David Benavidez says he’d be open to a battle towards Oleksandr Usyk however would like to attend “5 – 6 years” earlier than going through him. He thinks he wants “extra expertise” earlier than preventing the heavyweight champion Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs). Oleksandr isn’t going to attend for Benavidez. If he lacks the self-confidence to battle him now, that battle is just not occurring.
Usyk Wait: 5-6 Years
Benavidez says he would possibly nonetheless take the battle if it have been supplied to him. He admits that it might be one of many hardest of his profession, which is an understatement.
Usyk is extremely expert and would reap the benefits of Benavidez’s behavior of leaving himself open for counts because of his quantity punching. The ‘Mexican-Ecuadorian-American Monster’ Benavidez hasn’t needed to change his preventing model as a result of he was preventing smaller guys whereas campaigning at 168 via the primary ten years of his profession.
In his current debut at 175, he took a whole lot of onerous pictures towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk when he tried to overwhelm him with quantity, and his face seemed prefer it had been run over by a tractor-trailer by the top of the 12-round contest.
If Benavidez have been to maneuver as much as heavyweight or cruiserweight to face Usyk, he couldn’t use quantity towards him with out getting picked aside and embarrassed. That model solely works towards smaller fighters or weak ones.
In 39 days, Benavidez might be going through WBA ‘common champ David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on February twenty second on PPB on Prime Video PPV on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
It is a battle that’s going to point out what sort of determine Benavidez has within the 175-lb division. If he can’t beat Morrell, he might should return to 168 if he can as a result of it’ll solely worsen for him towards the opposite killers at 175.
“I’m Going to Damage David Morrell”
“Anyone that watches this battle goes to have a good time watching this. I’m coming in 100% prepared,” stated David Benavidez to Fighthype, speaking about his February twenty second contest towards WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell in Las Vegas.
“I’ve been coaching for nearly 4 and a half months. I’m not leaving any stone unturned, and I’m very motivated for this battle. Not solely to go in there to get the victory, however to get the knockout. I’m going to go in there, and I’m going to harm David Morrell.
“I’m going to make him eat all his phrases, and after I knock his a** out and take his belt, he’s going to know who the perfect on this planet is,” stated Benavidez.
With Morrell’s energy in both hand, he’s bought a good chance of knocking out Benavidez on this battle if he fights the identical method he’s been doing. Morrell hits too onerous and can knock out Benavidez similar to he did Sena Agbeko and Yamaguchi Falcão. These guys had wonderful chins going into their fights with Morrell, however he mowed them down shortly.
“I don’t assume I’ve sufficient expertise to go towards Usyk,” stated Benavidez when requested if he’d prefer to battle Oleksandr Usyk. “By no means say by no means. Possibly sooner or later, however as of proper now, I’m simply centered on these guys. Possibly in 5 – 6 years, however in that point, he’ll in all probability be round 40 [try 42 or 43],” stated Benavidez about Usyk.
“I’ve an amazing quantity of respect for Usyk. He’s the best of all time. If I’ve the chance to share the ring with him, I’m not going to say no, however it’s in all probability going prime be the toughest battle I’ve had in my entire life,” stated Benavidez.
It sounds weak on Benavidez’s half for him to be speaking about needing extra expertise earlier than preventing Usyk as a result of he’s bought loads of professional expertise to be taking this battle. Plus, he’s nearly ten years youthful than him.
