David Morrell and David Benavidez have confirmed that they’re in Negotiations for a battle. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) stated on social media that a proposal has been despatched, and he’s ready for WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) to just accept it. Each fighters have confirmed that the negotiations are ongoing between them.
Morrell, 26, made his debut at mild heavyweight on August third, beating former 175-lb world title challenger Radivoje Kalajdzic by a large 12-round unanimous choice to win the WBA secondary title in certainly one of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season occasions on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
The scores have been 117-111, 118-110 and 117-111. Morrell harm the hard-hitting Kalajdic quite a few instances within the battle however failed to leap on him the way in which he wanted to get the knockout.
After the one-sided battle, followers criticized Morrell for being tentative and never ending a fighter who IBF mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev had destroyed in 5 rounds in Could 2019. Morrell didn’t present the identical killer intuition that Beterbiev had displayed towards Kalajdzic.
Nevertheless, if Morrell had shined towards Kalajdzic, ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez probably wouldn’t have been wanting to battle him now. You hate to say it, however regardless of his repute as a fantastic expertise, there’s a calculated, cherry-picking high quality about Benavidez that has carried him this far.
Benavidez didn’t need to battle Morrell till he appeared human towards Kalajdzic, and he additionally hadn’t proven a willingness to battle at 175 towards fighters his personal measurement till his final battle towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk in his eleventh 12 months as a professional.
The Cuba-born Morrell has been calling out Benavidez for a few years now however with no luck till now. Benavidez lastly realizes that he wants this battle towards Morrell to extend his probabilities of touchdown a title shot at 175 as a result of his final efficiency towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth was underwhelming.
Benavidez didn’t impress in his debut at 175 towards former WBC mild heavyweight Gvozdyk. His energy was not the identical because it had been at 168, and he ran out of gasoline after the midpoint of the battle. The judges nonetheless gave Benavidez a large 12-round unanimous choice, however the battle appeared like a attract actual phrases.
Benavidez is fashionable, and the battle happened in Las Vegas. It could have been a draw if it had been staged in impartial territory as a result of Benavidez had nothing left after the sixth. Going by that efficiency, you’ve received to offer Morrell a superb opportunity of defeating Benavidez and knocking him out if he will increase his punch output to repair the failings in his sport that he’d proven towards Kalajdzic.
For each fighters, it’s one of the best battle that may be made in the intervening time whereas the 175-lb champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol battle it out to search out out who the King is for the sunshine heavyweight division. These two may battle twice, leaving Morrell and Benavidez to attend.
