David Benavidez says he’s bought a combat within the works in opposition to David Morrell subsequent. He says he’s hoping Morrell will “settle for” the supply for a combat.
It is a dangerous combat for Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), who holds the WBC interim gentle heavyweight title and can be placing that at stake in opposition to the unbeaten WBA ‘common’ champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs).
If the Benavidez-Morrell combat will get made, it may very well be the co-feature for Gervonta Davis’ subsequent combat in December. Including that combat to the cardboard would make it extra PPV-worthy, particularly if Tank chooses to undergo together with his rumored title protection in opposition to Lamond Roach.
“Cooking up one thing huge for y’all for my subsequent combat. Keep tuned. If every thing goes proper and he accepts, I’m combating Morrell subsequent,” stated David Benavidez on social media.
The Cuban Morrell, 26, didn’t look nice in his debut in opposition to Radivoje Kalajdzic final month on August third in a Riyadh Season occasion on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Though Morrell received the combat by a lopsided 12-round unanimous resolution, he didn’t carry out nicely. He couldn’t throw mixtures and appeared timid when Kalajdzic hit him with counters. Nonetheless, Morrell did damage Kalajdzic quite a few instances however did not pour it on with a storm of photographs to complete the job like Artur Beterbiev had performed when he knocked out this fighter within the fifth spherical in 2019.
If the combat will get made between Benavidez and Morrell, it’ll have quite a bit driving on it as a result of the winner can 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 underneath his belt to construct his credibility to combat the winner of the Beterbiev-Bivol combat as a result of he didn’t look good in his debut at 175 in opposition to former WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth.
Benavidez was exhausted after spherical six and dominated the final six rounds by Gvozdyk in a combat that many felt ought to have been scored as a draw. The Nevada judges gave Benavidez a large 12 spherical resolution, however followers noticed that as him being given preferential therapy on account of 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 combating these guys.
