David Benavidez was speaking powerful throughout his time on the podium of their first press convention, vowing to interrupt the mouth of David Morrell for questioning his braveness within the final a number of years. The 2 fighters met up at present to start selling their February 1st battle on PBC on Prime Video PPV in Las Vegas.
Morrell, 26, has gotten on Benavidez’s nerves by bashing him repeatedly for not stepping as much as battle him. Benavidez felt it was extra vital to battle different guys, like David Lemieux, Ronald Ellis, Demetrius Andrade, and Caleb Plant.
The thought was for Benavidez to remain unbeaten to get the Canelo Alvarez mega-fight. That battle by no means materialized, so Benavidez is able to take dangerous fights now in opposition to Morrell and the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch if he will get that far.
Apparently, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) claimed that he couldn’t perceive what the Cuban-born Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) was saying when he was talking Spanish to him. Benavidez speaks Spanish, however the accent is just a little totally different than in Cuba, so he couldn’t perceive Morrell.
Benavidez will problem Morrell for his WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight title in a loaded card on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. The winner will probably be able to battle for the undisputed 175-lb championship in opposition to Artur Beterbiev or whoever holds the 4 belts by the second half of 2025.
“This man has been disrespecting me. I’m going to interrupt his mouth so he has one thing to recollect me,” stated David Benavidez throughout at present’s kickoff press convention, ripping into David Morrell for criticizing him for the final two to 3 years as a result of he refused to battle him till after his current lackluster efficiency.
If Benavidez had agreed to battle Morrell years in the past, he wouldn’t have been taunted by him. Benavidez felt it was extra vital to battle guys like Lemieux, Plant, and Andrade moderately than Morrell. There needed to have been some concern concerned on Benavidez’s half to not comply with battle him till he seemed unimpressive in his current battle in opposition to Radivoje Kalajdzic.
Morrell nonetheless gained that battle by a lopsided 12-round choice on August third, however it wasn’t the kind of efficiency that followers had been accustomed to seeing from him. Morrell had been trying higher than Benavidez till that battle.
“He has been speaking about me for about 2-3 years. Disrespecting me, my dad, my brother…so now you need to take it personally with me. So, I’m personally going to interrupt his mouth so he has one thing to recollect me by.”
