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Kalvan Henderson is one other of David Morrell’s knockout victims to suspect one thing was up with their battle. He has come out of the woodwork to complain about his suspicions about him and suspects that one thing was fishy with the absence of drug assessments for his or her battle in 2022.
Henderson (19-2-1, 13 KOs) was knocked out within the fourth spherical by Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on June 4, 2022, on the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He stated there was no drug testing for the battle, and he felt one thing suspicious was occurring. Though he has no proof and is guessing, he thinks one thing is happening.
Morrell regarded skinny within the battle and never like somebody utilizing PEDs, however Henderson remains to be suspicious. One other one in every of Morrell’s knockout victims, Sena Agbeko, has talked not too long ago about his suspicions of him on account of an absence of drug testing. Though he has no proof both, he’s nonetheless been speaking.
Henderson thinks WBC interim mild heavyweight champion David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will defeat WBA ‘regular’ champ Morrell of their battle on February 1st as a result of he says he’s greater than him and has higher stamina. They’re the identical dimension, however oh nicely.
“Superman” Morrell? Henderson Has Doubts
“I went to Morrell’s second home in Minnesota. Nobody else wanted to fight him. I had a great game plan. I felt the fight was stopped early. Was the guy [Morrell] winning the fight? Yeah, but we had a game plan for the deeper rounds,” stated Kalvin Henderson to Fighthype, nonetheless bitter about his fourth-round technical knockout loss to David Morrell from two years in the past on June 4, 2022.
“I’m catching him with physique photographs, and I’m listening to what these physique photographs are doing to him. I knew he was going to decelerate finally. That battle was speculated to be drug examined, and we each signed paperwork for it to be drug examined. We get to the battle within the locker room, and the WBA forgets to order the drug assessments.
“So, that’s another thing. Not only are we fighting politics. We’re fighting a potentially dirty fighter in Morrell…After the fight, there was still no drug test. There’s something fishy. Superman only exists in comic books,” stated Henderson when requested if there’s one thing ‘fishy’ about David Morrell.
There was nothing “Superman’ about Morrell scoring a fourth-round knockout of Kalvin Henderson. He backed him up in opposition to the ropes and nailed him with a number of arduous punches; the referee noticed that Henderson was taking some depraved photographs and stopped them.
He would have gotten harm if he allowed Morrell to proceed to bludgeon Henderson. There was an excessive amount of time left within the spherical for the referee to let the battle proceed.
“These guys have a lot of money behind them, a lot of money in things out of their control. So, of course, they’re going to be put in the best position possible,” stated Henderson. “This dude [Morrell] was bigger than me in the ring on fight night. Fighters know. Before the weigh-in, he was drinking Gatorade before he stepped on the scale. Something is fishy.”
It’s a giant attain on Henderson’s half to conclude from Morrell consuming Gatorade on the weigh-in that he was utilizing PEDs. That’s wacky guesswork on his half. He’s consuming Gatorade; due to this fact, he’s soiled. That is senseless, however for those who’re attempting to know why Morrell beat you, you bought to seek out one thing moderately than settle for that you just weren’t ok.
Benavidez To Beat Morrell?
“I think Benavidez is going to beat Morrell on pure size and stamina. Benavidez throws hard punches for 15 rounds straight. So, I think his relentless pressure and nonstop [punches] is going to make a difference in this fight. I don’t think Benavidez’s power will carry over to 175,” stated Henderson.
Kalvin is somewhat confused. Benavidez just isn’t greater than Morrell, and his stamina at 175 isn’t higher than his at 168. We noticed that in Benavidez’s final battle at 175 when he gassed out after six rounds in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Morrell has an extended attain than Benavidez by 4 inches, punches more durable, and has higher hand velocity and technical capacity. You wouldn’t anticipate Henderson to know the small print between Morrell and Benavidez as a result of he’s a fighter and doesn’t analyze fights like writers do.
“At 168, he was huge. Some people called him a ‘weight bully,’ but at 175, it’s more of a natural weight class for him. So, I think you’ll see longer fights for Benavidez and Morrell, maybe, too, at that weight class because of bigger guys,” stated Henderson.
Issues are going to be a lot completely different for Benavidez at 175 in comparison with his weight bully days at 168, the place he routinely loved a large dimension benefit over his mixture of previous, weak, and badly flawed opposition that his promoters had set him up in opposition to for 28 of his first 29 fights of his profession.
You possibly can’t blame ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez for selecting to remain at 168 for thus lengthy as a result of it’s allowed him to carve out a profession that in any other case wouldn’t be there if he’d fought the place he ought to have been at 175 since turning professional in 2013.
If Benavidez had fought at mild heavyweight, he would possible have been overwhelmed many instances by now. He could be simply one of many pack, together with different contenders like Joshua Buatsi, Willy Hutchinson, and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
