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The WBC has confirmed that the winner of subsequent month’s battle between David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) and David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) would be the “mandatory challenger” for the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 winner.
WBC Mandate
If Bivol is victorious in his rematch with undisputed mild heavyweight champion Beterbiev, there’s the chance they’ll battle a trilogy subsequent. Meaning the Benavidez-Morrell winner should wait till after the third Beterbiev-Bivol battle earlier than they get a crack on the 4 belts.
It is going to rely upon what Turki Al-Sheikh desires to do. If he desires to see a right away third battle between Beterbiev and Bivol, that may occur.
“Undisputed champion Artur Beterbiev will fight a rematch with Dmitry Bivol on February 22 in Riyadh. Interim champion David Benavidez will fight David Morrell on February 1. The winner will be the mandatory challenger of the division to fight the winner of Beterbiev vs. Bivol,” per WBC.
Energy at 175?
“I hope it happens. I don’t think it’ll happen, no,” stated David Benavidez to the PPV channel about his hopes that he can battle Canelo Alvarez. “Lots of people ask me this query, ‘When are you going to fight?’ I don’t know.
“It’s as much as Canelo. If he desires to make the battle, we will make it occur. Everyone is aware of it’s the largest battle in boxing. So, I’m prepared for each time that point comes.
This is similar motive I took this battle [David Morrell]. I used to be already making ready for a tough battle in my head, I believe there’s no higher expertise to get than going in opposition to these onerous fighters. That is going to get me prepared for no matter comes subsequent.
“I want to be one of the most dangerous fighters in boxing. I want to be one of those fighters that you remember, like [Gennadiy] Golovkin and Julio Cesar Chavez. Those are the type of fighters I want to be. I don’t back down from nobody. I’m not scared of nobody, and this is a way I can prove it,” stated Benavidez.
Benavidez won’t ever be within the league of Gennadiy Golovkin or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr as a result of he doesn’t possess energy. Morrell is extra of a Golovkin-level fighter than Benavidez. ‘The Mexican Monster’ is a quantity puncher, and he gained’t change into an influence man at 175. At 28, he gained’t out of the blue discover energy that was by no means there.
Each fighter desires to be blessed with Beterbiev-level energy, however these are particular individuals who solely come round sometimes. Benavidez remains to be a superb primary quantity man and might carve out a superb dwelling, even when he’s knocked out by the massive puncher Morrell on February 1st. You have to be born with the genetics for energy, and Benavidez wasn’t blessed in that division.
Underrated Abilities
“I really feel like I’ve varied features of my recreation that’s underrated.IQ is one in every of them. Protection is one other one in every of them. The third one is my energy. Individuals, I don’t know what it’s about them. They assume simply because I prefer to eat and I get just a little fluffy low season that, I’ve no energy.
“That all changes when they get in the ring with me. So, I think everything I do is underrated. I think I’m not a good fighter until they get in the ring with me and see, ‘Oh, this guy is a problem,’” stated Benavidez.
Sadly, he provides no examples of fighters who didn’t assume he was good till they bought within the ring with him. Benavidez’s resume is weak, and he’s by no means fought any high-level fighters throughout his 12-year skilled profession. So, when he talks about fighters saying, ‘This guy is a problem,’ it’s not saying something as a result of he’s confronted B—and C-level opposition all through his profession.
Benavidez’s greatest wins:
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk: 37 and just lately out of 4-year retirement– Demetrius Andrade: 36– Caleb Plant: Publish-Canelo knockout loss– Anthony Dirrell: 38– David Lemieux: Journeyman– Roamer Alexis Angulo: Ditto– Ronald Ellis– Ronald Gavril
These are Benavidez’s greatest wins, and there’s nobody there which you could say is an efficient sufficient fighter to make an enormous deal about him. He pumps himself up as being elite, however who has he crushed to show it? Benavidez waited three years to battle Morrell after he was known as out in 2022, and you need to surprise why. He didn’t need to lose to the Cuban.
