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Jim Lampley was impressed with David Benavidez’s win over David Morrell final Saturday night time. He thinks ‘The Mexican Monster’ would stand a greater probability of defeating undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev than Dmitry Bivol subsequent.
Lampley feels that Bivol’s “multiple skills” would make it a harder match for Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) in comparison with the knockout artist Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs).
The Beterbiev Matchup
Though he didn’t clarify why Artur can be the better possibility, he could imagine Benavidez’s quantity punching and hand velocity can be an excessive amount of for the slower, heavy-handed four-belt champion. It’s a battle that Benavidez can win if he can deal with Artur Beterbiev’s energy on the within and his counter-punching.
Many boxing followers on social imagine that Benavidez’s efficiency in opposition to Morrell, getting damage a number of instances and being knocked down, would make him susceptible to the arduous photographs from Beterbiev. He can be in Benavidez’s face the complete battle and wouldn’t take breaks as Morrell did.
Beterbiev would battle Benavidez the identical means he did the power-puncher Callum Smith by pressuring him nonstop to interrupt him. Smith is a much bigger puncher than Benavidez with both hand, and Beterbiev knocked him out within the seventh spherical final 12 months on January thirteenth.
Lampley’s View
“I think Beterbiev is the more likely opponent for him to beat,” stated Jim Lampley to Battle Hub TV when requested who David Benavidez has a greater probability of beating between these two: Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
“I think Bivol, because of his multiple skills and his boxing craft, is a little bit more different equation. I think they’re a little bit bigger than David, but I wouldn’t rule out David beating either or both.”
Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) stands out as the one Benavidez faces subsequent, not Beterbiev. Bivol has a superb opportunity of utilizing his velocity to defeat Beterbiev, 40, of their rematch on February twenty second. Turki Al-Sheikh has already stated he would need the Benavidez-Morrell winner to problem Bivol or Artur subsequent.
