David Morrell and David Benavidez will maintain a media exercise this Tuesday, December seventeenth, to debate their gentle heavyweight championship battle. The battle will happen in 47 days, on February 1, 2025, on PBC on Prime Video PPV from the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Avoiding Morrell?
WBA ‘common’ 175-lb champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs_and WBC interim champ Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will talk about their conflict with the media. Morrell revealed lately that Benavidez had nothing to say to him throughout their face-off and was a special individual, protecting his mouth closed.
Morrell observed how Benavidez solely began opening his yap to speak mess after he was out of sight, seeing that the coast was clear. He feels that he exhibits the true colours of the Mexican Monster. In different phrases, he talks huge when he’s not in entrance of him, however when he’s in his presence, he’s as delicate as a lamb.
The Skinny-skinned Monster
Benavidez has appeared indignant because the battle with Cuban Morrell was introduced, and it’s clear that he’s hyper-sensitive to the idea many boxing followers have that he has prevented this battle for over two years.
When Benavidez, 27, speaks, he sounds thin-skinned and sensitive about having no need to face the gifted Cuban. It’s okay. Benavidez is afraid of Morrell as a result of many fighters are. If he loses this battle, he can overlook in regards to the desires of a mega-payday going through the winner of the February twenty second conflict between undis[uted gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
That is by far essentially the most gifted fighter Benavidez can have confronted throughout his 11-year skilled profession, and it’s coming at a time when he can least afford a loss. There’s an enormous battle there for him if he’s victorious in opposition to Morrell. If Benavidez is crushed on February 1st, he can overlook about it, and it would take him years to get again to the place he was.
‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez likes to painting himself as being fearless, however the truth that he didn’t need to battle Morrell confirmed a special colour. He does have concern, and a few imagine that he solely took the battle as a consequence of Morrell wanting human for the primary time in his profession in opposition to veteran Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-3, 21 KOs) on August third.
Morrell nonetheless received the battle by a one-sided 12-round determination, displaying extra energy than undisputed champion Artur Beterbiev or any of the highest fighters at 175. The pictures that Morrell was hitting Kalajdzic throughout that battle would have knocked out anybody within the division and will have completed him off if he had bombarded him after hurting him thrice within the battle.
Benavidez’s Flaws
As we noticed in his debut at 175 in opposition to pale former WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Benavidez lacks energy for this division. His punches appeared weak in comparison with Gvozdyk’s and seemed misplaced. Benavidez took a beating in that battle, which many followers imagine ought to have been scored as a draw. Nonetheless, his lack of higher physique power is the true drawback.
David’s higher physique is just like the arms of the extinct T-Rex dinosaur—they’re like vestigial options. He doesn’t have energy for the sunshine heavyweight division. If Benavidez hit the burden room, he may have the ability to develop some energy, however not in time for his match in opposition to Morrell. It’s too late for that. If Benavidez will get blown out of the water by Morrell, he’ll know what to repair.
Give attention to power coaching and probably transfer again all the way down to 168. If Benavidez can’t swim with the sharks at 175, he’s bought to return from whence he got here to save lots of his profession. That’s what I’d do if I had been him.
Time And Location Of Media Exercise
BOXR Fitness center
1310 NE 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33132
When:
Tuesday, December 17
11:30 a.m. ET – Media Arrival
12:00 p.m. ET – Morrell Exercise
12:30 p.m. ET – Moderator Q&A & Fighter Face Off
1:00 p.m. ET – Benavidez Exercise
