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Trainer José Benavidez Sr. says his son, David Benavidez, will take David Morrell into deep water and drown him in their fight in 29 days on February 1 on PBC on Prime Video PPV in Las Vegas.
Jose Sr. feels Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) can wear down ‘regular’ WBA light heavyweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) with body shots and pressure.
Benavidez’s plan
“We don’t know. “Every person’s style is different,” José Benavidez Sr. told YSM Sports Media when asked if David Morrell is a tougher opponent for David Benavidez than Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade.
“David Morrell is a great fighter, a very decorated amateur fighter, two-time world champion at 168 and 175. He is southpaw. We don’t know (if Morrell is tougher than Plant and Andrade), but as of now we are training as if he were the best fighter of our career. We have to think that.
“We cannot underestimate David Morrell. We don’t know how big his heart is. We’ll take him to deep water and see if he can swim. If not, he will drown. The plan is not to simply win the fight. It looks spectacular,” Benavidez Sr. said.
Morrell is much bigger, stronger and younger than Plant and Andrade. So for José Sr. to count on Benavidez doing the same thing to him that he did to those fighters, he could be in for a big disappointment on February 1st.
“The thing is with all these fighters that move. They don’t want to be hit. So, they are very careful. They use their legs a lot,” said José Sr. “I hope David Morrell comes to fight and shows people that he is the best at 175, and that will end in a knockout.”
Morrell doesn’t move much. When he moves, he is standing in front of his opponents. He doesn’t move around the ring but rather side to side with his upper body. Morrell will be there for Benavidez to exchange shots.
The punches Morrell throws are much harder than the guys the Mexican Monster has been fighting during his career and might not last long when he starts getting hit by the Cuban.
Go to the body
“If he is careful, uses his legs and moves, it will take us a little time because when you have a fighter that moves, it becomes a little difficult,” said José Sr. “I’m sure David (Benavidez) is going to take advantage of that and it will start to break down that body and start causing damage.”
The shots Morrell was landing on his last opponent, Radivoje Kalajdzic, on August 3 either knocked out Benavidez or severely injured him until he was defenseless against a subsequent bombardment. Morrell hurt Radivoje numerous times in their fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
“Hopefully we can get him out of there before the ninth or 10th round,” Benavidez Sr. said.
