A slim-looking WBC interim gentle heavyweight champion, David Benavidez, was exhibiting off his hand velocity in a exercise within the gymnasium coaching for his 12-round battle in opposition to David Morrell on February 1st on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
Within the video clip, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) threw machine gun rapid-fire combos and appeared scary quick. He used a few of that in his debut at 175 in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Nevertheless, he acquired hit exhausting by the previous WBC champion and needed to pull again on utilizing that strategy within the later rounds.
Morrell’s Counterpunching
That type may get Benavidez in bother with the Cubans. Morrell hits exhausting, and it might be a mistake for Benavidez to attempt to stand at shut vary and throw his combos.
Combating like that labored for ‘The Mexican Monster’ when he campaigned at 168 in opposition to older fighters like Demetrius Andrade and weaker ones like Caleb Plant. Combating in a wreckless method in opposition to Morrell or Artur Beterbiev goes to get Benavidez knocked out.
That is the primary actual combat for Benavidez. He’s padded his document for the final 11 years, preventing smaller guys at 168, after which didn’t look so good when he moved as much as 175 on June fifteenth in opposition to former WBC champion Gvozdyk. He’ll look worse in opposition to Morrell if he chooses to throw punches in bunches, as he confirmed in his video clip.
It’s believed that the only real motive Workforce Benavidez took this combat is that Morrell didn’t look good in his debut at gentle heavyweight in opposition to Radivoje Kalajdzic on August third.
Nevertheless, Morrell had him harm a number of occasions within the early rounds however didn’t put him away as a result of he was trying to knock him out with a single shot quite than throwing combos. That was an beginner mistake. In opposition to Benavidez, Morrell shall be completely different and may have mounted that downside.
Being within the gymnasium with David Benavidez was a blessing man … can’t await him to prepare dinner David Morrell pic.twitter.com/vUam0YFpPw
— 2ToneDaSupastar (@2ToneDaSupastar) January 1, 2025
