A chunky-looking David Benavidez trash-talked David Morrell whereas posing a brief video promo for his or her February 1st mild heavyweight headliner on the Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Throughout the face-off, Benavidez, 27, intruded into the Cuban Morrell’s private area, stepping towards him whereas talking in speedy Spanish, attempting to intimidate him.
Even once they had been separated, one might see that Benavidez was upset, maybe resulting from Morrell calling him a “Coward,” questioning his braveness over the past two years resulting from him ducking a struggle towards him.
Morrell: “If you happen to had been in Cuba, they’d take your footwear.”
Which may have been the remark that set Benavidez off or the one about him being a “coward.” Both a kind of might have been that set his kettle on the boil, however Morrell has been irritated about being swerved repeatedly by Benavidez for the final two years as a result of they need to have already fought.
If that they had, the winner of the struggle would have seen their reputation skyrocket, which have put stress on Canelo Alvarez to struggle them. Somewhat than struggle Morrell, 26, Benavidez has opted to pad his file with wins over these fighters:
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 37
– Caleb Plant
– Demetrius Andrade: 35
– David Lemieux: 35
– Kyrone Davis
Do you see a pattern right here with the opposition Benavidez has been going through? Benavidez has been doing file padding, which alerts that his dad, Jose Benavidez Sr, and his administration have maneuvered him to create a pretend file to attempt to get the Canelo payday. It didn’t work. All that wasted time and Canelo wasn’t fooled.
The struggle towards Morrell is Benavidez’s first 50-50 struggle throughout his 11-year skilled profession, and it’s going to be fascinating to see if he can go this check with out falling aside.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO) carried additional groceries round his midsection, and he’s going to should lose the load earlier than taking up WBA ‘common’ 175-lb champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) of their match on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
