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David Benavidez

👤 Speaker
534 total appearances

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DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

I took a picture with him when I was a little kid, and then I had a podcast with him, and he told me that he was a fan of me, and then he gave me the name, the Mexican Monster.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

So he was always going to have, he has a special place in my heart.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

And yeah, I'm just very excited to have the support from Mike Tyson.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Also, it's crazy how it happened because I've always been a Mexican monster since I was a little kid.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

I've always fought like that.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Always fought like that.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

But just forgetting this name by Mike Tyson, it feels like it came organically.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

This is exactly what I am.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

And I'm just I'm going to just continue to make Mike Tyson proud and live up to that name.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Yeah.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

I'm very excited for him.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

I think he said he's going to come.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

I'm just very excited just to have him, the support of a legend like that.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Oh yeah, it definitely does fuel me.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

And in your brain, in your thought process, you have to have to make goals for yourself.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

And then you have to check off the boxes of how those goals look and how it feels and

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

With Mike Tyson giving me the name, the nickname, for what I've had planned for myself, and I'm checking out the boxes, like, this is exactly where I'm going to... The way I... When I thought of this as a little kid, how it's looking, Mike Tyson giving me a nickname, all that, I'm exactly where I have to be at in my life, and I'm just going to keep thriving and keep working hard until I accomplish more.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Oh, I...

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

Odell Beckham Jr.

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST
David Benavidez Says Canelo Passed Him The Torch: “It’s My Era Now, I’m the Face of Boxing”

came to my last meet and greet in Phoenix, Arizona, and I've always been a big fan of Odell Beckham Jr.