ALL ACCESS- Benavidez vs. Andrade - Full Episode - SHOWTIME PPV
ALL ACCESS- Benavidez vs. Andrade - Full Episode - SHOWTIME PPV
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00:00 [door opens]
00:02 [door closes]
00:04 [water running]
00:06 >> Introducing David!
00:11 >> I was never handed anything.
00:12 It was never like, "Oh, yeah, David Benavidez,
00:14 he's gonna be a world champion in the future."
00:15 Nobody ever said that.
00:17 Everybody said, "He's fat.
00:18 He's a fat kid.
00:19 He's never gonna be world champion."
00:21 The type of way I had to fight is I had to go
00:23 really beat somebody up
00:25 so they can never say nothing about me.
00:27 And that's always how I fought,
00:28 even since I was a little kid.
00:30 You know, I really put everything into it
00:31 because I did feel a lot of anger
00:33 and I felt mad for all those people
00:36 saying I wasn't gonna be anything.
00:37 So I really had to show them in a different type of way.
00:39 I really had to leave no doubt in their head
00:41 that I really was gonna be something.
00:43 That's exactly how I fight
00:45 and that's exactly how it translates.
00:46 You know, every time I fight, it's a clear victory.
00:49 There's no, "Oh, yeah, I went either way."
00:52 No, it's David Benavidez beat the [bleep]
00:54 out of whoever I get in the ring with.
00:58 For anybody who's thinking that they want to be a boxer,
01:00 honestly, this is the best job in the world.
01:02 You know, I do what I want to do,
01:05 train when I want to train,
01:07 beat people up and get paid, you know?
01:10 So it doesn't get better than this, man.
01:12 So I just, you know, I really do feel grateful
01:14 and I, you know, the position
01:16 and all the hard work I put in to this moment,
01:19 you know, definitely is a blessing
01:20 to be here where I'm at right now,
01:22 especially with this silly little guy.
01:24 Huh? Huh?
01:27 [ Laughter ]
01:29 ♪♪
01:32 ♪♪
01:34 ♪ David ♪
01:37 Boxing matches,
01:39 with their favorites, underdogs, and endless hype,
01:42 form a sport that can seem steeped in foregone conclusions.
01:47 But not for boxers.
01:49 Those rare humans who dare embrace
01:52 challenging perceived endings.
01:54 They have their own ideas.
01:57 Like David Benavidez,
01:59 dangerous, damaging, and frequently ducked.
02:03 The Mexican monster embodies a relentless spirit,
02:07 demanding rewrites,
02:09 and seeking unity amid the chaos he calls life.
02:12 ♪♪
02:14 I want people to know that I'm the best.
02:16 I'm gonna be a legend by the time my time is done.
02:20 Or like Demetrius Andrade,
02:22 undefeated, proven, and patient as hell.
02:26 ♪♪
02:27 Everyone else could declare his journey stalled,
02:30 his ceiling reached, his potential capped,
02:34 at least until this showcase.
02:36 They're gonna know our names today.
02:38 Win, lose, or draw, they're gonna know
02:39 they've been in the ring with Demetrius Andrade.
02:42 Demetrius Andrade is back!
02:44 ♪ Let's go ♪
02:45 ♪ I shouldn't even be here ♪
02:47 ♪ But I'm still breathing ♪
02:48 ♪ Pushing through the limits ♪
02:50 ♪ Breaking every ceiling ♪
02:52 So when the Mexican monster meets Boo Boo
02:54 in Las Vegas on November 25th...
02:57 It's a fight! It's a fight!
02:59 ...they will share that understanding
03:01 along with some history,
03:02 careers steeped in obstacles,
03:04 excellence and frustration,
03:06 and factors outside their control until now.
03:11 Their clash represents that calculus,
03:14 an exploration of the profound complexity
03:16 baked into existing in this sport.
03:19 As arenas pulse with anticipation
03:22 and what might seem certain no longer is,
03:26 what they want, each in their own way,
03:29 is not to accept the end, but to author it.
03:33 ♪♪
03:38 [ Indistinct conversations ]
03:41 Yeah. Thank you, man.
03:44 Yeah. I just want to tell you, Mike,
03:45 I'm very appreciative of your performance.
03:47 Mike Tyson. Yeah, that's Mike Tyson.
03:48 It makes me really happy that you actually believe in me
03:50 like how you do.
03:52 Every time they say the nickname,
03:53 they say, "Named by Mike Tyson, the Mexican monster."
03:57 You gonna make me proud, that's why.
03:58 Thank you, sir. I will make you --
04:00 I definitely will make you proud.
04:01 I know that. Thank you.
04:03 Yes, sir. Thank you, Mike. Take care.
04:05 ♪♪
04:08 HD, man.
04:10 ♪♪
04:12 What's up, man? You doing good?
04:13 Pretty good, yeah. Appreciate it, man.
04:15 It's all good, man. Take care.
04:18 Thank you.
04:19 Yeah. What's up, man? You doing good?
04:21 Chilling? You cool?
04:22 All right.
04:24 David Benavides, Demetrius Xandre.
04:26 Ooh!
04:27 I'm excited.
04:28 David has given me the opportunity
04:30 to become a three-divisional world champion.
04:32 I think it's gonna be a great fight.
04:34 I think our styles are gonna clash real well,
04:35 and I think we're gonna put on a show
04:37 and may the best man win, of course.
04:39 There's a lot of personas in boxing
04:41 where they just want to act like the baddest,
04:42 a lot of rah-rah, yelling and stuff,
04:45 but when it's time to make the fight,
04:47 you see who backs out and who stays in there.
04:49 Boo-Boo, he didn't make a fuss about it at all.
04:52 You know, some people act like divas
04:53 and ask for this, ask for that,
04:55 but we came to an agreement real quick.
04:57 I give Demetrius Xandre a lot of props.
05:00 He's a great fighter.
05:01 A lot of people have been ducking him for a long time,
05:03 so I felt like I was in the seat that he was in,
05:05 that nobody wanted to give him the opportunity.
05:07 David Benavides said, "You want to do it?"
05:08 I said, "Yep."
05:10 And so David and I was like, "Yo, bro,
05:14 two prime guys at their best."
05:16 I'm not afraid of David Benavides.
05:19 I know he's a good fighter.
05:20 I'm a great fighter as well.
05:22 We're going to put it on the line.
05:23 There's nothing that I can't do.
05:24 And he ain't ready for a war.
05:25 My flag, his flag.
05:27 >> We got six more weeks in training camp,
05:29 and then the fight is on, man, November 25th.
05:31 [waves crashing]
05:34 >> Tres, dos, uno.
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07:17 - Is it surreal, this life, the one that David Benavidez,
07:21 young and treacherous, now lives?
07:24 These Mexican boxing icons,
07:27 beckoning him into their exclusive club,
07:29 where machismo and belts are required for entry.
07:32 His obvious enthusiasm to inflict violence, however,
07:37 is proof he belongs.
07:38 - I feel like I'm the favorite fighter
07:39 for the throwback fighters
07:41 because they see a lot of themselves in me.
07:43 I could do it all, you know,
07:45 I could throw punches, I got speed, I got power.
07:48 I don't (beep) around, I go in there
07:50 to do as much damage as possible.
07:52 That's what we're gonna do,
07:53 we're gonna put a hole in his face.
07:55 Mike Tyson, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez,
07:58 they've all fought the same way.
07:59 They see the potential that I have.
08:01 So I just wanna keep making them proud
08:03 and just keep being the monster that I am.
08:05 (speaking Spanish)
08:14 - Oh, there you go, go under, go under.
08:16 I wanna be the man that gives the fans
08:18 the fights that they wanna see, the most exciting fights.
08:21 The fans pay good money to see us fight
08:22 and we gotta perform and I feel like that's why,
08:26 you know, I'm such a hot ticket right now
08:27 because everybody loves the way I fight.
08:29 - It is true, Mexico's champions promise furious action,
08:35 but the greatest among them
08:36 rise even higher upon amplification.
08:39 Big stage, big stakes.
08:42 Everything's supersized in high definition.
08:45 Anticipation building and building until boom.
08:47 - Introducing David Benavidez.
08:51 - Last March when Benavidez reached his brightest stage yet,
08:58 the only one disappointed with his performance was,
09:01 well, Caleb Plant.
09:03 - Benavidez now unloading on Plant.
09:06 - Consider bloody an understatement.
09:08 This beat down, savage, classic.
09:11 The pay-per-view triumph, now his.
09:15 And that spotlight didn't freeze Benavidez,
09:18 more like illuminated his vast skills.
09:21 - The Mexican monster.
09:23 - The whole experience, you know,
09:25 was probably one of the best experiences
09:27 of my career to this date.
09:28 I think it was just the entry fight to stardom for me,
09:31 to be honest with you.
09:33 You know, I've worked really hard for that
09:35 and, you know, I put my foot in the door
09:37 and now it's just time to bust in.
09:39 (upbeat music)
09:42 - Speaking of entrances to Paradise Cracked Open,
09:53 Demetrius Andrade sees Benavidez as Benavidez once saw Plant,
09:58 as a launch pad to even more.
10:01 An opportunity to share his unorthodox approach
10:04 with the masses who may be unfamiliar with his evolution.
10:08 - My upbringing, it was fighting, it was in the gym.
10:11 I lived in a household with my older brother,
10:14 me and my little brother.
10:15 It was ugly.
10:16 Every day somebody got a black eye.
10:18 We did karate, we did tennis, we did baseball,
10:24 we did basketball, football.
10:26 And my dad was the coach
10:28 and he just kept our minds into sports
10:30 so we wasn't out acting up.
10:32 My first fight, six years old.
10:35 Yeah, I mean, I was there every day.
10:37 And so it became like nature, second nature,
10:40 dedication, hard work, commitment, consistency.
10:44 My dad trained me and my brothers.
10:48 I'm not too sure how he learned
10:50 all the stuff he was doing.
10:51 We would just go to the gym and he'd be like,
10:53 "Yo, we're gonna work this, we're gonna work that,
10:54 "you're gonna learn how to do this."
10:56 It was like this, like Paul Andrade with a belt like this,
11:00 me, and he was like, "Faster, faster."
11:03 So I had to like, hit the, hit, punch the bag,
11:06 put my hands up for defense
11:08 and block my ass at the same time.
11:09 It was like, put the, ah!
11:10 So I became fast, you know what I'm saying?
11:14 So that made me so diverse in the ring
11:16 where it's just like, what is this kid doing?
11:19 Whatever the, I gotta do to win, mother,
11:21 take this, pow, pooh, pow.
11:23 You know what I'm saying?
11:26 - Circle, circle.
11:28 There you go.
11:29 - In order to hone that atypical style,
11:33 born from a bevy of sports played,
11:35 trainers Andre Rozier and Mike Vellos
11:39 don't try to change Boo-Boo.
11:41 No, they must amplify what makes him distinct.
11:44 - Good, step around him.
11:46 There you go.
11:47 Boo-Boo, he's an incredible boxer.
11:50 Very, very aware, very unorthodox.
11:54 He does things that just don't make sense.
11:56 [fighters grunting]
11:59 He grabbed the boxing book, looked at the text and said,
12:05 I'm gonna do it my way, and it works.
12:09 - Better feet.
12:09 Good, there you go.
12:12 Down and turn.
12:14 That's all day.
12:16 There's so many nuances and abilities
12:19 that Boo-Boo possess that people haven't seen.
12:21 They will see it on November 25th.
12:23 There you go.
12:28 Now, there you go.
12:30 - His tenacity and determination to just like,
12:32 I'm going to do what I wanna do to you,
12:35 and you have no choice but to accept this.
12:38 That's his mindset everywhere he goes.
12:41 - Andre is atypically creative in the ring.
12:44 Unconventional and proud to be both.
12:48 With a personality that gleams,
12:50 radiating a different type of joy.
12:53 And the fighting style,
12:54 like a whirling dervish with power,
12:58 has resulted in 32 wins, zero losses.
13:02 - There's a lot of glimpse of what I can do
13:04 through all my fights.
13:06 - And there was a right hand, dropped him.
13:08 - Every person I've been in the ring with
13:09 always hits the floor, always hits the canvas.
13:12 - And down goes Nelson for the third time tonight.
13:15 - I'm the type of person where like,
13:17 once I put my mind to it,
13:18 I'm gonna become whatever it is I wanna become.
13:20 - It's me again, baby, it's me again.
13:23 - I became two-division world champion.
13:27 Looking to make my third now.
13:28 - Up, up.
13:31 - I know how to break down people.
13:34 And at the end of the day, it's like,
13:38 I know I can fight.
13:39 Once I really start getting in the groove of things
13:45 and I know you can't do a certain thing
13:47 or go a certain way because your body
13:48 is not coordinated enough to do that,
13:52 then it's,
13:53 it's, it do, it still, it do, it still.
13:57 So.
14:00 (dramatic music)
14:03 Good stuff, good stuff.
14:04 Just like at this point in time,
14:06 we just don't need no monkey business.
14:08 Nobody needs to bring any extra baggage.
14:11 We just need to stick to the goal,
14:13 have fun of course, and understand like,
14:15 this is bigger than me, this is bigger than,
14:18 but everybody's gonna get their piece of greatness
14:20 once it's all said and done, so.
14:23 I know I can fight.
14:24 I won't be 32 and 0 with 19 knockouts,
14:26 but yeah, maybe not every fight was whatever
14:29 because you're not giving me,
14:30 nobody's giving me the opportunity to be showcased,
14:32 but this is gonna be a showcase fight right here.
14:34 (indistinct chatter)
14:47 - Oh.
14:50 (dog barks)
14:57 (car engine revs)
15:00 - My father liked, it's like a cousin to a cheetah.
15:06 It's like a small cheetah.
15:08 Yeah.
15:11 Yeah, you gotta be fast.
15:13 - Hey, hey, that's wise, bro, don't dig it, don't.
15:16 You guys are gonna get big.
15:18 - Come on.
15:21 - I always looked up to him.
15:22 That's the reason I started boxing,
15:24 'cause I always wanted to be like my brother.
15:26 (laughs)
15:28 - It's been a super long path, really unpredictable,
15:34 you know, but the thing is that every time we focus
15:38 in ourselves 100% on boxing,
15:40 we know exactly what we're doing.
15:41 - The card on November 25th offers both boxers
15:48 last name Benavides a showcase opportunity
15:51 to highlight their hard earned strength
15:53 in separate bouts with vast risk.
15:57 Jose Jr. will collide with undefeated Jamal Charlo
16:00 in the co-main.
16:01 - It's a great feeling,
16:03 because it's also a huge fight for him,
16:05 and I know he's definitely gonna shock the world.
16:08 For him to be here with me and my dad,
16:11 I finally felt that we're complete.
16:13 You know, two kids that set out on this journey,
16:16 they didn't know where they're gonna end up,
16:18 and now we're here.
16:19 - We're a team, and if one of us is missing,
16:22 it's not the same.
16:24 So being right there next to each other,
16:25 you know, sparring, we're there to better each other.
16:29 I'm gonna tell you this, I give David a run for his money,
16:32 and he gives me a run for my money, you know.
16:35 (intense music)
16:37 We've been fighting together our whole lives.
16:44 Very competitive, for sure.
16:45 When we're in the ring, we're not brothers.
16:49 - Bueno, bueno.
16:50 - It's not a, oh, we're gonna just throw whatever punch.
16:52 No, it's a test game, you know.
16:54 - I wanna be better than him,
16:56 and he wants to be better than me.
16:58 We definitely do push each other.
17:03 We make sure that we're both on our P's and Q's
17:05 and working extremely hard.
17:06 It just means the world to me,
17:10 to be with my dad and my brother.
17:12 You know, it started with us in the garage
17:15 when we were two years old, and we're still doing it.
17:17 It's definitely a blessing.
17:19 (shouting)
17:21 - It's good work, man.
17:27 I feel like every time I score my brother,
17:29 I'm always at the best IQ.
17:31 Not only could this guy box a certain type of way,
17:32 he could also adapt and do different stuff.
17:34 You see, he turned lefty, he went orthodox,
17:37 he did a whole lot of (beep)
17:38 that not regular people could do.
17:40 - Tough.
17:41 It's a war in there for sure.
17:44 Appreciate it, thank you.
17:46 He's fast, dude, for that weight, he's fast.
17:49 He's destined for greatness, that's for sure.
17:51 - Both of us.
17:51 Both of us are destined for greatness,
17:53 the whole band will be with us someday.
17:55 - Hello!
18:05 You going to the park?
18:06 You going to the park?
18:07 Huh?
18:08 Let's go to the park!
18:09 - You see Mora?
18:11 - I see Mora.
18:12 Say hi, Mora!
18:13 Say hi, Mora!
18:14 Give a hug, hug, hug, hug, hug.
18:16 (cheering)
18:18 - Cute!
18:19 - Today, the Fighting Benavides brothers
18:24 live just down the block from each other,
18:26 in an idyllic setting as their families continue to grow.
18:29 But if this constitutes a happy ending of sorts,
18:34 it almost never happened,
18:36 owing to tension that only recently abated.
18:39 - My dad back then, he was super hard on me.
18:44 But without trauma, there can't be no greatness.
18:49 You want fast?
18:50 Or you want slow?
18:51 - I got you, I got you.
18:52 - Fast?
18:52 - You mean, let me know when you want to go.
18:54 - When I look back, it was too much.
18:56 Too much pressure.
18:57 I was confused and I was lost,
18:59 and we were very close to breaking up.
19:02 - Go!
19:03 Hold on tight, remember?
19:04 - Whoa!
19:05 - Hold on tight, okay?
19:06 - Faster!
19:07 I got you!
19:08 - I feel so happy to spend good quality time with my sons.
19:12 I look back and I feel sorry for them.
19:17 The way that I used to treat them,
19:19 it was really bad, really bad.
19:21 And I think to myself,
19:24 what happened?
19:26 How did everything get lost, you know?
19:29 - When you guys were growing up,
19:30 I was afraid to say I love you
19:33 because I thought you guys were gonna become weak.
19:36 I wanna take advantage of this moment
19:39 and really tell you from my heart
19:44 how proud I am.
19:45 I have felt for you guys.
19:48 And you know, I think I tried to do my best
19:52 to raise you guys,
19:53 and now you guys have your own kids.
19:55 - Not easy.
19:56 - Not easy.
19:57 - Oh, wow, that was a nice throw.
19:59 - Let me see you throw it again.
20:00 Just like that.
20:01 Try to throw it as far as you can.
20:03 We went through a lot of hard times.
20:05 You guys are warriors, man.
20:08 I don't think nobody could even compare to your level.
20:12 And I'm super excited for the next fight, November 25th.
20:16 We get to fight in the same card,
20:17 and it's amazing.
20:19 It's super special for me.
20:21 - It's crazy.
20:22 I'm just really grateful to be here,
20:23 especially with you guys.
20:26 You know, we started with the same team,
20:28 we're gonna end with the same team,
20:29 so I'm just really happy.
20:30 - This has just been a great camp.
20:32 My brother's looking good.
20:34 My dad's looking happier, you know?
20:36 No negativity, so we're gonna keep on being positive,
20:39 and we're gonna come out victorious.
20:41 We're gonna train hard and kick some ass.
20:44 - Line you up.
20:49 - Yeah, just a little line up.
20:51 Just like trim this down.
20:52 - Yeah, we don't trim right now.
20:53 - Like laying it.
20:54 And then I keep this dot.
20:55 Just (mimics drum roll)
20:57 Keep this like dot.
20:58 Everybody looks at David Benavides as El Moncho.
21:07 The monster.
21:10 David, all I can say is, like, he's a 10 for 10 guy.
21:13 You know, I have no, I can't discredit him.
21:16 I'm not like saying like he's not powerful, he's not good.
21:19 I'm not saying he's all this stuff.
21:21 But it's also, I was about to see some skillful,
21:24 finesse, doggie dog fight coming up.
21:27 So, I mean, that's just what it is.
21:30 Seem that he has a lot of grit in him.
21:32 He is a dog, but I have the specialty.
21:36 I have the special sauce.
21:37 I got that signature stuff, you know?
21:39 Like the chef signatures and then the regular entree.
21:43 You know what I'm saying?
21:44 I'm on that side.
21:45 It's signature stuff.
21:47 Chef signature, that's me.
21:49 When I beat him, he's still young enough
21:52 where he can endure the loss.
21:56 And it's like you lost against Demetrius Andre.
21:58 He done beat a lot of undefeated guys.
22:00 You ain't the only one.
22:02 So it's okay.
22:03 You're still young enough
22:05 where you can continue to beat everybody else.
22:09 (dramatic music)
22:12 - There is something admirable
22:19 about boxers who dismiss the narrative told for them.
22:22 But it's one thing to want to write their own story
22:26 and another much harder thing entirely
22:30 to actually author what's in their heads.
22:32 David Benavides is fast becoming more
22:36 than your favorite fighter's favorite fighter.
22:39 Benavides next step is not impressing them.
22:43 It's joining them as perhaps the next face of boxing.
22:47 But the legend known as Iron Mike
22:51 best explained this calculus
22:53 with beautiful thudding simplicity.
22:57 Everybody has a plan, he said.
22:58 And the Mexican monster will deploy his
23:02 on Saturday, November 25th.
23:04 (dramatic music)
23:07 But Demetrius Andre certainly remembers the second half
23:10 of that immortal line
23:11 until they get punched in the mouth.
23:15 In other words, nothing reveals the danger inherent
23:19 in the present more viscerally than that.
23:23 - I am the best in this division.
23:24 So take him out and whoever comes next.
23:28 - This is a big fight.
23:30 I'm not here to talk.
23:31 I'm here to win.
23:33 ♪ I'm free from my cage ♪
23:36 ♪ You'll remember my name ♪
23:39 - I'm a monster.
23:41 (dramatic music)
23:43 - And no, it's down.
23:56 (speaking in foreign language)
23:58 - What matters on nights like the enticing one upcoming
24:02 is what happens when plans go awry.
24:04 When fortitude is the baseline
24:08 and when greatness, even more than usual,
24:12 must be summoned.
24:13 Because there's another champion in front of them
24:16 who cannot, not for a second, be ignored.
24:22 (speaking in foreign language)
24:30 - David Benavidez will clash with Demetrius Hendry
24:33 on Saturday, November 25th.
24:35 ♪ All of the pain and the memories ♪
24:38 ♪ I can't sit back and just let it be ♪
24:40 ♪ This is the moment, it's getting me ♪
24:42 ♪ Take it back, what did you do to me ♪
24:44 ♪ Play with me, play with me, play with me, play with me ♪
24:47 ♪ They may be a monster ♪
24:50 ♪ I'm the one they're afraid of ♪
24:54 ♪ No, no, no, stop us ♪
24:57 ♪ This is a chain and a circle ♪
25:01 ♪ I'm the one they want ♪
25:04 (dramatic music)
25:12 (dramatic music)
25:15 (dramatic music)
25:18 (dramatic music)
25:20 (dramatic music)
25:24 (dramatic music)
25:26 (dramatic music)