Morrell threatens to ruin Benavidez’s plans for fight with Artur Beterbiev

Many fans are starting to believe that WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez made a mistake by choosing to fight WBA ‘regular’ champion David Morrell at this early stage in his career before getting the fight. for money I was looking for.

Morrell has the power, speed and technical skills to knock out Benavidez and send him into the mud, where he may never return. The Cuban talent is a fighter many believe is the heir apparent to the crown at 175, and Benavidez picked the wrong guy to fight his way to a giant, life-changing payday.

Beterbiev’s payday

If David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) loses this fight against Morrell, he will be able to say goodbye to the $10 million+ payday he can fight undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in 2025. That mega-money fight would go to Morrell, who would have the last laugh. Benavidez will have to work to get back to the top and there is no guarantee he can do it.

Next time, he would have to beat a young, high-level contender to capture an interim title at 175. It wouldn’t be the easy situation he had this time, where Benavidez fought a 37-year-old boxer. Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the WBC interim belt to line up in pole position to fight the undisputed championship against the winner of Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2.

The World Boxing Council received a lot of criticism for sanctioning a fight between Benavidez and Gvozdyk for their interim title at 175. This was Benavidez’s first fight at light heavyweight, and he fought a man who had just come out of a four-year retirement.

To be fair, Benavidez should have had to find his footing to fight for the WBC interim 175-pound title, and his opponent should have been a top contender, like Joshua Buatsi.

Yesterday’s fight in media training, where Morrell nearly defeated Benavidez with his WBA belt, draws attention. This was a sign of what’s in store for him when he faces Morrell and gets knocked out in their fight on February 1, live on PBC on main video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

A 50-50 fight

This is by far the best fighter Benavidez has ever fought during his 11-year career, and it’s the only one where he faces someone with a 50-50 chance of beating. So far, Benavidez has provided tricks in terms of opponents with sure wins where he wasn’t worried about losing.

He had the deck stacked in his favor from day one, fighting in a weight class below his gigantic lightweight frame and fighting weak, middle-of-the-road opponents.

Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) did not need to take this risky fight against the Cuban talent Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs), who is better than him in every aspect. ‘The Mexican Monster’ would probably have been chosen to fight the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. rematch. Dmitry Bivol 2 without taking this risky fight against Morrell.

The bravado that led Benavidez to make this decision was created by his victories over smaller, older and hapless fighters at 168 pounds. His victories at super middleweight