Will Benavidez’s chin hold up against Morrell?

Trainer Kenny Ellis believes David Benavidez will “overwhelm” David Morrell with volume and defeat him in the later rounds. Ellis believes Benavidez will become more formidable as the rounds progress.

Interim WBC light heavyweight champion Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) and WBA ‘regular’ champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) will meet in 15 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV on February 1 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Vegas.

Ellis predicts that it won’t take as long for Benavidez to figure out Morrell as it does Caleb Plant because he’s the better boxer. Plant looked too small in the ring compared to the much larger, lighter, heavyweight Benavidez, and he didn’t have the power to push him back.

The power of Morrell

“As long as Morrell’s belt didn’t hit Benavidez. “Those belts are extremely heavy and can cause an extreme cut if you get hit right, and that would have postponed the whole damn fight,” trainer Kenny Ellis told MillCity Boxingtalking about David Morrell throwing his ‘regular’ WBA light heavyweight belt at David Benavidez after being shoved by him during their clash at media training in Miami on December 17.

“In that fight, David Morrell has that one-punch knockout power that he can catch, and he can catch Benavidez. I just think ‘The Mexican Monster’ is going to overwhelm him with everything. He’s going to take him down because the Mexican Monster gets stronger and stronger as the rounds go by.

“He has a great punch, but I don’t see Morrell outboxing him because he won’t have that space to prepare him. He’s not going to have that pause between punches to set him up, because once the Mexican Monster starts. he will keep you uncomfortable. He’s not going to let you do anything,” Ellis said.

Benavidez pushed Morrell in media training, so he threw his belt at him. It wasn’t like Morrell threw his belt for no reason. He did it because Benavidez pushed him hard when he refused to shake his hand.

Morrell can box, but he will be forced to go to war with Benavidez because he will chase him around the ring. That could work in Morrell’s favor because he likes to move and then stop to land hard blows on his opponents. He catches them as they walk forward. If he hits Benavidez with a hard punch, he could knock him out.

“It’s a possibility,” Ellis said when asked if Morrell could hit Benavidez so hard that his volume of punches won’t be as high as it usually is because he’ll be afraid of getting hit by the Cuban. “Anything can happen, but I’m rocking with the ‘Mexican Monster’.”

It’s doubtful Benavidez will change his normal approach of burying his opponents with activity if Morrell hits him hard. If you focus on throwing at ‘The Mexican Monster’s’ head, that won’t work because he has excellent hit resistance. However, I had never seen Benavidez get hit much by a fighter with elite power.

Oleksandr Gvozdyk had great power, but he didn’t throw enough hard punches. He was mainly pushing his shots, trying not to get tired and concentrating on the boxing. That style allowed Benavidez to build up a huge lead over eight rounds. It was too late when Gvozdyk finally showed up in the championship rounds and needed a knockout. That’s the only real puncher Benavidez has fought other than David Lemieux, who was old and over the hill when they fought.

“I like Morrell though. I think (Caleb) Plant is a better boxer than Morrell. I don’t think it takes Benavidez that long to figure it out, back it up and do what he does. At the same time, Morrell has that one-hit power that can turn things around and slow them down. But I’m rocking ‘The Mexican Monster,’” Ellis said.

Caleb Plant tried to fight Benavidez on the inside and took a lot of punishment in the second half of the fight. Caleb did well at first and passed him to fifth. Morrell isn’t going to fight Benavidez on the inside, but if he does, he showed in his fight against Hot Rod that he has formidable power on the inside.