David Morrell says he’s not frightened about being knocked out by David Benavidez as a result of he’s a quantity puncher for his or her battle on February 1st. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) wins his fights by touchdown an accumulation of pictures, and that method received’t work towards the 26-year-old Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) as a result of he has mobility.
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Morrell will probably be defending his WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight title towards WBC interim champ Benavidez on PBC on Prime Video PPV on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
“It doesn’t section me as a result of he’s not some sort of knockout artist that’s going to get you with one punch. He’s the sort of fighter that wins with an accumulation of the punches he throws,” stated David Morrell to the media when requested if he’s frightened about David Benavidez’s energy for his or her February 1st battle.
Benavidez wants to fret about Morell’s energy as a result of if he lands flush, he will probably be harm and presumably knocked out. For Benavidez to attain a knockout towards Morrell, he’ll have to throw a whole lot of punches with out getting clipped.
In Benavidez’s final battle towards 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth, he averaged 62.4 punches thrown per spherical in his 12-round unanimous resolution.
Punch stats for Benavidez-Gvozdyk
– Benavidez: 270 of 749 punches for 36%
– Gvozdyk: 223 of 675 punches 33%
“We’ve been specializing in conditioning for six weeks. Now, we’re targeted on build up our power. We’re going to be in nice form on February 1st.
“To the individuals. In my #3 battle, everyone stated, ‘You’re not prepared.’ I don’t know for those who keep in mind. Right here in California, too,” stated Morrell about individuals saying he wasn’t able to battle then unbeaten, extra skilled Lennox Allen on August 8, 2020 on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
It’s a a lot totally different story for Morrell to be preventing ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez in his eleventh professional battle in comparison with when he was preventing Lennox Allen in his third professional battle 4 years in the past. Benavidez is extra formidable and has extra expertise. I wouldn’t go overboard and say that Benavidez has fought nice competitors as a result of he certainly hasn’t.
One of the best man that he’s crushed is Caleb Plant, and that was after Canelo Alvarez had knocked him out. Aside from Plant, one of the best fighter Benavidez has on his resume is 35-year-old Demetrius Andrade, however he was as previous because the hills and had no enterprise preventing at 168 towards what was basically a boiled-down mild heavyweight.
Morrell beat Allen by a one-sided 12-round unanimous resolution with scores of 118-110, 119-109, and 120-108. That battle was one in all Morrell’s best of his profession.
“Lennox Allen, everyone stated, ‘You’re not prepared for 12 rounds, you’re not prepared for nothing. Look, champion within the third battle [of Morrell’s career], 12 rounds. Now, it’s the identical [with fighting Benavidez and people saying he’s NOT ready]. My mentality is that this.
“I have a look at the individuals who say I can’t do it. It’s okay. Good for you. Nothing” stated Morrell about his ideas on being the underdog towards Benavidez. “It’s boxing. It’s not going to have an effect on my mindset.”
Followers are saying the identical factor to Morrell now with him heading into the Benavidez battle, saying he’s not prepared, similar to they did when he was going into his match towards Lennox Allen 4 years in the past in 2020. Allen was a much more skilled fighter with 22 fights.
“Why? As a result of I used to be enjoying a soccer sport on my telephone? What he was saying to me was pointless. I wasn’t ,” stated Morrell when requested about Benavidez, saying that he appeared nervous through the press convention and was occurring Instagram because of his nerves.
It appeared like Benavidez was purposefully making an attempt to upset Morrell by saying that he was wanting nervous through the press convention in order that he may get the higher hand on him and use that.
