“If David Benavidez lost a belt on the scale and Canelo and fought for the vacant belt against a guy nobody knows, you don’t see him today. “Why didn’t Canelo fight Demetrius Andrade, why didn’t Canelo fight David Benavidez,” Andrade told ProBox TV. Andrade sees the bout as ‘the best versus the best’, and the Super Bowl of the division. An interim world title will be at stake, which could serve as a number-one contender spot in the future as all four belts in the super middleweight division are held by Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The bout which will take place at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay Casino and Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will be broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view, holds implications for the top of the division and despite no outright world titles being on the line. Andrade will look to position himself to become a three-division world champion in 2024, as he previously held world titles in the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions, respectively.
That is until Saturday, November 25th, when he faces David Benavidez in a bout that Andrade feels is for who is the best in the super middleweight division. Demetrius Andrade has spent a whole career being avoided.
