Unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will face Edgar Berlanga on September 14 on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, whereas David Benavidez has determined to remain at 175 kilos. That sounds nice for the Cuban David Morrell.
Benavidez vs. Morrell was a battle that was talked about for a very long time, as each have been making careers at tremendous middleweight. Simply over three weeks in the past, Morrell’s representatives, by way of Luis DeCubas, introduced that the Cuban would proceed his profession at 175 kilos.
Benavidez’s relentless pursuit lastly got here to an finish. Benavidez selected to achieve weight and proceed his profession, aiming for nice fights in 175 libs, as a result of Canelo didn’t wish to give him the choice to battle that battle.
Now, the image appears clearer. Canelo will face Berlanga for the 168-pound titles, and Benavidez stays the obligatory opponent within the battle between WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and IBF/WBC/WBO champion Artur Beterbiev on October 12. With this situation, Morrell’s choices broaden as a result of he’ll possible face Benavidez in 2025.
David Morrell’s debut at 175 is on August 3 in opposition to Radivoje ‘Scorching Rod’ Kalajdzic on the Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov undercard on the Riyadh Season occasion on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The Serbian Kalajdzic, who’s ranked #4 with the WBA, knocked out veteran Sullivan Barrera within the tenth spherical final March.
Benavidez made his debut in 175, profitable a 12-round unanimous resolution on June fifteenth in opposition to former WBC mild heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk. The WBC interim title and the obligatory spot have been at stake in that battle.
Benavidez is now the WBC interim champion and obligatory for the October twelfth battle between Bivol and Beterbiev. Nonetheless, it’s not dominated out that Benavidez will take one other battle at tremendous middleweight earlier than exercising his proper to face the winner of the undisputed 175-lb championship between Beterbiev and Bivol.
David Morrell is the youngest boxer of all, with 26 years in 175 kilos and fewer fights, 10-0- (9 KO). After seeing all of the strikes occurring lately, he would be the large winner. Beterbiev, who’s 39 years previous, seems to have few remaining fights, whereas Bivol, who’s 33, should keep away from Artur’s highly effective pictures on October twelfth to win.
Even when Benavidez, at 27, decides to lastly train his proper to battle for the titles because the obligatory challenger in opposition to the winner of the Bivol-Beterbiev bout, all this finally advantages Morrell. For David Morrell to determine himself as a major boxer within the light-heavyweight division within the close to future, he should preserve profitable and climbing the rankings.
