Via Sean Jones: Bernard Hopkins surprised boxing fans on Thursday when he came on from the left by saying that Jermall Charlo was a bigger threat to Canelo Alvarez than David Benavidez.
According to Hopkins, Canelo will “Dam”“Benavidez, and made him not want to throw punches because of his ability to punch counterattack.
Hopkins even goes as far as to say that Jermall is more of a threat to Canelo than a cruiser weight class, meaning he’s more dangerous than the giant 6’5″ Lawrence Okolie.
Jermall was hurt repeatedly by Montiel last June in a decisive 12th round win. Montiel is not considered one of the good middleweights.
He’s a heavyweight boxer who has won against little-known opponents in his hometown of Mexico. When Montiel tried to take on Jaime Munguia in 2017, he was knocked out in the second round.
“For me out of all the men, and I don’t care if they include a cruiser weight class, for me, Jermall Charlo Is Canelo Alvarez’s Biggest Threat and check,” Bernard Hopkins told Against TV Hub when asked if the Charlo – David Benavidez route to Canelo would be more difficult than the Dmitry Bivol – Gennadiy Golovkin route.
“Why? Canelo will smash Benavidez,” Hopkins continued. “Whoever throws more at Canelo gives you a chance not to throw. Anything that he [Benavidez] throw at Canelo, do you know what Canelo will do? [Counter him] All day and make him not throw like before he threw a round. I’m talking to you.
“What’s your job? You can either try to survive and salvage some embarrassment or you try to win. You can’t say I’m biased because I don’t advertise Canelo [any longer]. I’m trying to tell you what I see,” said Hopkins.
It’s hard to see Canelo stop Benavidez from knocking him down with continuous punches like he does with all of his opponents as he is facing those of equal or greater strength than the human star. Mexico.
Rogelio Medina and Anthony Dirrell both hit harder or harder than Canelo, and Benavidez hit them and delivered repeated hits at them. Canelo has good power, but it’s not extraordinary.
The reason Canelo wins most of the time is for the following reasons:
- Carefully choose his objections. You don’t see Canelo fighting dangerous fighters like Demetrius Andrade, David Benavidez, Artur Beterbiev, Joe Smith Jr, or David Morrell Jr. When Canelo fights quality fighters, they are often old. Examples: Gennadiy Golovkin, Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather and Sergey Kovalev
- Defense
- Chin
- Decisions may be questionable
“From cruiser to heavyweight, I think he [Canelo] The biggest threat is Jermall Charlo“Hopkins speaks more like Canelo’s current promoter than his former promoter.
Sean Jones disagrees with Hopkins at all on his belief that Charlo is Canelo’s toughest opponent. I wonder if Hopkins is not seeing clearly the kind of opposition Charlo has faced since he moved to 160.
The only decent boxer Charlo has fought since rising to 160 in 2017 is Sergiy Derevyanchenko. That boxer hasn’t looked the same since his fierce competition with Gennady Golovkin in 2019.
Although some boxing fans thought Derevyanchenko won that fight, his face was disfigured and he hasn’t performed to that extent since. So in other words, Charlo gets a depleted Derevyanchenko instead of a new one that Golovkin fought.
It was surprising to hear Hopkins rate WBC middleweight champion Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) too highly, given how poorly he looked in matches against Juan Macias Montiel, Matt Korobov and Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
“I think those who struggle have a chance to speak for themselves, and if he [Jermall] was mishandled, I think he’s smart enough and I believe he’s smart enough to say what he wants,” Hopkins said when asked if Jermall Charlo was handled by his promoters. properly because of the important fights he lost to Demetrius Andrade and Canelo Alvarez.
