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David Benavidez confirmed that he needs to combat the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch subsequent after his 12-round unanimous resolution win over WBA ‘regular’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell on Saturday night time in Las Vegas.
Morrell fought effectively, knocking Benavidez down in spherical 11 and dominating the championship rounds. On the finish of the combat, you can see the harm on Benavidez’s swollen face from Morrell’s highly effective punches. They’d made him appear to be Frankenstein’s monster in look.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) says he’s his victory over Morrell locations him within the “#1 spot” to combat the Beterbiev-Bivol winner of their February twenty second combat. Turki Al-Sheikh already stated he needs him ringside.
No Rematch
When requested if he’d be curious about giving Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) a rematch, Benavidez stated, “He doesn’t deserve a rematch.”
Benavidez goes to should combat lots higher in opposition to Beterbiev or Bivol if he needs to defeat them as a result of he took a pounding tonight. If that have been Beterbiev touchdown those self same pictures, Benavides may not make it by means of the sixth spherical except he chooses a tactic to mute his offense by holding or working.
“I think this puts me in the pound-for-pound list at #9 or #6. I feel like when you’re in the pound-for-pound list, you’re a multiple champion,” stated David Benavidez to the media on the post-fight press convention about what his win over David Morrell does for his profession.
“I instructed David Morrell he earned my respect after the combat. We discuss a whole lot of s***. It’s not faux. I did need to knock him out. I did need to break his face, however after you go 12 rounds, hitting somebody for thus lengthy, the anger type of goes away.
“I want to fight a rematch,” stated Benavidez, joking when requested if he wished to combat a rematch in opposition to Morrell or face the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 combat.
“Did he even win one round?” stated coach Jose Benavidez Sr. about Morrell.
“So, he won two rounds. I don’t feel he deserves a rematch. This put us in the #1 spot. I guess that’s next,” stated Benavidez about Morrell.
