David Morrell says he’s not frightened about being knocked out by David Benavidez as a result of he’s a quantity puncher for his or her struggle on February 1st. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) wins his fights by touchdown an accumulation of pictures, and that method gained’t work towards the 26-year-old Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) as a result of he has mobility.
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Morrell will probably be defending his WBA ‘common’ mild heavyweight title towards WBC interim champ Benavidez on PBC on Prime Video PPV on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
“It doesn’t section me as a result of he’s not some sort of knockout artist that’s going to get you with one punch. He’s the sort of fighter that wins with an accumulation of the punches he throws,” stated David Morrell to the media when requested if he’s frightened about David Benavidez’s energy for his or her February 1st struggle.
Benavidez wants to fret about Morell’s energy as a result of if he lands flush, he will probably be damage and probably knocked out. For Benavidez to attain a knockout towards Morrell, he’ll must throw quite a lot of punches with out getting clipped.
In Benavidez’s final struggle towards 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth, he averaged 62.4 punches thrown per spherical in his 12-round unanimous determination.
Punch stats for Benavidez-Gvozdyk
– Benavidez: 270 of 749 punches for 36%
– Gvozdyk: 223 of 675 punches 33%
“We’ve been specializing in conditioning for six weeks. Now, we’re centered on build up our energy. We’re going to be in nice form on February 1st.
“To the folks. In my #3 struggle, all people stated, ‘You’re not prepared.’ I don’t know in the event you keep in mind. Right here in California, too,” stated Morrell about folks saying he wasn’t able to struggle then unbeaten, extra skilled Lennox Allen on August 8, 2020 on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
It’s a a lot totally different story for Morrell to be preventing ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez in his eleventh professional struggle in comparison with when he was preventing Lennox Allen in his third professional struggle 4 years in the past. Benavidez is extra formidable and has extra expertise. I wouldn’t go overboard and say that Benavidez has fought nice competitors as a result of he certainly hasn’t.
The most effective man that he’s crushed is Caleb Plant, and that was after Canelo Alvarez had knocked him out. Aside from Plant, the perfect fighter Benavidez has on his resume is 35-year-old Demetrius Andrade, however he was as previous because the hills and had no enterprise preventing at 168 towards what was basically a boiled-down mild heavyweight.
Morrell beat Allen by a one-sided 12-round unanimous determination with scores of 118-110, 119-109, and 120-108. That struggle was one in every of Morrell’s best of his profession.
“Lennox Allen, all people stated, ‘You’re not prepared for 12 rounds, you’re not prepared for nothing. Look, champion within the third struggle [of Morrell’s career], 12 rounds. Now, it’s the identical [with fighting Benavidez and people saying he’s NOT ready]. My mentality is that this.
“I take a look at the individuals who say I can’t do it. It’s okay. Good for you. Nothing” stated Morrell about his ideas on being the underdog towards Benavidez. “It’s boxing. It’s not going to have an effect on my mindset.”
Followers are saying the identical factor to Morrell now with him heading into the Benavidez struggle, saying he’s not prepared, similar to they did when he was going into his match towards Lennox Allen 4 years in the past in 2020. Allen was a much more skilled fighter with 22 fights.
“Why? As a result of I used to be enjoying a soccer recreation on my cellphone? What he was saying to me was pointless. I wasn’t ,” stated Morrell when requested about Benavidez, saying that he seemed nervous throughout the press convention and was occurring Instagram as a consequence of his nerves.
It appeared like Benavidez was purposefully attempting to upset Morrell by saying that he was trying nervous throughout the press convention in order that he might get the higher hand on him and use that.
