David Benavidez and David Morrell almost got here to blows at a press occasion to advertise their Feb. 1 tremendous middleweight struggle.
Benavidez patted the WBA interim title belt over Morrell’s shoulder, who responded by doing the identical to Benavidez’s WBC interim title belt, and because the two jawed away face-to-face, Benavidez handed his belt to another person and shoved Morrell, who responded by throwing his belt at Benavidez.
Many individuals had been capable of step into the center earlier than it acquired too critical — which is, you recognize, at all times the case — however this may most likely put no less than a little bit additional warmth on the struggle, and the 2 sides have talked this up fairly nicely already.
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Aside from any of the usual hype at play right here, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO) vs Morrell (11-0, 9 KO) is already a terrific matchup for the diehard boxing fan, two rising stars assembly for a pair of interim belts at 175 lbs, which for as soon as isn’t that large of a disgrace as a result of we’ve acquired Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in a rivalry that renews on Feb. 22 for the undisputed championship of the division.
Benavidez and Morrell presumably may have taken simpler fights and waited on the veterans to see their bouts by means of, then angled towards each other to step up towards the winner, however PBC is in dire want of intriguing foremost occasion fights, and whereas this will likely not have field workplace blockbuster written throughout it, it’s undoubtedly high quality.
