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David Benavidez’s latest win in opposition to WBA ‘regular’ mild heavyweight champion David Morrell ought to put him on the #1 spot within the 175-lb division.
While you evaluate that efficiency by Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) to what followers noticed within the two latest fights between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev, it’s clear that ‘The Mexican Monster’ is the #1 fighter within the 175-lb division. Benavidez and Morrell are simply the very best two fighters within the mild heavyweight division by a protracted shot now.
Trilogy Blockade
Benavidez will likely be shut out and never given the prospect to struggle Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) for his 4 belts at 175. It’s already been reported that Turki Alalshikh needs a trilogy match between Bivol and the lately crushed ex-undisputed mild heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs).
Benavidez received’t be allowed to take his spot on the throne by going through Bivol, however he’s the very best fighter within the 175-lb division. The attention take a look at confirmed from his victories over the Cuban Morrell and Oleksandr Gvozdyk that he’s the #1 fighter within the division.
Turki ought to neglect about establishing the Bivol-Beterbiev trilogy and concentrate on letting Benavidez struggle for the undisputed mild heavyweight championship. He can all the time make the Bivol-Beterbiev 3 match in a loser’s bracket affair after ‘The Mexican Monster’ destroys the soon-to-be 35-year-old Bivol.
Elite 175-lb Rankings
David Benavidez
David Morrell
Dmitry Bivol
Artur Beterbiev
Callum Smith
Joshua Buatsi
Willy Hutchinson
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Anthony Yarde
Edgar Berlanga – *He SHOULD be combating at mild heavyweight
A New Period
There’s nothing fallacious with the opposite prime guys at mild heavyweight, Bivol and Beterbiev, however they’re each wanting previous, displaying indicators of cracks within the facade that one sometimes sees in fighters their age.
The followers that watched the 2 fights between Dmitry and Beterbiev noticed that these guys are slipping dramatically and nowhere close to the youthful fighters, Benavidez and Morrell, talent-wise. The excessive work fee, strain, and youth of Benavidez could be an excessive amount of for Bivol. Morrell’s punching energy and technical potential would overwhelm Bivol or Beterbiev.
