David Morrell says WBC interim gentle heavyweight champion David Benavidez is a “Robocop” who can’t dance and has “nothing” for him of their upcoming combat on February 1st important occasion combat on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) sees Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) as an unathletic, robotic fighter who can’t transfer and couldn’t knock out Caleb Plant of their combat final 12 months. He feels he could have no issues neutralizing his offense, which requires his opponents to be stationary so he can stand and throw punches in bunches.
Morrell’s Mission
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if Benavidez can deal with the ability of Morrell, 26, on this combat as a result of Ronald Gavril dropped him within the twelfth spherical of their first combat in 2017. Many boxing followers suppose Bebafvidez misplaced that combat, so there was a rematch. Benavidez additionally had issues in his final combat in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
“It’s no secret for anyone that Benavidez is Robocop. That’s it. Take a look at Benavidez vs. Plant. It was 12 rounds. This combat revealed secrets and techniques,” stated David Morrell to Premier Boxing Champions, letting followers know that David Benavidez is robotic and struggled in opposition to Caleb Plant.
“I by no means fought Plant earlier than, however I don’t suppose Plant had an excessive amount of energy for Benavidez. He’s an enormous man. He’s stronger, too. So, when you’ve got good legs, you practice onerous, you might have energy, and every thing, Benavidez now has nothing for you.
“I can dance. I’ve strikes. Benavidez can’t dance. That’s it,” stated Morrell.
What Benavidez was prior to now when campaigning at 168 in opposition to smaller, older fights able to be mothballed for deconstruction is not any extra. He’s now combating at 175 and compelled to face high-level opposition. So far, Benavidez has not seemed good on this new weight class, and there’s a great likelihood he’ll lose to Morrell by knockout on February 1st.
There’s a lot on the road for each fighters on this conflict. The winner will combat for the undisputed gentle Heavyweight championship in opposition to Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol. The loser will begin once more and get to the again of the road.
Given the hype and big push that PBC has put behind Benavidez all these years, they’ll deliver him again rapidly and, if attainable, attempt to arrange a rematch with Morrell.
