A chunky-looking David Benavidez trash-talked David Morrell whereas posing a brief video promo for his or her February 1st gentle heavyweight headliner on the Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Through the face-off, Benavidez, 27, intruded into the Cuban Morrell’s private area, stepping towards him whereas talking in fast Spanish, making an attempt to intimidate him.
Even once they have been separated, one might see that Benavidez was upset, maybe as a consequence of Morrell calling him a “Coward,” questioning his braveness over the last two years as a consequence of him ducking a battle in opposition to him.
Morrell: “If you happen to have been in Cuba, they’d take your sneakers.”
That may have been the remark that set Benavidez off or the one about him being a “coward.” Both a kind of might have been that set his kettle on the boil, however Morrell has been irritated about being swerved repeatedly by Benavidez for the final two years as a result of they need to have already fought.
If that they had, the winner of the battle would have seen their reputation skyrocket, which have put stress on Canelo Alvarez to battle them. Quite than battle Morrell, 26, Benavidez has opted to pad his report with wins over these fighters:
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 37
– Caleb Plant
– Demetrius Andrade: 35
– David Lemieux: 35
– Kyrone Davis
Do you see a pattern right here with the opposition Benavidez has been dealing with? Benavidez has been doing report padding, which alerts that his dad, Jose Benavidez Sr, and his administration have maneuvered him to create a faux report to try to get the Canelo payday. It didn’t work. All that wasted time and Canelo wasn’t fooled.
The battle in opposition to Morrell is Benavidez’s first 50-50 battle throughout his 11-year skilled profession, and it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see if he can cross this check with out falling aside.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO) carried further groceries round his midsection, and he’s going to must lose the burden earlier than taking over WBA ‘common’ 175-lb champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) of their match on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
