David Benavidez vs. David Morrell conflict in 52 days on February 1 will probably be a WBC mild heavyweight last eliminator to determine the necessary for the February twenty second rematch between undisputed 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
There’s a load of cash at stake for the Benavidez-Morrell winner. Whoever emerges because the victor will probably be preventing the Beterbiev-Bivol winner for giant dough, probably in Riyadh, and can make a fortune towards certainly one of them. For the ‘Mexican Monster’ Benavidez, it’s the payday he’s been chasing his whole profession together with his relentless pursuit of a battle towards Canelo Alvarez.
WBC Obligatory Place
Morrell’s WBA ‘common’ 175-lb title and Benavidez’s WBC interim strap will probably be at stake for his or her conflict on February 1st on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. Their occasion will probably be proven on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) may upset the applecart by defeating Benavidez, who has finished lots of boasting about himself throughout his 11-year professional profession, preventing in a division under his large cruiserweight body, and competing towards smaller, lesser opposition all through. His resume is suffering from older, smaller fighters like Demetrius Andrade, Roamier Alexis Angulo, David Lemieux, and Anthony Dirrell.
If Benavidez will get crushed on this battle, followers will understand that he was only a faux hype job all these years and was by no means the man he’d made them consider. In different phrases, a weight bully could be a fairly truthful description.
The extra skilled professional Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) is seen as a slight favourite with followers. Nevertheless, Morrell is the marginally youthful, quicker, stronger puncher and the higher technical fighter. He additionally has superior stamina to Benavidez, who seemed exhausted after six rounds in his debut at 175 final summer season on June fifteenth in his conflict towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk in Las Vegas.
Gvozdyk, 37, had the higher energy in that battle and was the one which pushed the battle within the final six rounds. The Judges scored it for Benavidez by a large 12-round choice, however it seemed to be a draw. In different phrases, the A-side fighter David bought fortunate.
Many suspect that ‘the Mexican Monster’ isn’t the identical man now that he’s competing at the next weight, carrying extra kilos on his body, and dealing with opposition his equal dimension with superior energy.
