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The gifted former Cuban novice star David Morrell did a wonderful job final Saturday night time, pushing David Benavidez to the brink of defeat however arising brief of their mild heavyweight battle on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Though Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) was out-landed by Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) 224 to 165, his punches had much more energy on them and did loads of harm to the Mexican Monster’s face. He uncovered Benavidez on this battle, displaying that he was not what folks had thought.
Benavidez Re-evaluated
On the finish of the battle, Benavidez’s face appeared overwhelmed up, making him seem like an older individual in his 40s. Though the 27-year-old Morrell and Benavidez had been just one yr aside in age, they appeared ten years aside. Benavidez’s profession has taken loads out of him.
Benavidez has repeatedly stated in interviews that he gained’t give Morrell a rematch and can await his title shot towards the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 battle. That’s a sensible transfer as a result of Morrell would have a superb opportunity of beating Benavidez in a second battle.
After this efficiency, Cuban expertise could possibly be prevented due to what he did to Benavidez. Few fighters at 175 will wish to combine it with Morrell now that he confirmed that Benavidez is nothing particular.
What’s Subsequent for Morrell?
Caleb Plant
Anthony Yarde
Willy Hutchinson
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
‘Sweethands’ Plant could be a wonderful choice for Morrell, however it might doubtless require that he transfer right down to 168 to make the battle occur. Plant most likely wouldn’t wish to go as much as 175 to tackle Morrell and get taken aside by his highly effective photographs.
The punches that Morrell landed on Benavidez to age his face would doubtless knockout Plant in a single or two rounds. Plant is an efficient boxer, however he obtained tagged by Morrell ultimately and be finished for the night time. The previous IBF tremendous middleweight champion Plant was harm a number of occasions in his final battle by fringe contender Trevor McCumby and was fortunate to not be knocked out in that match.
From Morrell’s Nook
“I thought he did great. Experience is what beat him tonight. David Morrell, people are going to be really looking at him now, saying, ‘Hey, let’s stay away from this guy. He’s only got 12 fights.’ He looked great against Benavidez. He fought a hell of a fight,” stated Morrell’s coach Ronnie Shields to YSM Sports activities Media following his fighter, David Morrell’s spectacular efficiency towards David Benavidez final Saturday night time.
“Experience is what beat him, but he’ll be back. This really helps his career, it really did. The fans got to see what type of guy he really is. He comes to fight. That’s who he is. He’s going to gain a lot of fans in the sport of boxing,” stated Shields about Morrell.
