David Benavidez says he’s obtained a struggle within the works towards David Morrell subsequent. He says he’s hoping Morrell will “settle for” the provide for a struggle.
This can be a dangerous struggle for Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), who holds the WBC interim gentle heavyweight title and could be placing that at stake towards the unbeaten WBA ‘common’ champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs).
If the Benavidez-Morrell struggle will get made, it might be the co-feature for Gervonta Davis’ subsequent struggle in December. Including that struggle to the cardboard would make it extra PPV-worthy, particularly if Tank chooses to undergo together with his rumored title protection towards Lamond Roach.
“Cooking up one thing huge for y’all for my subsequent struggle. Keep tuned. If every part goes proper and he accepts, I’m preventing Morrell subsequent,” mentioned David Benavidez on social media.
The Cuban Morrell, 26, didn’t look nice in his debut towards Radivoje Kalajdzic final month on August third in a Riyadh Season occasion on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Though Morrell gained the struggle by a lopsided 12-round unanimous determination, he didn’t carry out properly. He couldn’t throw mixtures and appeared timid when Kalajdzic hit him with counters. Nonetheless, Morrell did damage Kalajdzic quite a few occasions however did not pour it on with a storm of pictures to complete the job like Artur Beterbiev had achieved when he knocked out this fighter within the fifth spherical in 2019.
If the struggle will get made between Benavidez and Morrell, it’ll have rather a lot using on it as a result of the winner might be in line to face the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol conflict on October twelfth. Benavidez has been assuming that he’ll be subsequent, however Morrell may mess up his plans.
It’s essential that Benavidez get a stable win below his belt to construct his credibility to struggle the winner of the Beterbiev-Bivol struggle as a result of he didn’t look good in his debut at 175 towards former WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth.
Benavidez was exhausted after spherical six and dominated the final six rounds by Gvozdyk in a struggle that many felt ought to have been scored as a draw. The Nevada judges gave Benavidez a large 12 spherical determination, however followers noticed that as him being given preferential therapy resulting from his A-side standing.
The efficiency by Benavidez confirmed that he’s not capable of dominate at 175 like he did at 168, and that he’s going to have issues on this weight class. If Benavidez can beat Morrell and look good, he’ll look extra credible as a challenger for the Beterbiev vs. Bivol winner. Additionally, he’ll maintain the WBA ‘common’ title, making him look extra deserving of preventing these guys.
