“I don’t think it’ll happen. Canelo doesn’t want anything to do with David [Benavidez]. He comes with the excuses all the time. He wants to fight Munguia. [And] he wants to fight [Jermall] Charlo. He says David has fought nobody. Those are just excuses because he doesn’t want to fight him. He and his team will do anything to stay away from David.

“Now, you’ve seen. He said he’s the King, and he’ll do whatever he wants. He’ll do whatever he wants to with the commission. I’m just praying that the commission will be fair to everybody. David is the mandatory [with the WBC]. They’re supposed to strip him in March if he doesn’t get the fight with David. There’s nothing I can do,”  Benavidez Sr. said 

Benavidez’s team are ready to move on if the Canelo fight does not happen. Christian Mbilli has been mentioned as an opponent following his knockout win over Rohan Murdock. The win took the Frenchman’s record to 26-0, with 22 KOs, as he called out Canelo Alvarez. But since that is unlikely, a fight with Benavidez makes sense.

Mbilli is seen as the future star in the 168-pound division. But so far, he does not have a marquee name on his resume, meaning a bout with Benavidez would change that. Jermall Charlo has also been mentioned outside of that, but the American will likely want Canelo.

Benavidez’s Other Options

“I would love to fight Jermall Charlo, but come on, David would stop him. With the performance I seen with my other son, Jose Benavidez Jr., he would destroy him. I don’t think it would be a fair fight for an exciting fight. “We want to give fans good fights, hard fights, and I don’t think fans would be happy with that either. The other one is Morrell, and the guy [Christian Mbilli]. He looked spectacular. He’s ranked #2. The guy is a monster. “He’s an animal, too. He has 25 fights and is undefeated. He looked great. That’s another guy that we would love to fight. That’s a dangerous fighter right there,” Benavidez Sr. stated