apollo creed wrote: ↑12 Mar 2021, 10:15
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑12 Mar 2021, 10:00
David Benavidez has already declined an opportunity to face the A-side, Jermall Charlo, at a catchweight.
One fighter is 168lbs, whilst the other is 160lbs. And I don't think it's unreasonable for the pair to agree to a compromise to meet somewhere in between those weights.
Who's ducking whom?
lol
What about? :
“168 here I come. I’ve got the approval,” said Jermall Charlo on social media. “If you don’t get that rematch with [David] Benavidez, I’ll take it. You saw what happened to [Erickson] Lubin when my brother [Jermell] fought him?
“He was dumb as f***. We are going to get it and we are going to show him. Let them keep talking ****. I’m going to come up to 168 and f**** the whole game up,” said Jermall. @ BN24
I’ll say it again, in case you didn’t read my words correctly...
The self-promoted Jermall Charlo offered Benavidez the chance to face him, but his offer was rejected.
Benavidez doesn’t have a title, so there’s nothing stopping the pair from competing at a catch-weight.
And let’s not forget that Charlo is the A-side, since Benavidez has nothing to offer him (no title, no commercial worth and no reputation, since he’s inactive, failed a PED test and failed to make weight).
Benavidez competes at 168lbs.
Charlo competes at 160lbs.
A catch-weight somewhere in between is entirely reasonable, especially considering the smaller man is considered the A-side by a proverbial country mile!
Has Benavidez provided a counter-offer? The answer is a resounding “NO!”
On a side note, did you criticise GGG for facing Steve Rolls at 164lbs, considering the fact that Golovkin has boasted for several years about his ability to compete at 168lbs?
And did you criticise Team GGG when they said they’d only consider facing Andre Ward with a 164lbs catch-weight stipulation, especially considering Gennadiy’s long-term boasts about being able to compete at 168lbs?
Either apply your rules and standards consistently or not at all.