David Morrell Jr. (11-0, 9 KOs) and David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will likely be assembly subsequent week on Tuesday, November nineteenth for the press convention in Los Angeles to advertise their gentle heavyweight headliner on PBC on PPV on February 1st on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The Morrell-Benavidez press convention will likely be held at The NOVO at L.A. Reside. It’s an early begin for the promotion, nevertheless it’s vital as a result of it’s going to require time to advertise the occasion. What’s missing is a stable co-feature bout.
With all of the speaking that Benavidez has executed about being averted by Canelo Alvarez, he’s received to indicate that he was nearly as good as he made himself out to be. Most, if not all, of Benavidez’s wins throughout his profession have been towards B-level fighters.
On February 1st, Benavidez will likely be preventing his first A-level man David Morrell, and that is his likelihood to indicate that he deserves the ‘Mexican Monster’ nickname given to him by Mike Tyson.
Undercard
– Brandon Figuera Jr. vs. Stephen Fulton rematch
– Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs. Angel Fierro
– Jesus Ramos Jr. vs. Jeison Rosario
Benavidez wants to indicate that he belongs at 175 as a result of he didn’t look wherever close to good to be taken critically in his debut in that new weight class towards Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth. There are loads of doubts about whether or not Benavidez can face up to the laborious punches from the Cuban Morrell, who’s extra suited to the division attributable to his energy.
Benavidez is a twig fighter who wins by touchdown loads of photographs, and he took some huge photographs in his final battle towards Gvozdyk. He can not afford to let Morrell hit him with the identical punches with out the chance of getting knocked out. Even Benavidez will be harm if he will get hit repeatedly by Morrell, who will be the greatest puncher within the gentle heavyweight division immediately.
On the undercard, WBC Featherweight champion Brandon Figueroa Jr. faces his previous nemesis, Stephen Fulton Jr., in a rematch. Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) hopes to avenge his solely profession loss from 2021 by beating Fulton (22-1, 8 KOs). That is the perfect battle on paper on the February 1st undercard.
Gentle Welterweight Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs) seems to be to get again to his profitable methods in a ten-round battle towards Angel Fierro (22-2-2, 17 KOs). It is a make-or-break battle for the 26-year-old Pitbull Cruz as a result of he utterly dominated in his final battle towards Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela on August third, dropping a 12-round cut up resolution on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
The judges have been very beneficiant with the scoring as a result of Rayo ought to have gained 11-1 or 10-2. Cruz was taken to high school by the ‘Mexican Loma’ in that battle.
Junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos Jr. (21-1, 17 KOs) faces former IBF and WBA champion Jeison Rosario (24-4-2, 18 KOs). It is a battle that Ramos Jr. might want to impress in to make followers overlook his 12-round unanimous resolution loss to Erickson Lubin final 12 months on September 30, 2023.
