Jose Benavidez Jr. says his brother, David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) goes to knock out WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight champion David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on February 1st. He sees Morrell as simply “hype” and never the fighter that folks suppose he’s.
He thinks that Morrell is “scared” of Benavidez and feels that’s a bonus for his brother. Jose Jr. factors out that Benavidez has been combating since he was two, and that he’d executed a variety of sparring with middleweight Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin throughout his prime years.
Morrell Scared?
“No, f***, no. They’ve stated that for lots of various fights. My brother has far more expertise than this man. He’s far more stronger,” stated Jose Benavidez Jr. to Struggle Hub TV when instructed that followers view the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell struggle as a 50-50 one.
“It’s simply hype. This man [Morrell] has his hype, and you can see he’s scared. In all these previous interviews and face-offs, you can inform he’s scared. He talks the large speak, however I may inform from his eyes that he’s not about what he talks.
“I’d say eight rounds, if that,” stated Jose Jr, predicting an eighth-round knockout for Benavidez over Morrell. “My brother goes to take him out 100%. They are saying Morrell has energy. What about all these different guys that they are saying had energy? My brother was sparring [middleweight] GGG when he was in his prime when he was a child. He was proper there, placing in work,” stated Jose Jr.
It shouldn’t hassle Jose Jr that folks view his brother, David Benavidez’s struggle with Morrell as a 50-50 one. That’s factor as a result of if he wins, he’ll set himself aside and present that he’s deserving of a struggle in opposition to the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 winner.
Benavidez couldn’t knock out Caleb Plant or Oleksandr Gvozdyk. It’s a mistake on Jose Jr’s half to imagine that his brother is a few nice knockout fighter as a result of he’s not. He acquired over huge time by combating at 168, when he actually was a 175-pounder all these years, combating at tremendous middleweight. Benavidez by no means fought anybody nice and dodged the struggle with Morrell for 2 stable years till now.
Underestimating Morrell?
“All that speak, all this energy that folks individuals say, it actually doesn’t imply nothing. While you’re in there, and also you’ve acquired a recreation plan, you’re going to go execute it. To me, he’s nothing particular,” stated Jose Jr. about Morrell. “You possibly can’t say somebody is a boogeyman once you’ve solely acquired 10 fights [correction: 11 as a pro with a 130-2 record as an amateur in Cuba.]”
The expertise benefit that Benavidez has as a professional is greater than equalized by what Morrell did within the newbie ranks, combating higher opposition in Cuba and all over the world. He fought two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Julio Cesar De La Cruz, in addition to Osleys Iglesias. These are simply a number of the many proficient fighters Morrell has fought in the course of the amateurs. Morrell has greater than sufficient expertise to struggle Benavidez.
“We’ll see how he hangs on when he fights my brother. He’s nothing particular in addition to throwing energy photographs. You possibly can seem like a monster for those who’re combating somebody that’s not on the identical degree. You possibly can present out, however who has he [Morrell] fought to be referred to as a boogeyman?” stated Benavidez Jr.
Morrell hasn’t been a professional lengthy sufficient to have fought anybody well-known, however he has overwhelmed these fighters:
– Radivoje Kalajdzic
– Yamaguchi Falcao
– Kalvin Henderson
– Aidos Yerbossynuly
Benavidez’s Finest wins have come in opposition to Demetrius Andrade, Caleb Plant, Oleksandr Gvozdyk and David Lemieux. Most of these guys had been outdated when he fought them. Plant had been knocked out by Canelo Alvarez in 2021, so beating him wasn’t an important accomplishment.
