WBC interim mild heavyweight champion David Benavidez weighed in at 174.2 kilos, and WBA ‘common’ champ David Morrell got here in at 174.2 lbs on Friday at their weigh-in. The 2 will meet this Saturday, February 1st, on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas. The occasion shall be proven reside on Amazon Prime Video PPV. The occasion sells for $79.95.
Former WBA mild welterweight champion Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz 138.6 lbs weighted in for his conflict in opposition to Angel Fierro. For his half, Fierro weighed 139 lbs.
“If I may slap his supervisor, I might slap him if I didn’t get in bother,” mentioned David Benavidez to Battle Hub TV about eager to slap David Morrell’s supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., who has been criticizing his career-long behavior of preventing older, smaller fighter.
“David Morrell has been speaking rather a lot about me, however when he will get up right here, his vitality is approach completely different. He didn’t even wish to take a look at me in my eyes. I’m 100% assured in myself. David Morrell, you shouldn’t have talked all that s***. He bit off greater than he can chew.
“He thought I used to be by no means going to just accept the battle, and right here we’re. Watch what I’m going to do to this dude. This Saturday, I’m going to place a beating on David Morrell. I see myself systematically breaking him down. I’m going to overwhelm him with punches.
It’s an excellent factor Benavidez managed his violent instincts and didn’t slap Luis DeCubas Sr. as a result of it will have possible resulted in a stiff high quality. Who is aware of what else could be concerned in Benavidez assaulting an aged man? It’s troubling that he would even speak about such issues.
“My punches in bunches, it’s not like anyone else within the sport. I’m the #2 most correct puncher within the sport. I actually don’t get hit that a lot. I don’t know why individuals don’t assume I’ve protection, what I’ve seen from my earlier fights in opposition to nice fighters [?].
“After I get in there, and so they don’t have success as they’ve with different fighters, they get a sure look of their eyes. ‘Oh, s***, this man is basically good.’ I’m anticipating the identical factor right here,” mentioned Benavidez.
‘The Mexican Monster’ misplaced me when he mentioned he’s fought some”nice fighters” up to now. Who on the planet is Benavidez speaking about? So far as I can inform, Benavidez by no means received near preventing any “nice fighters.” You’ll be able to’t name 36-year-old Demetrius Andrade, 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk or former Canelo knockout sufferer, Caleb Plant, as “nice fighters.”
Morrell would be the greatest fighter Benavidez has confronted in his profession, however we have no idea how good the Cuban fighter is. Morrell’s 135-2 document whereas on the Cuban nationwide workforce is extraordinary, however he hasn’t fought anybody on the professional degree to know the way good he’s.
That is Morrell’s step up on Saturday, and if he performs something like he did within the amateurs, he’s going to make Benavidez look foolish.
