David Morrell Jr. (11-0, 9 KOs) and David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) might be assembly subsequent week on Tuesday, November nineteenth for the press convention in Los Angeles to advertise their gentle heavyweight headliner on PBC on PPV on February 1st on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The Morrell-Benavidez press convention might be held at The NOVO at L.A. Dwell. It’s an early begin for the promotion, nevertheless it’s necessary as a result of it should require time to advertise the occasion. What’s missing is a strong co-feature bout.
With all of the speaking that Benavidez has performed about being prevented by Canelo Alvarez, he’s bought to indicate that he was nearly as good as he made himself out to be. Most, if not all, of Benavidez’s wins throughout his profession had been towards B-level fighters.
On February 1st, Benavidez might be preventing his first A-level man David Morrell, and that is his probability to indicate that he deserves the ‘Mexican Monster’ nickname given to him by Mike Tyson.
Undercard
– Brandon Figuera Jr. vs. Stephen Fulton rematch
– Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs. Angel Fierro
– Jesus Ramos Jr. vs. Jeison Rosario
Benavidez wants to indicate that he belongs at 175 as a result of he didn’t look wherever close to good to be taken significantly in his debut in that new weight class towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth. There are quite a lot of doubts about whether or not Benavidez can face up to the arduous punches from the Cuban Morrell, who’s extra suited to the division resulting from his energy.
Benavidez is a twig fighter who wins by touchdown quite a lot of photographs, and he took some large photographs in his final battle towards Gvozdyk. He can’t afford to let Morrell hit him with the identical punches with out the chance of getting knocked out. Even Benavidez may be damage if he will get hit repeatedly by Morrell, who will be the largest puncher within the gentle heavyweight division in the present day.
On the undercard, WBC Featherweight champion Brandon Figueroa Jr. faces his previous nemesis, Stephen Fulton Jr., in a rematch. Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) hopes to avenge his solely profession loss from 2021 by beating Fulton (22-1, 8 KOs). That is the most effective battle on paper on the February 1st undercard.
Gentle Welterweight Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs) seems to be to get again to his profitable methods in a ten-round battle towards Angel Fierro (22-2-2, 17 KOs). It is a make-or-break battle for the 26-year-old Pitbull Cruz as a result of he utterly dominated in his final battle towards Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela on August third, shedding a 12-round break up choice on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
The judges had been very beneficiant with the scoring as a result of Rayo ought to have received 11-1 or 10-2. Cruz was taken to high school by the ‘Mexican Loma’ in that battle.
Junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr. (21-1, 17 KOs) faces former IBF and WBA champion Jeison Rosario (24-4-2, 18 KOs). It is a battle that Ramos Jr. might want to impress in to make followers neglect his 12-round unanimous choice loss to Erickson Lubin final 12 months on September 30, 2023.
