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David Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields, predicts a knockout win in opposition to the favourite, David Benavidez, this Saturday, February 1st, stay on Amazon Prime PPV.
Morrell’s Uncooked Energy
Shields doesn’t know which spherical Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) will KO Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), however he feels it’ll occur as a result of his energy shall be an excessive amount of for him. Benavidez has comparable concepts, considering he’ll harm Morrell and rating a knockout.
Morrell has all the time finished effectively in opposition to fighters who got here to him trying to alternate, and Benavidez is tailored for his fashion.
“I was calm, but I did get a little bit worried about the exchange between Benavidez and Decubas Sr. It wasn’t about Benavidez. It was more about Decubas Sr. I wanted to make sure he was okay,” stated David Morrell to Struggle Hub TV, discussing the alternate between David Benavidez and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., throughout Thursday’s closing press convention.
“I don’t care if it’s by decision or knockout. What I care is I’m going to win, and I’m going to be the one coming out on top.”
“He has to do both. You can’t fight Benavidez one way. You got to fight him at his own game, too,” stated Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields to Sean Zittel about Morrell needing to struggle going backwards and coming ahead in opposition to Benavidez.
Morrell can have no selection however to brawl and field Benavidez if he needs to win or survive 12 rounds with out getting knocked out. Benavidez is a stress fighter. That’s in his DNA, and he received’t let up even for a second in that struggle. We noticed that in his final struggle in opposition to the larger, stronger Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth final 12 months.
Benavidez continuously pressured the extra highly effective former WBC mild heavyweight champion Gvozdyk and made him transfer to maintain from getting stopped. Gvozdyk lacked the gasoline tank, youth, or willingness to face his floor or assault commonly, which allowed Benavidez to win virtually each spherical uncontested.
“Just because he [Morrell] has 11 fights doesn’t mean you don’t have the experience of doing it,” stated Shields when requested what occurs if Benavidez needs to tug Morrell into deep waters within the later rounds. “This is why we have the gym. This is why we train every single day for this thing.”
Morrell has the expertise within the amateurs, however he hasn’t fought anybody within the execs like Benavidez, and can put him underneath the gun for twelve grueling rounds. A method of coping with Benavidez’s stress is to go for a knockout early as a result of he shall be there to be hit.
Morrell has proven energy to knockout fighters who’ve by no means been stopped of their careers. Benavidez hasn’t fought anybody but with the type of energy that Morrell has, and he would possibly fold as soon as he begins getting hit laborious on the pinnacle and physique.
Though he likes to name himself a “Monster,” he’s human, and his resume is skinny on gifted opposition. Morrell and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., are proper that Benavidez has fought many older, smaller fighters with one foot out the door into retirement. His coach/dad, Jose Benavidez Sr., has protected him effectively all these years, matching him selectively to construct his 29-0 report.
They’d hoped to persuade Canelo Alvarez to struggle them, however he wasn’t fooled. He noticed the faux report and wasn’t fooled. It’s the identical bit that Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia did. Struggle fluff opposition, construct a plastic report, after which angle for an enormous payday in opposition to Canelo. It’s sneaky, however it works.
Morrell by KO, Says Shields
“He’s going to feel the power when he’s close, and he’s going to feel the power when Morrell is at a distance. So, we feel we have the advantage both ways. I really truly believe Morrell is going to knock him out. I don’t know when, and I don’t care when. That’s just my gut feeling that we’re going to knock him out,” stated Shields.
Morrell can knock Benavidez out, however he’s going to want to struggle extra aggressively than he did in his final struggle in opposition to ‘Hot Rod’ Radivoje Kalajdzic for him to do it. In that struggle, Morrell didn’t stress sufficient and keep on prime of Radivoje to get the knockout. He harm him a number of instances however didn’t go after him.
