WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight champion David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) will likely be defending his belt towards WBC interim 175-lb champ David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) on February 1st on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In accordance with Salvador Rodriguez, who broke the story, the Morrell vs. Benavidez combat will likely be introduced subsequent week. Many boxing followers are wanting ahead to it, because it’s by far probably the most troublesome combat within the former two-time WBC tremendous middleweight champion Benavidez’s profession, and one he can lose.
This combat will present whether or not Benavidez, 27, is nearly as good as he and his followers assume. He’s been hounding Canelo Alvarez for a combat for years, however with out taking a dangerous combat to David Morrell to earn the match. Canelo needed Benavidez to show himself, however he selected to not till now.
Many followers consider the ONLY purpose Benavidez lastly agreed to combat Morrell is that he didn’t look nice in his current debut at 175 towards Radivoje Kalajdzic on August third. If Morrell had destroyed Kalajdzic, Benavidez doubtless would have continued to disregard him as he’d been doing for effectively over a yr.
The winner of the Morrell vs. Benavidez combat will ultimately get a world title shot towards whoever holds the WBC title after undisputed champion Artur Beterbiev faces Dmitry Bivol in a rematch. These two may combat late subsequent yr, so the Morrell-Benavidez winner most likely received’t get an opportunity to combat for the WBC title till 2026.
If the Morrell vs. Benavidez combat is aggressive sufficient, a rematch would make sense to maintain them each busy whereas they anticipate a shot on the 4 belts in the event that they don’t get vacated.
Morrell, 26, and Benavidez moved as much as 175 from 168 after giving up on the tremendous middleweight division. There have been no alternatives to combat the unified champion, Canelo Alvarez, who needed nothing to do with both.
It is a nice alternative for Morrell to indicate the boxing world that he’s acquired the expertise to be a famous person within the sport. Beating Benavidez would take Morrell’s profession to the following degree.
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