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“Why Record Him When He Is Drunk?”: Ryan Garcia Defends David Benavidez, Says Canelo Alvarez Will Not Be Intrigued

Published 04/11/2024, 12:28 AM EDT

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David Benavidez, the current WBC Interim Super-Middleweight champion appeared intoxicated during his latest interview with Chris Mannix from DAZN. As a result, several people questioned Benavidez’s professionalism. Later, admitting that he had made a “fool of myself,” Benavidez publicly apologized. However, Ryan Garcia, who will face Devin Haney on April 20th, feels Benavidez was not at fault.

Therefore, during his latest interaction with the press, the 25-year-old condemned DAZN for interviewing Benavidez while the boxer was drunk. In addition, he predicted the potential outcome of David Benavidez vs. Canelo Alvarez. Here is what he said.

Ryan Garcia thinks David Benavidez should not have apologized

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After appearing drunk on DAZN, David Benavidez took to Instagram and publicly apologized. “I just want to take this time to apologize to all my fans and to the people that seen me last night drunk,” Benavidez wrote. Additionally, the 27-year-old promised this would “never happen again.” In this connection, during his latest interaction with the media, Ryan Garcia said, “He should not have said sorry. Why should you apologize if you are on your day off?

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People get drunk all the time. It’s the network’s issue for recording him while he was drunk. Why record him when he is drunk? That’s crazy. You’re a grown man you can do what you want,” added Garcia who stated cannabis consumption was his constitutional right.

Along these lines, Garcia was asked if Canelo Alvarez would now be interested in fighting David Benavidez. In his reply, ‘KingRy’ said that the undisputed Super-Middleweight champion would beat ‘Red Flag’ when the two share the ring.

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‘KingRy’ feels Canelo Alvarez will beat ‘Red Flag’

On April 5th, Canelo Alvarez will return to Las Vegas to defend his Super-middleweight title against Jaime Munguia. But, now that David Benavidez appeared drunk on DAZN, several people wondered if Canelo would fight ‘Red Flag’ next as David seems to have lost discipline. In his reply, Garcia said, “No, I don’t think that’s gonna make Canelo more intrigued. I think Canelo wants to do whatever he wants to do.

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I personally think that Canelo would beat him. But, David is a hungry young lion. I just think that Canelo got a lot of experience. He could counter you. So, David does get countered a lot,” added ‘KingRy’. “He just has a chin and he has a ferocious mindset. But, you get touched the wrong way, you might not wake up,” he concluded. With that said, do you think Benavidez made a mistake apologizing? In addition, do you agree that Alvarez can beat David? Let us know in the comments below.

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