David Benavidez says his expertise can be an excessive amount of for WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell, and he expects to knock him out within the later rounds of their headliner on February 1st.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) believes he’s received the sting towards Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) because of the superior opposition have confronted throughout his 11-year skilled profession in lots of “50-50 fights.” He doesn’t point out who he’s fought throughout his profession in fights that had been thought of even-money, however that’s what he claims.
Morrell has a slight benefit in youth, energy, technical abilities, and mobility over Benavidez. He additionally has much less put on and tear. Benavidez will get hit loads as a result of he’s a quantity puncher who posts up in entrance of his opponents and overwhelms them with pictures.
He’d gotten away with that type as a result of he melted right down to compete at 168 towards smaller and older fighters. Now that Benavidez is combating the place he ought to have been all alongside, at 175, he’s getting hit arduous, and he should change his type to keep away from getting knocked out.
Benavidez vs. Morrell can be headlining on PBC on Prime Video PPV on February 1st on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
“I need to show that I’m the perfect on the planet, and the one one there apart from Bivol and Beterbiev is David Morrell. That was the perfect struggle I might see. It’s not the simplest struggle. It’s in all probability the hardest apart from Beterbiev and Bivol,” stated David Benavidez to Tobin.
“He had a few phrases for me, saying I used to be operating from him. I needed to check his temperature and let him know that I’m going to be right here all evening. I’m not going to be operating from no person, and by the point this struggle is completed, he’s going to know who the perfect David is,” stated Benavidez about Morrell.
“Canelo was sort of blocking my likelihood to attain greatness. I believe now everyone is about defending their O. For me, if you wish to get the cash proper, you must undergo the toughest fights. You must present individuals what you’re manufactured from. That’s what I’m doing with this struggle.”
Canelo was doing the identical factor Benavidez was with Morrell. He wasn’t indulging Benavidez. If he’d been combating the perfect opposition to construct up his fan base, Canelo would have fought him. The fellows that Canelo fights are ones with followers, who carry one thing to the desk. We’ve seen how Benavidez couldn’t promote when he fought on PPV towards Demetrius Andrade on a loaded card, and the occasion did poor numbers.
“Each struggle I’ve taken, they’ve been arduous, aggressive fights the place it seems to be like they’re 50-50. However I am going in and do my factor and present why I’m the perfect on the planet,” stated Benavidez.
Benavidez’s fights have NOT been 50-50 matches throughout his 11-year profession. He’s all the time been the favourite in his fights, and that’s the issue. He’s taken dangers till now together with his conflict towards Morrell, and he’s solely taking that as a result of he just about has to.
Benavidez’s Greatest Wins:
– Demetrius Andrade: 35
– Caleb Plant
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 37
– Anthony Dirrell: 38
– Ronald Gavril
“That’s the distinction between me and him. He’s fought towards those that weren’t actually good. That’s why he’s ending them early,” stated Benavidez about Morrell. “I’ve fought towards individuals who had been skilled, veterans, and I completed them late.”
Morrell’s current opponent, Radivoje Kalajdzic, is healthier than anybody Benavidez has fought towards. Gvozdyk was a very good fighter earlier than retiring in 2019, however he was out of the sport for 4 years earlier than making a comeback in 2023. This wasn’t the prime model of Gvozdyk that Benavidez fought.
Gvozdyk had overwhelmed three second-tier fighters earlier than dealing with Benavidez on Could fifteenth and went the 12-round distance with him in a struggle that seemed to be a draw. That was a poor efficiency by Benavidez, who seemed nowhere close to pretty much as good as Artur Beterbiev did in his struggle towards Gvozdyk on October 18, 2019.
“It’s going to be my expertise towards him getting into and attempting to attain a fast knockout. I’m 100% targeted. I do know this struggle isn’t going to be straightforward, nevertheless it’s in all probability going to finish within the later rounds,” stated Benavidez about his match towards Morrell.
