn't seem that way but it is
89. 2:45I'd always hear that bro
90. 2:47and that sh*t would get me so mad because bro
91. 2:49I didn't get no respect
92. 2:50I'd been spent my whole life boxing
93. 2:52so then
94. 2:52the only way I could get respect is beat the sh*t
95. 2:54out these people
96. 2:55David carried a chip on his shoulder
97. 2:57and by the age of 15
98. 2:58was already proving himself against elite opposition
99. 3:00in sparring
100. 3:01the likes of former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik
101. 3:18how cool is it to get in there
102. 3:19and mix it up with this guy
103. 3:20right here?
104. 3:21It's like a dream come true man
105. 3:23a world champion
106. 3:24This kid-
107. 3:25keep an eye on this kid
108. 3:26he gonna be-
109. 3:27he gonna be top dog and he gonna be a champ
110. 3:28mark my words
111. 3:29thank you
112. 3:31There's a video of Kelly Pavlik talking about me
113. 3:33after the sparring session, he was like man
114. 3:34this kid's gonna be a world champion after
115. 3:36and when he gets older and then after then my
116. 3:38my confidence just started growing
117. 3:40I went to Big Bear and I sparred Gennady Golovkin
118. 3:42this was before he was known in the US-
119. 3:43GGG
120. 3:44The first day we spar when I was 15 years old
121. 3:46my dad tells Abel Sanchez like
122. 3:48do you have anybody
123. 3:50for David?
124. 3:51he's like yeah I just have this guy he came from Kazakhstan
125. 3:53that's before he fought in the US so nobody knew him
126. 3:55and then my dad just like hey
127. 3:57you wanna spar?
128. 3:57I'm 15 years old I'm like yeah I'll spar
129. 3:59Who am I gonna spar?
130. 3:59he's like that guy over there
131. 4:01so I turn to look at Golovkin
132. 4:02and he gives me bro the most killer look
133. 4:04I've ever seen
134. 4:05I'm like ahh f*ck
135. 4:06I'm kind of scared to be honest with you
136. 4:07having a great sparring
137. 4:08both catching each other
138. 4:10we both throw a left hook at the same time, boom!
139. 4:12hit it to the body we both go uhh
140. 4:14so I sparred one time
141. 4:15and they were super impressed with us
142. 4:17that I kept going back that I was his
143. 4:19I was his main sparring partner
144. 4:20until I was like 19 or 20
145. 4:21these sparring sessions weren't sparring sessions
146. 4:23they were real fights
147. 4:24but this yea-
148. 4:25he hit hard.
149. 4:26ohh that motherf*cker hits hard
150. 4:27but he knows I hit hard too
151. 4:29Golovkin...
152. 4:29I'm not gonna lie
153. 4:30I was getting the better of Golovkin you know
154. 4:31it would go back and forth
155. 4:33that's what made me great
156. 4:34that's why I have the the confidence I have now
157. 4:36and that's how I know that nobody can mess with me
158. 4:38Having already tested himself
159. 4:39against the likes of Kelly Pavlik
160. 4:40and GGG, David was unfazed
161. 4:43upon entering the professional ranks
162. 4:46Benavidez is smiling he goes okay yeah come on
163. 4:58Years and years of learning from the best
164. 5:00had transformed him into a monster
165. 5:12By the age of 20, David
166. 5:13had become the youngest
167. 5:14super middleweight champion in history
168. 5:28Benavidez blocking and now...
169. 5:29Benavidez taps his chin as to say cmon
170. 6:39In 2021,
171. 6:41Benavidez would sit down on Mike Tyson's podcast
172. 6:44where he would be given his infamous nickname
173. 6:47"The Mexican Monster"
174. 6:49The youngest super midlleweight in history, Mike
175. 6:52ain't that crazy?
176. 6:53Yeah man
177. 6:54Everybody is talking about you man
178. 6:55yeah man
179. 6:56first of all
180. 6:57I just I just wanna thank you Mike
181. 6:58you know
182. 6:58I've been a fan of you since I was a little kid
183. 7:00You too young to see me fight huh?
184. 7:02yeah but I've seen your highlights and I do
185. 7:04I study up
186. 7:05I'm in there to fight and I'm not just a brawler man
187. 7:08I'm really technical you know
188. 7:09I got I start everything off my jab
189. 7:11I think the jab is a lost art right now
190. 7:14not too much people use the jab
191. 7:15and I use my jab very effectively
192. 7:17and I love throwing body shots
193. 7:19you know I love throwing body shots
194. 7:21cause you can hit somebody to the head all you want
195. 7:22but once you get a good body shot
196. 7:24they ain't getting up from that
197. 7:24a lot of people outside the ring
198. 7:26they talk like they're killers
199. 7:27but they get in the ring they're not killers
200. 7:28I agree 100 percent
201. 7:30I'm in the ring
202. 7:31I don't gotta act like I'm a killer outside the ring
203. 7:33but everybody knows what it is when I'm in the ring
204. 7:34you know what I mean so
205. 7:45After having lost his title twice
206. 7:47for issues outside the ring
207. 7:48Benavidez had worked his way back to an interim title
208. 7:52and a fight with one of the division's biggest names
209. 7:54only seemed right
210. 7:56Tough tough fighter...
211. 7:56and my hat's off to David Lemieux
212. 7:57because he's the only one
213. 7:58who had the balls to take the fight with me
214. 8:01well they almost can't avoid you now
215. 8:03you got Charlo
216. 8:04"He ain't no Mexican Monster"
217. 8:05you've got Canelo
218. 8:06"He's accomplished nothing"
219. 8:07you have Caleb Plant
220. 8:09David Benavidez
221. 8:10you know who the best 168 pounder is
222. 8:12if you want that you gotta come see me
223. 8:13I'm not into ducking or dodging
224. 8:15Imma punish this dude
225. 8:16Imma box him up, Imma embarrass him
226. 8:19Imma punish him
227. 8:20that boy can't beat me.
228. 8:21How you think you'd do with that guy Plant?
229. 8:22I'll beat his ass
230. 8:23you know that's the fight I've been wanting for a long
231. 8:25a long time man you know
232. 8:26he talks a lot
233. 8:27this dude is getting way too disrespectful
234. 8:29he's calling me fat
235. 8:30saying this and that that I'm not nothing
236. 8:33you know I don't care about the money
237. 8:34I don't care about the titles
238. 8:36the one thing I care about is I wanna hurt this dude
239. 8:38that's all I wanna do and if I don't hurt him
240. 8:40then it's not gonna be a win for me
241. 8:41you know
242. 8:42I want this guy to remember me for the rest of his life
243. 8:44Imma beat the f*cking living sh*t out of you
244. 8:45oh yeah and then when you're in the f*cking ground
245. 8:47bleeding from your f*cking mouth
246. 8:48you're gonna realise how to respect a real-
247. 8:50Watch, March 25th mark my words
248. 8:52I'm gonna put this motherf*cker in the hospital
249. 9:04As many expected Plant would start the fight strong
250. 9:07taking an early lead
251. 9:12however, by the middle rounds Benavidez
252. 9:14pressure had begun to take a toll on Plant
253. 9:17leaving him with no other option but to hold on
254. 9:43By the late rounds Plant is gassed
255. 9:46and looking to survive until the final bell
256. 9:49listen to me, if you don't give me a little bit more
257. 9:52Imma call it
258. 10:07That's why I'm called the Mexican Monster
259. 10:09because I keep coming like a monster
260. 10:10I have a lot of respect for Canelo Alvarez
261. 10:12but he has to give me that shot now
262. 10:13me versus Canelo let's make it happen in September
263. 10:15Despite his call out
264. 10:17Benavidez next opponent would be undefeated challenger
265. 10:20Demetrius Andrade
266. 10:28The fight would prove to be a one sided affair
267. 10:30with Benavidez breaking down the smaller man
268. 10:33"Stop it, Stop it."
269. 10:40Reminder let
270. 10:41everybody know who the f*ck the real champion is
271. 10:42at 168 is
272. 10:44I'm the youngest
273. 10:44super middleweight champion of the world
274. 10:46three time world champion
275. 10:47now just give me a
276. 10:48give me the fight that we all want to see
277. 10:49Who wants to see David Benavidez versus Canelo?
278. 10:52let's get it
279. 10:52It's almost impossible to talk about David Benavidez career
280. 10:56without mentioning his rivalry with Canelo Alvarez
281. 10:59The two's journey became intertwined
282. 11:01the moment Benavidez laid Claim
283. 11:03as the division's No. 1 contender
284. 11:05and the mandatory for Canelo's super middleweight titles
285. 11:08which Canelo continually denied
286. 11:10He brings nothing to the table for me
287. 11:12just 25 pounds more on the night
288. 11:14For years the champion refused the fight
289. 11:17making his demands for a Benavidez superfight clear
290. 11:20One promoter who I work they come and say
291. 11:23I offer to you 150,
292. 11:25200 million I fight tomorrow
293. 11:27It's crazy that he asked for 150 million or 200 million
294. 11:29to fight me
295. 11:30but he still has the nerve to say that
296. 11:32I don't bring nothing to the table
297. 11:33so if I didn't bring nothing to the table
298. 11:35why are you asking for more money than you won
299. 11:37in your whole career if I don't mean anything
300. 11:39maybe after he gets that money
301. 11:40he can buy himself a pair of balls
302. 11:42The way he talk he think he's Superman
303. 11:44he is very disrespect and he's accomplished nothing
304. 11:49plus this point in my career
305. 11:51I can do whatever I want
306. 11:52With the face of boxing refusing him an opportunity
307. 11:55Benavidez looked elsewhere
308. 11:57as he moved up
309. 11:57in weight to the light heavyweight division
310. 12:00to take on former champion
311. 12:01Oleksandr Gvozdyk
312. 12:03in what would be a solid introduction
313. 12:05to the 175 pound division
314. 12:07with Benavidez fighting to a hard earned decision
315. 12:21Now I'm at 175,
316. 12:22these are some big boys but I got a lot of
317. 12:24a lot of things to prove to the world
318. 12:26and Imma keep proving it to the world.
319. 12:27You guys keep asking me about Canelo
320. 12:28I do not care about Canelo like...
321. 12:30I wanna make my own lane
322. 12:31that's why I came up to 175
323. 12:33Imma keep showing you guys why I'm the Mexican monster
324. 12:35Benavidez next fight
325. 12:36would come against one of his long time rivals
326. 12:39David Morrell didn't wanna shake my hand
327. 12:40I felt disrespected so
328. 12:43I had to push his ass back
329. 12:44and let him know what time it is
330. 12:45you know I'm not playing with him
331. 12:57You know what I mean so he had a couple words for me
332. 12:59saying that I was running from him
333. 13:00this and that and you know
334. 13:01I kinda had to test his temperature
335. 13:03and let him know that Imma be here all night
336. 13:05and I'm not gonna be running from nobody
337. 13:06The Mexican Monster
338. 13:08everything's fake
339. 13:08every time
340. 13:10Benavidez after the fight say okay
341. 13:11I'm the boogeyman
342. 13:13nobody wanna fight me
343. 13:14I say bro
344. 13:15what what are you saying I'm here?
345. 13:17I wanna I wanna fight Benavidez man
346. 13:18Beanvidez I'm here b*tch
347. 13:25He's a fat boy man
348. 13:27Morrell comes from the Cuban school, so technically good
349. 13:30this is a difficult style matchup
350. 13:32I got everything
351. 13:33you know fast, power
352. 13:34defence, attack
353. 13:35legs that move
354. 13:36I got everything, you know what I mean
355. 13:38Benavidez can't dance
356. 13:39you see the movie the RoboCop right?
357. 13:40he's the same
358. 13:43that's it.
359. 13:44he not can move
360. 13:45you know he don't got nothing
361. 13:46I don't have nothing, I suck
362. 13:48I'm a bum.
363. 13:48I'm a Robocop that's fine that's fine
364. 13:50you thinking like that
365. 13:51that's fine, show all the people
366. 13:53you better have not have no f*cking excuse
367. 13:54what are you gonna say?
368. 13:55just like you and everybody else I f*cking fought before you
369. 13:58they all say the same sh*t
370. 13:59I'm Robocop,
371. 14:00I have no defense, I have no footwork, no this and that
372. 14:03but after they get in the ring with me
373. 14:04it's a whole different story
374. 14:08Benavidez would go to war with Morrell
375. 14:11pushing through a shaking moment early on
376. 14:20By the middle to late rounds
377. 14:21it would turn into a typical Benavidez fight
378. 14:25with Morrell struggling to
379. 14:26keep up with the pace
380. 14:27and high output style of The Mexican Monster
381. 14:59This is Monstro's world you know what it is
382. 15:01I feel like I'm gonna be the face of boxing soon
383. 15:03and I feel like I could really
384. 15:05you know...
385. 15:05take over the sport.
386. 15:06Around this time
387. 15:08the division's two kings would battle it out
388. 15:10for undisputed supremacy in Riyadh
389. 15:13a fight of the year contender
390. 15:14which saw Dmitry Bivol
391. 15:16avenge his loss to Artur Beterbiev
392. 15:291-1 now against Artur Beterbiev
393. 15:32is it time for one more?
394. 15:35I wanna
395. 15:37little bit rest because I have some
396. 15:40I had some injury
397. 15:41heal myself and come back
398. 15:43the plan for what's next?
399. 15:45Canelo rematch?
400. 15:46Beterbiev trilogy?
401. 15:47Benavidez?
402. 15:48The interim champion was ringside for the fight
403. 15:52watching closely
404. 15:53as he happens to share history with the new
405. 15:55undisputed champion...
406. 15:56Canelo wasn't able to do it
407. 15:57Zurdo same thing you know
408. 15:58do you think you're the right Mexican to beat Bivol?
409. 16:00in the future
410. 16:01I've sparred Bivol a lot
411. 16:03so I know what happens in those sparring sessions
412. 16:05so yeah I could beat him
413. 16:06you think you're the guy?
414. 16:07I can knock him out.
415. 16:08Dmittry Bivol...
416. 16:09he's a great fighter
417. 16:10I don't take nothing away from him
418. 16:11but um...
419. 16:12the last time I sparred him
420. 16:13I hurt him, I hurt him bad in the 4th round
421. 16:15I sparred him a lot
422. 16:16and I had a lot of success with him
423. 16:17you know last time I sparred him
424. 16:19I was 22 years old so now I'm a stronger fighter,
425. 16:21a more intelligent fighter
426. 16:22a fighter with more experience
427. 16:24I've seen a lot of interviews
428. 16:25he brings up the sparring that you guys had
429. 16:27and he says based off of that
430. 16:29he's very confident that he
431. 16:30he would beat you
432. 16:31Sparring is sparring
433. 16:32in the fight
434. 16:33of course is different
435. 16:34Benavidez it was...
436. 16:36good sparrings
437. 16:37good sparring
438. 16:38yeah?
439. 16:38I like this
440. 16:39I'm not seeing on the sparring it's like on the fight
441. 16:42I'm just trying to do something you know
442. 16:44I just have some mission for one sparring
443. 16:47and I try to do it sometimes it's good,
444. 16:49sometimes it's not
445. 16:50but I respect him as a fighter
446. 16:52he's a really great fighter
447. 16:53With rumours of a Beterbiev trilogy
448. 16:55and a back surgery sidelining Bivol
449. 16:57the undisputed champion is forced to drop his WBC belt
450. 17:01when mandated to fight its interim champion
451. 17:03making David Benavidez a world champion
452. 17:06In the coming months interim champion
453. 17:08Callum Smith
454. 17:09is named as a potential opponent for Benavidez
455. 17:11but things take a turn
456. 17:12Five other fighters were offered a fight with me
457. 17:14and nobody comes to the table
458. 17:16why is this the only guy that came to the table?
459. 17:17well everybody had other
460. 17:18other stuff to do supposedly
461. 17:19whilst Anthony Yarde was known for
462. 17:21his toughness, in giving Sergey Kovalev
463. 17:23and Artur Beterbiev all they could handle in a war
464. 17:27he still appeared to be a step below
465. 17:28The Mexican Monster's pay grade
466. 17:31The most avoided man in boxing
467. 17:33you've proven that yet again
468. 17:34we thought we might get a Callum Smith fight
469. 17:37how did that fall apart?
470. 17:38That's the one we were going for
471. 17:39but I don't know
472. 17:40something happened between them that it didn't happen
473. 17:42but at the end of the day
474. 17:43we got a great replacement
475. 17:44Anthony Yarde he's a great fighter
476. 17:45comes to fight
477. 17:46and no disrespect to Yarde
478. 17:47you know he comes to fight
479. 17:48but you deserve a super fight
480. 17:49obviously Canelo avoided you
481. 17:50and now there's an undisputed opportunity
482. 17:53that seems to allude you also
483. 17:54yeah I mean but there's only so much that we could do
484. 17:56but at the end of the day
485. 17:57I'm not gonna put my career on hold for nobody
486. 17:58these fights are gonna happen sooner or later
487. 18:00I'm not going nowhere like I told everybody
488. 18:02I'm gonna be the best in the world...
489. 18:10As expected
490. 18:11The Mexican Monster would punish Anthony Yarde
491. 18:14brutally stopping him in the seventh
492. 18:21They said I couldn't stop this guy,
493. 18:22I had no power at 175
494. 18:23and you know what I mean
495. 18:24I made it look easier than Kovalev and Beterbiev
496. 18:26I got some news for you guys
497. 18:28May 2nd, me versus Zurdo Ramirez
498. 18:30I'm going up to cruiserweight to-
499. 18:32to challenge for his title so...
500. 18:33Benavidez
501. 18:34announces a move up to the cruiserweight division
502. 18:37where he will challenge Zurdo Ramirez
503. 18:39in a May 2nd, all Mexican Clash
504. 18:42in hopes of becoming a three weight division
505. 18:44world champion
506. 18:45I didn't get the opportunity at 168
507. 18:47now I'm not getting the opportunity at 175
508. 18:50but I'm not waiting for nobody no more
509. 18:51I'm making my own lane and
510. 18:52Canelo, Bivol, Beterbiev
511. 18:54they all know that
512. 18:55you know, this is an extremely hard fight
513. 18:57and I believe in myself, I believe in my skills
514. 18:59I believe in my chin
515. 19:00and I believe I will prevail
516. 19:01against anybody who gets put in that ring with me
517. 19:03There's no stopping me...