Benavidez trashed Alvarez’s bout with Christian Mbilli following a press conference Thursday at MGM Grand to promote his cruiserweight title fight against Gilberto Ramirez on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

As The Ring first reported Thursday, Alvarez will end almost exactly a one-year layoff when he challenges Mbilli for the Montreal-based champion’s WBC super middleweight title September 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“Nobody wants to see that sh*t,” Benavidez told a group of reporters. “You guys wanna see that? ... Who the f*** is Mbilli? I think he would of been better off if he would've fought Diego Pacheco.

“Diego Pacheco has a way bigger name than Mbilli. But I don’t know. You guys keep asking me about [Canelo]. This is a ‘Monster’ weekend this weekend. We have great fights. Not only is it a great main event, the whole card is stacked.”

Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) and Pacheco (25-0, 18 KOs) are friends. They were trained by Jose Benavidez Sr., David’s father. Pacheco announced earlier this month that he hired Buddy McGirt to replace him.

David Benavidez called out Alvarez for several years, but he has all but given on finally fighting the Mexican icon, who will turn 36 in July.

Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) hasn’t fought since his highly entertaining split draw with Lester Martinez (20-0-1, 16 KOs) on the Alvarez-Terence Crawford undercard September 13 in Las Vegas. Alvarez underwent surgery on his left elbow following his unanimous points loss to Crawford, which extended the former undisputed 168-pound champion’s layoff.

Mbilli was elevated from interim champion by the WBC after the Mexico-based governing organization stripped Crawford early in December for failing to pay his sanctioning fee for the Alvarez bout. Crawford, who won The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles from Alvarez, announced his retirement in mid-December.

Mbilli is The Ring’s No. 3 super middleweight contender for a vacant championship. Alvarez is ranked No. 1 and Los Angeles’ Pacheco is No. 5.

Phoenix’s Benavidez, 29, will attempt to become champion in a third division against Mexico’s Ramirez (48-1, 30 KOs).

Amazon’s Prime Video and DAZN will distribute the card headlined by Benavidez-Ramirez in the United States ($79.99). Subscribers to DAZN’s Ultimate plan, which costs $44.99 per month in the U.S. and £24.99 in the UK, can view the Benavidez-Ramirez show for no additional charge.