David Benavidez may face WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell subsequent January in a battle that may put the winner in place to battle for the undisputed championship at 175 lbs.
Salvador Rodriguez reviews curiosity in making the Benavidez vs. Morrell battle in January. That match-up would get followers enthusiastic about seeing these two goliaths meet, with the winner difficult whoever emerges because the undisputed champion within the October twelfth battle between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
The dangerous information is that Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will miss out on utilizing Benavidez to assist promote his December 14th card in Houston. Tank is defending in opposition to tremendous featherweight Lamont Roach, and followers will not be very enthusiastic about that battle in any respect.
Not having Benavidez on the December 14th card to tug within the PPV buys might be dangerous for Tank and PBC as a result of he’s necessary to creating curiosity from followers. They’re not enthusiastic about paying $75 to observe Tank Davis destroy the sunshine puncher Lamont Roach. It’s a dumb concept for Tank to battle Roach as a substitute of one of many proficient lightweights.
Benavidez-Morrell is a sufficiently big battle to headline its personal card, which is why it wouldn’t be wasted for Tank’s December 14th occasion. Their battle would dwarf Tank’s conflict in opposition to Roach.
Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) just lately moved as much as 175 and defeated Radivoje Kalajdzic by a large twelve-round unanimous resolution to seize the WBA ‘common’ title on August third on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov in a Riyadh Season card in Los Angeles.
The efficiency by the Cuban Morrell wasn’t certainly one of his higher ones, as he wasn’t capable of put Kalajdzic away regardless of hurting him a number of instances with massive photographs. What was lacking was the sustained flurries that Morrell would have wanted to get the KO. If he had performed that, he would have knocked out Kalajdzic as early because the third as a result of he was badly surprised after consuming a giant left hand.
“I’m informed there’s loads of curiosity on the a part of David Benavidez and David Morrell to face one another subsequent January. On this manner, on December 14, in Houston, there can be Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach, and Alberto Puello and Sandor Martin would be part of them,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.
Morrell may wreck Benavidez’s desires of getting a battle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez if he’s victorious in opposition to him. That’s a battle that Benavidez, 27, has been chasing for 5 years, however he’s come up empty resulting from his weak resume and lack of title recognition with informal boxing followers within the U.S.
Whereas hardcore followers know Benavidez effectively, the casuals don’t, and he’s not a PPV draw. Therefore, he was on Tank’s undercard final June, and he may have been this time if not for the potential Morrell battle.
