Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says WBA ‘common’ gentle heavyweight champion David Morrell isn’t as proficient as David Benavidez’s current opponents, Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade. That view by Jose Sr. may clarify why he picked Morrell out for Benavidez to combat as a result of he thinks he’s a secure choose and inferior to Plant and Andrade.
Jose Sr. thinks Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) lacks the expertise and the type to defeat his son, WBC interim 175-lb champion Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) after they doubtlessly meet in early 2025 of their proposed bout on January twenty fifth.
The Cuban Morrell is understood for his technical skill and energy. Nevertheless, Benavidez Sr. says he didn’t see any energy from the 26-year-old Morrell in his current 12-round unanimous determination win over former gentle heavyweight world title challenger Radivoje Kalajdzic on August third on the BMO Enviornment in Los Angeles.
Morrell seemed highly effective in that combat, hurting the 33-year-old Kalajdzic a number of occasions with a single left palms to the pinnacle, however he couldn’t put him away as a result of he was focusing a lot on single pictures as a substitute of unloading with a barrage of punches.
That’s how Artur Beterbiev knocked out Kalajdzic within the fifth spherical on Might 4, 2019. Morrell might have knocked him out within the third spherical, however he didn’t observe the Beterbiev blueprint. That’s an space that Morrell might want to enhance on as a result of he’s not more likely to knock out Benavidez with a single punch like he’d been doing towards fighters at 168.
Benavidez is there to be hit, however it’s going to take a flurry of heavy pictures from Morrell to do the job. He’s bought the facility to knock out Benavidez and take his spot because the WBC obligatory to problem champion Beterbiev. He’s bought to vary his type for his or her combat subsequent January.
“What I see is a scarcity of expertise. David [Benavidez] throws lots of mixtures, lots of punches, and Morrell throws slightly little bit of punches. Not that many, and I feel David goes to try to press him. Stress, strain, strain, and he’s by no means been pressured like that earlier than,” stated Jose Benavidez Sr. to MillCity Boxing about his perception David Morrell lacks the expertise to defeat his son, David Benavidez, after they combat.
Benavidez goes to get hit with some massive pictures by Morrell if he walks him down, and it’s going to be arduous for him to take these punches if he places them collectively together type. That type that Benavidez has labored for him at tremendous middleweight on account of his large cruiserweight-sized body.
As Lonnie B. says, ‘Benavidez is a cruiserweight that may make weight’ at 175 and 168. He’s not pure for these two divisions. He’s simply younger sufficient to nonetheless make weight. It’s argument for why all 4 sanctioning our bodies ought to have 10-lb rehydration limits or deliver again fight-day weigh-ins.
When there have been weigh-ins on the day of the combat, there weren’t lots of weight bullies within the sport as a result of they couldn’t do it. These days, fighters who use weight manipulation to combat two or three divisions under their pure dimension are in a position to have a profitable profession that they wouldn’t have in the event that they have been pressured to combat of their pure divisions.
“I feel he’s actually good when he’s controlling, however when you will have any person that’s coming and attacking, throwing uppercuts, physique pictures and all that. He’s by no means confronted that earlier than,” stated Benavidez Sr. about Morrell by no means having fought any person that has attacked him the best way Benavidez will.
Benavidez has by no means fought a man with the type of devasting energy that Morrell possesses. That’s going to be fascinating to see how properly he handles getting hit by him together with his single-power pictures. Even when Morrell doesn’t change his type, he’s going to be a handful for Benavidez.
“We confronted lots of people like Morrell. I feel Caleb Plant is a greater fighter than Morrell. I feel ‘Boo Boo’ [Demetrius Andrade] is a greater fighter. I feel these two fighters are higher at this level proper now [than Morrell]. That doesn’t imply that doesn’t imply he’s not good. Morrell is getting higher and higher each time he fights, however I consider these two fighters that I discussed are extra proficient and have gotten extra expertise,” stated Jose Sr.
Plant and Andrade don’t have the chin to defeat Morrell. They wouldn’t be capable to stand as much as Morrell’s punches with out getting knocked out. Benavidez stopped Andrade within the sixth spherical, and he’s not a giant puncher. Journeyman Demond Nicholson dropped Andrade. Plant was dropped twice by fringe contender Trevor McCumby in his final combat on September 14th, and he’s not the puncher Morrell is.
