Most individuals rejoice their birthdays with cake and candles, in addition to some presents surrounded by family members. For David Benavidez, nonetheless, his twenty eighth birthday was spent selling his upcoming February 1 battle with David Morrell Jnr throughout a media exercise in Miami which felt nearer to a sparring session than a media occasion.
The 2 gentle heavyweights are set to headline Premier Boxing Champions’ first pay-per-view card of 2025 at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas and tensions boiled over as quickly as Benavidez entered the fitness center. Morrell declined Benavidez’s handshake throughout their first face-off, protecting his fingers at his waist. Benavidez, 28 at the moment, took off his designer shades, phrases had been exchanged, and the birthday boy Benavidez shoved Morrell. Morrell responded by then launching his title belt at Benavidez’s head, narrowly lacking his mark.
That was just the start.
“I attempted to maintain it respectful, and he stated he’s going to fuck me up,” Benavidez stated at Tuesday’s media exercise. “So I pushed his ass again.”
Followers and media members braced as a typical boring occasion grew to become slightly entertaining. The pair had been then introduced collectively once more, as Morrell modified his garments for the face-to-face press conference-type media occasion, this time to commerce verbal jabs. Benavidez, 29-0 (24 KOs) didn’t maintain again.
“It didn’t get private. It’s been private,” Benavidez stated. “On February 1, I’m going to interrupt your fucking mouth.”
Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs), who trains with Ronnie Shields, spoke passionately in Spanish. He mocked Benavidez’s model and footwork, sarcastically dubbing him “RoboCop” and even mimicking him in an insulting method on stage.
Morrell claimed he refused to shake Benavidez’s hand on account of feeling disrespected at their earlier press convention. Benavidez wasn’t shopping for it, although. He identified that Morrell shook his hand after that very same press convention. At at the moment’s media exercise, Benavidez added that Morrell even wished him a contented birthday on Premier Boxing Champions’ social media web page. Benavidez, ever the showman, translated for the group with a smirk: “He says I’m a simple battle.”
Benavidez remained unbothered, firing again with confidence.
“I suck, I am a bum, I am a RoboCop, that’s high quality,” Benavidez stated. “You higher not have any fucking excuses after I knock you the fuck out in entrance of your folks. What are you going to say? You’re going to say, ‘David Benavidez is the most effective,’ similar to everyone else I fought earlier than you. All of them say the identical shit; I am RoboCop; I’ve no protection; I’ve no footwork and this and that. However after they get within the ring with me, it is a complete totally different story.”
