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David Morrell Jr’s supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr, says David Benavidez’s meltdown as we speak throughout the closing press convention was a sign that he realizes now that he’s going to be knocked out on Saturday evening, and he’s in a state of mentally falling aside earlier than the primary shells begin falling round him.
Decubas states that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) confirmed “fear” to the world as we speak throughout the press convention together with his unstable habits. He says that the “bully” Benavidez isn’t the identical fighter now that he’s dealing with a child who is greater than him, extra highly effective, and with superior technical expertise.
Morrell: The Ani-Bully
“Now, he finally realizes, ‘I’m going to get knocked out,’” mentioned Luis Decubas Sr. to Battle Hub TV, about how frightened and upset David Benavidez acted throughout as we speak’s closing press convention for his battle towards David Morrell on Saturday evening.
“You saw Morrell smiling up there, cools as a cucumber, and he [Benavidez] showed fear to the whole world, how scared he is. He kept staring me down. I’m not the fighter. This time the bully doesn’t work. The ‘Monster’ man is over on Saturday night,” Decubas continued.
“Andrade was a 154-pounder when he was good. Lemieux was a 154-pounder when he was good. Kyrone Davis was a 160-pounder. Anthony Dirrell during his best days was a 160-pounder, and Caleb Plant 168-lb champion of the world. Every guy he fought was a smaller guy coming up in weight. His father [Jose Benavidez Sr] is good at matchmaking, trying to protect his son. I don’t blame him, but this time he’s made a mistake,” mentioned Decubas about Benavidez’s previous opponents being smaller.
The examples Decubas talked about of Benavidez feasting on older, smaller fighters is simply the tip of the iceberg. 99% of his profession wins have come towards smaller over-the-hill fighters. It wasn’t till Benavidez fought Oleksandr Gvozdyk final June that he wasn’t dealing with a smaller man, however he was washed up at 37 and had been retired for 4 years. This wasn’t a primary Gvozdyk that had knocked out Adonis Stevenson or the fought Artur Beterbiev.
“He’s fighting a guy [Morrell] that’s bigger than him and has four inches on reach,” mentioned Decubas. “He’s a different animal, baby. He’s going to find out when he gets knocked out on Saturday night. I have Morrell and Felicano on a card. They actually look like they’re going to a party. They’re happy, going to Las Vegas. These guys don’t know fear.”
Getting knocked out by Morrell goes to devastate Benavidez mentally and maybe bodily as properly. I simply surprise how he’s going to cope with it. Nevertheless, given the reasons Benavidez made for his abysmal efficiency towards Gvozdyk final 12 months, he’ll doubtless attempt to varnish the reality to the followers and himself. When an individual is a narcissist, as Benavidez seems to be, setbacks don’t trouble them as a result of they all the time have some excuse they prepare dinner as much as make sense of what occurred to them.
A Completely different Breed
“When you grow up in a communist system, you’ve got to fight everybody they put in front of you,” mentioned Decubas about Morrell. “You have five fights to be the best, and you don’t have the food that he [Benavidez] had. You don’t have the easy life that he had. These guys struggle. There’s no fear with these guys. They’re born killers. That’s what they’ve been doing since they were kids.”
Cuban fighters are totally totally different individuals from the remainder of the world. Nothing worries them, and so they’re all the time so calm. It’s not simply one thing that they’re taught. It’s simply in-built from start. They’re bodily designed to deal with stress. In case you noticed as we speak’s press convention, Morrell seemed like he was at a celebration. He was so joyful. In distinction, Benavidez was depressing, and and seemed like he’d already misplaced.
“He keeps talking about the sparring with Golovkin,” mentioned Decubas about Benavidez speaking continually about how he used to spar with Gennadiy Golovkin as a young person. “He didn’t have any amateur fights. When he was sparring with Golovkin and the other guys he was talking about, they were taking it easy on him. You were a young kid. The sparring don’t mean s***.”
Yeah, it’s bizarre how Benavidez often brings up his previous sparring with Golovkin, appearing prefer it’s a badge of honor. Golovkin took it simple on the fats teenager once they sparred as a result of he wasn’t going to bludgeon his sparring accomplice, who was there to assist him.
“He kept talking over me. He didn’t even let me talk, and that’s why I got upset. I’ve never seen a guy so afraid. I’ve never seen a guy so nervous,” mentioned Decubas.
