David Benavidez has cleared up the confusion about his subsequent opponent, revealing that he’ll be dealing with 35-year-old veteran Jesse Hart subsequent and never David Morrell, as beforehand reported.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) had gotten followers excited yesterday by telling them that he had “one thing massive” cooking for them for his subsequent battle, however because it seems, it’s the journeyman Hart that he’s planning to Struggle.
The backlash has already begun with followers on social media trashing so-called ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez for preventing one other lesser fighter fairly than taking a step up towards the unbeaten WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight champion David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs).
Morrell has been calling out Benavidez for a very long time, attempting to disgrace him right into a battle in the identical approach that he’s carried out with Canelo Alvarez, however he’s proven no real interest in preventing the Cuban expertise.
There’s no solution to learn it aside from old school flat-out worry as a result of Morrell is not any joke and might punch with both hand. Morrell has the form of one-punch energy that will give anybody within the 175-lb division issues, particularly a fighter like Benavidez, who posts up in entrance of his opponents, attempting to bury them with quantity.
“I might be preventing Jesse Hart subsequent, not [David] Morrell, however Morrell is a future opponent,” stated David Benavidez on social media, clearing up the confusion about his title protection of his WBC interim gentle heavyweight belt.
Jesse Hart (31-3, 25 KOs0 has misplaced twice to Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, and was crushed by Joe Smith Jr. These are the one notable fighters on Hart’s resume. His losses to Gilberto got here in 2017 and 2018. He’s ranked #3 WBO and #14 WBC.
“Cooking up one thing massive for y’all for my subsequent battle. Keep tuned,” Benavidez posted yesterday on social media.
Benavidez might have misjudged what followers take into account to be a “massive” battle as a result of Jesse Hart doesn’t meet that standards.
It’s believed that Benavidez doesn’t wish to put his WBC obligatory spot in danger at 175 as a result of he’s assured a title shot towards the winner of the Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. If Benavidez had been to battle Morrell, he can be placing that in danger and would lose out on an enormous payday if he had been crushed. The cash Benavidez will get preventing the Beterbiev-Bivol winner might be thousands and thousands.
