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Through the media exercise, David Benavidez seemed drained at present, displaying the strains of needing to nonetheless lose quite a lot of weight for Friday’s weigh-in for his most important occasion conflict in opposition to David Morrell on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
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That is what I used to be afraid of. Benavidez’s weight-bullying days have lastly caught as much as him, and he’s heading towards the strolling guillotine Morrell.
It isn’t a great signal for Benavidez to look skeletal forward of his struggle in opposition to the proficient Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) of their 12-round conflict on PBC on Prime Video PPV. Morrell seemed nice at present, displaying no indicators of being drained and virtually as if he have been able to stroll into the ring for the struggle.
Weight Struggles
When Benavidez was combating in opposition to previous, smaller guys at tremendous middleweight, he might get away with being weight-drained as a result of his opposition was a mixture of washed-up fighters and tomato cans. He can’t get away with that in opposition to Morrell, who will reap the benefits of his weak spot to beat the stuffing out of him if he’s combating at 60% capability.
Within the Mexican Monster’s debut at 175 in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk final yr, he gassed out after eight rounds, and one purpose for that’s possible the pressure of constructing weight and carrying additional kilos.
Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) moved as much as 175 kilos final June from 168, the place he was thought-about an enormous within the tremendous middleweight division. However even at 175, he’s nonetheless drained, which signifies that he’s a real cruiserweight and may struggle in that division slightly than mild heavyweight.
The additional seven kilos, from 168 to 175, isn’t sufficient to maintain Benavidez from showing emaciated and deathly.
“It only takes a little bit of trash talk to set me off, but he’s been talking a lot. He’s been calling me out for two years [correction: Three years. Morrell has called out Benavidez since 2022],” stated David Benavidez to Battle Hub TV at at present’s media exercise, searching for an excuse to hype the struggle.
“I’m going to close this man up. I’ve been an expert for 11 years [correction: 12 years. Benavidez turned pro in 2013]. I’ve far more expertise. [148 rounds vs. 54 for Morrell. However, Morrell has way more amateur experience against better opposition than the older fighters that Benavidez has fought].
“You learn from experience, and I plan to use my experience to the best of my advantage,” stated David after mentioning his latest struggle in opposition to Caleb Plant, who’s the perfect identify on his resume.
“I don’t need to look for only one punch. On this struggle, we’re going to do completely different stuff. We’re going to be throwing combos proper off the bat, and as soon as I let my combos go, you’re going to see the perfect David Benavidez that has been seen.
“I’m not just looking for one shot. I’m going to punish this dude from every angle. Body shots, headshots, and uppercuts. Whatever it is, I’m going to punish him,” stated Benavidez.
