We’ll see how much of his inner beast he lets out on Garcia, but maturity looks good on the 30-year-old from Phoenix, AZ. On Benavidez’s exterior, he seems like a content, balanced father of four. It just depends on what rises to the surface to be let out. I’m pretty sure you get crazy even though you got a good smile on there.”īenavidez might have a point. You know? We’re all crazy in some way, or somehow you know. “I personally, I don’t know him,” Benavidez said of Danny Garcia. Benavidez noted that despite what’s on the surface, everyone has a little crazy in them. Things between Benavidez and Garcia seem respectful and relatively tame, but both are built for war inside the ring. Like Benavidez, Garcia also told FanSided he needed a break from boxing. Garcia is a massive obstacle for Benavidez, but Garcia has also been inactive. His next opponent is two-time world champion Danny Garcia on Saturday, July 30, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. In his last contest against Francisco Torres in November, Benavidez and Torres fought to a majority draw in a fight many thought Benavidez deserved to lose. His right leg seemed to give him problems in his 2018 TKO loss to Terence Crawford. Everything in life happens for a reason, and I wouldn’t take it back because I learned a lot from that, and just made me a stronger person in life and in general.”īenavidez’s resolve has been tested. In the end, you could see that it opened my eyes more and maybe mature more. “You have to learn from your mistakes, you know. “Everything in life happens for a reason,” Benavidez said. Even though his ability to walk was in jeopardy, he wouldn’t go back and change things if he could. He stopped Matthew Strode in round 8 via TKO in February 2018.īenavidez’s physical recovery is a miraculous and inspiring story. So like right now, I don’t think about it.”īenavidez defied the odds and stepped into the ring a year and a half after being shot. Anything you want to do, you can get done. “With your mind, your mind is very powerful. “The doctor said I was never supposed to walk again,” Benavidez said. The bullet tore his femoral artery and required emergency surgery.īenavidez’s injury was so extreme that the function of his leg was questionable. While walking his dog, Benavidez was attacked and shot in his right leg. ETīesides, Benavidez was entitled to a break considering the severe trauma he endured in 2016. on Saturday, July 30, on Showtime at 9 p.m. Eventually, breaks are needed, or burnout takes place. They begin training at 10 years old or less, turn professional in their late teens or early 20s, then compete as a pro until they retire. So I wanted to be there for my wife 110 percent.” Never really celebrated Christmas, my birthday, or none of that. You know, I hadn’t really taken any breaks never. You know, I wanted to be there 100 percent because I’ve had a long, you know, time in boxing. “I was off because, like, my wife got pregnant, you know?” Benavidez said. He cites enjoying fatherhood as the reason he didn’t fight from October 2018 to November 2021. It’s about spending time with my daughters, you know, working hard and getting them the life I didn’t have.”īenavidez is the father of four daughters ranging in age from four months to 10 years old. “You know, I live with my daughters, my family, my wife, my kids. “It’s the best thing that could happen to my life,” Benavidez told FanSided about being a father. Today, he’s focused on his family and boxing. Benavidez admits that once upon a time, he relished the ‘tough guy’ persona, but that was a long time ago.
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