Jose Benavidez Sr. predicts that his son, ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez, goes to present WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell such a “beating” that he’ll “in all probability retire” after their 12-round headliner on February 1st on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
Benavidez Sr. is satisfied that Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) lacks the expertise for this sort of battle and that he’s not prepared for this second to go up towards WBC interim 175-lb champion Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO).
He says he would have favored to have seen Morrell battle Demetrius ‘Boo Boo’ Andrade and Caleb Plant earlier than combating Benavidez. Nonetheless, these guys battle at 168, not at 175, the place Morrell competes, and neither has ever proven any curiosity in combating him. The one motive they agreed to battle Benavidez is as a result of he’s been combating within the professional ranks for 12 years and is well-known
Morrell Too Inexperienced?
“He’s nervous. He’s by no means been at a stage like this. He doesn’t have the expertise.Yeah, he has a variety of knockouts, however you’re alleged to cease your first fighters,” mentioned Jose Benavidez Sr. to Combat Hub TV, speaking about David Morrell.
“Within the final one, he didn’t look that good,” mentioned Benavidez Sr. about Morrell. “David is on one other stage. He’s quicker, and he talked about that David is a Robocop. He’s a Robocop Ai. He’s not going to see these punches coming. David [Benavidez] throws a variety of punches. He’s very aggressive, and everybody is aware of what he can do when he will get his rhythm.
“You get these fights, and so they really feel the stress. His entire group, they’re all nervous as a result of I believe they made a mistake to place him too early,” mentioned Jose Sr. in regards to the 26-year-old Morrell. “I might have favored to have seen him battle Caleb Plant, Boo Boo Andrade or possibly a McCumby. Somebody like that to see the place he’s at,” mentioned Benavidez Sr.
‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez didn’t look highly effective in his debut at 175 final June, and it’s fairly clear that he doesn’t have the facility within the mild heavyweight division as he did at 168 when he was seen as a weight bully combating smaller guys. If he tries to slug with Morrell, he may run into one thing and get knocked out.
That is the most important puncher that Benavidez has ever fought, and this battle is coming after he soaked up a variety of heavy punishment in his final battle towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth final yr.
Morrell’s Final Combat?
“Straight away, he desires to step in with the Mexican Monster, and in my thoughts, I believe they’ve made a mistake. Most likely David will damage him a lot that he’ll in all probability retire and never be the identical. When you look again, each fighter that David has fought, the place are they at now? So, he’s younger. David goes to present him a beating,” mentioned Benavidez Sr.
