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David Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) says he feels that he made the error of beginning his surge too late within the combat by ready till the final three rounds to assault David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) relentlessly on Saturday night time of their headliner in Las Vegas.
Late Surge
Trailing badly on the judges’ scorecards, Morrell fought like a person possessed from the tenth spherical, out-slugging the exhausted ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez on the T-Cell Area.
Morrell knocked Benavidez down within the eleventh and had him consuming pictures within the twelfth. Morrell obtained slightly too amped up on the finish of the eleventh when he hit Benavidez after the bell had sounded, however he wished to complete him.
Benavidez appeared fairly crushed up across the face, and he had nothing on his pictures. He was punching like a middleweight, and it’s clear that he’s not transitioned nicely to the 175-lb division. He’s pressured to win his fights by quantity, and that’s a tough strategy to do it on this weight class as a result of he’s going take punishment like he did tonight.
The best way Benavidez appeared tonight, he received’t beat undisputed mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev if that’s who he faces subsequent. Beterbiev hits too onerous, and can counter him on the within.
Morrell’s Remorse
“We prepared well, but it didn’t go as expected. The only thing is to learn from it, move on, and be better next time,” mentioned David Morrell to the media on the post-fight press convention following his loss to David Benavidez on Saturday night time.
“It was one of my mistakes where maybe I got going a little bit too late. I got going in the last three rounds. Maybe I should have done that earlier,” mentioned Morrell in regards to the errors he made within the combat.
“It was something that definitely played a role in the outcome of the fight,” mentioned Morrell when requested if his lack of expertise damage him on this match in opposition to Benavidez.
“I will say that did play a role in the fight, but I’m proud of my guy. That was his 12th fight. This is something we take away from, and next time, we’ll keep moving on,” mentioned coach Ronnie Shields about his fighter, Morrell.
