Benavidez crisis indicates possible anxiety ahead of Morrell fight

A grumpy David Benavidez was in a near-manic state, yelling at ‘regular’ WBA light heavyweight champion David Morrell during a split-screen interview today to discuss their fight on February 1 on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Vegas.

Code gray for Benavidez?

If it were a hospital situation, the doctors or nurses would call in a gray codeprompting security officers to rush into the room to subdue the angry patient. Benavidez had the same look when he shoved Morrell without warning during their Dec. 17 confrontation at media training in Miami. Morrell responded by throwing his belt at him.

Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) said virtually the same things he has been saying in previous interviews in preparation for his February 1 fight, repeating for the umpteenth time his unfounded suspicions about Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs). . ) having used PEDs in the past and saying that he is going to “break his face.” It is the same proven thing that Benavidez has been saying without anything new in terms of material.

The moderator, Ariel Helwani, did nothing to control the tug-of-war between the two fighters. Instead, he allowed Benavidez to speak over Morrell to prevent him from speaking. It was frustrating to watch and showed that Helwani is new to this.

Benavidez, inflamed and seething with rage, ruined things by not shutting up to allow Morrell to speak. It would have helped if Helwani had been assertive and gagged Benavidez by cutting off his ability to speak.

What was interesting was how angry Benavidez was and how he frequently took large gulps from his coffee cup. He seemed nervous and angry and in a state of mind where he seemed ready to go crazy. This is a clear sign of concern. Benavidez showed his fear because a person is like that, it means that he is afraid and threatened. It is a human characteristic. It’s a good thing Morrell wasn’t in his presence because it could end in a fistfight. Given that Morrell is the stronger, faster, younger and more talented of the two, things could have ended badly for Benavidez.

He seems terrified of Morrell, as he should be, because this person could ruin his career and ruin the huge mega-million dollar prize he can get by fighting the winner of the rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol 2. There is a lot of money that Benavidez will lose if Morrell defeats him .

Morrell unfazed

“You have no power, man. “You have nothing,” he said. David Morell in it Ariel Helwani Channeltalking about David Benavidez, who talked over him on the program, without letting him speak. “You can’t do it. I’ll teach you how to box.

“Not anymore because we’re up their asses with drug testing,” he said. David Benavidez when asked if he believes Morrell is using banned substances. “When we did this camp, we made sure that there was no scam business and that all the fighters were being tested. There won’t be any sneaky shit here because we’ll take care of it.”

“I’m clean. “I don’t need it,” Morrell said.

“I’m going to screw you. “I’m going to break your mouth,” Benavidez said.

“You always talk the same thing,” Morrell said, noting that Benavidez is like a broken record, saying the same thing in every interview without coming up with new material. “You say you’re the ‘Mexican Monster.’ On February 1st I will kick your ass. I promise you.

“I’ve imagined this a lot. “I’m going to go in and do my job, and this fight won’t go very far,” Benavidez said. “I’m going to go in and hurt David Morrell as much as possible. More than anyone has ever hurt him and more than anyone will ever hurt him.

“He will always remember this fight and will never forget David Benavidez after this fight.”

“I am 100% convinced that I am going to win this fight. I don’t care which way I’m going to win this fight. If I knock him out or if it depends on the judges, I know that I have all the conditions and skills to be victorious on February 1,” Morrell said.

“The whole conversation is over and I know you see me in your nightmares, p****. So see you soon,” Benavidez said angrily in his final remarks.