David Benavidez’s fats look throughout his current promo with David Morrell has followers questioning whether or not his weight might be an issue for him throughout preparation for his or her February 1st gentle heavyweight struggle on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
‘The Mexican Monster,’ Benavidez has been letting himself go in between fights, consuming effectively, and should catch as much as him in opposition to Morrell. It might be a pity if Benavidez is drained from the dramatic weight reduction that he’s going to wish to undertake to lose the kilos.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) confirmed up in woeful form for the promo shoot, trying within the neighborhood of 220 lbs. That weight goes to wish to come back off within the subsequent 63 days for WBC interim gentle heavyweight champion Benavidez to be able to problem Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) for his WBC interim title.
Benavidez’s Tyson Fury-esque physique goes to must be shrunk in the course of the subsequent two months for him to have any form of probability in opposition to the in-shape Cuban Morrell. His physique regarded like a mixture of Fury and a late Elvis Presley. You may solely think about what Benavide has been consuming to pack on these kilos.
It wouldn’t be such an enormous deal if Benavidez hadn’t already proven stamina issues in his final struggle in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth. In that struggle, Gvozdyk regarded sluggish and weak, gassing out after six rounds and taking a pounding.
All the additional weight that Benavidez had placed on slowed him down, and he hadn’t gained any additional muscle for the kilos that he’d packed on.
Apparently, followers nonetheless decide Benavidez to defeat Morrell, judging by how the Mexican Monster carried out when he was combating at 168. If one noticed Benavidez’s debut at 175 in opposition to Gvozdyk, you’d not be choosing him to defeat Morrell as a result of he was terrible.
Within the first half of the competition, Benavidez threw many pictures with little energy, however within the second a part of the struggle, he was bludgeoned by Gvozdyk. He clearly misplaced the final six rounds, however the judges nonetheless gave him the win.
“Casuals don’t know the way an 11-0 man [Morrell] can go and struggle a 29-0 when it’s going to be a great struggle,” stated Chris Algieri to Probox TV, speaking concerning the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell struggle on February 1st.
“This can be a implausible matchup. That is one that’s doubtlessly one for the ages. You’ve obtained two guys of their prime. Two guys which can be keen to take a danger in opposition to one another with big alternatives with the winner of this struggle.”
The informal boxing followers aren’t conscious that Morrell had a protracted newbie profession in Cuba and extra expertise than Benavidez. They solely see Morrell’s 11 fights, and determine he’s simply beginning out. He had fought higher competitors within the amateurs than Benavidez has in the course of the professionals.
Benavidez’s solely benefit is his expertise combating longer fights of 10 to 12 rounds. Which will have helped him in the event that they have been nonetheless combating at 168 however not at 175. As I stated, he was utterly gassed out after six rounds in opposition to Gvozdyk final June.
“This can be a boxing fan’s struggle. Should you watch boxing, you know the way good a struggle that is,” stated Paulie Malignaggi concerning the Morrell vs. Benavidez struggle. “These two guys needed to go away the tremendous middleweight division to get a title shot on the greater weight class.
“I don’t assume it’s as a lot of an issue at gentle heavyweight as a result of you will have two of one of the best fighters within the division contesting for a lightweight heavyweight title.”
“I don’t assume the winner of this struggle will go on to the winner of Beterbiev-Bivol simply because there are such a lot of choices that may occur,” stated Algieri, doubting whether or not the winner of the Morrell vs. Benavidez struggle will get a straight shot in opposition to the rematch winner between undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol from their struggle on February twenty second.
“For Joshua Buatsi or Anthony Yarde to step in as an opponent for certainly one of these guys.”
David Benavidez may have numerous weight to chop, forward of his struggle in opposition to David Morrell on February 1st. pic.twitter.com/PXEvKlFgdI
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