Bernard Hackett, coach and father of welterweight Jalil Hackett, a latest Matchroom signee, has an attention-grabbing tackle whether or not undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez must battle David Benavidez, in addition to the place Cuban puncher David Morrell matches into the equation.
In his gentle heavyweight debut, Benavidez received a unanimous determination over Oleksandr Gvozdyk on Saturday on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment, capturing the WBC interim 175-pound title. Following the battle, Benavidez hinted at a return to tremendous middleweight.
However for now, each Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) and Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs) are gentle heavyweights. Benavidez, 27, has been persistent in calling for a battle with the 33-year-old Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs), however to this point his cries have fallen on deaf ears. Morrell, 26, a slick boxer with one-punch knockout energy who has been one in every of boxing’s most prevented fighters, is following Benavidez as much as gentle heavyweight to face “Sizzling Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles.
“Morrell, he can battle. ‘Slim’ is an actual monster – he’s a beast,” Hackett mentioned. “I feel Benavidez can be a beast. I really feel extra sympathy for Benavidez as a result of I’m a Canelo fan. However I feel Benavidez deserves his shot as a result of he’s in that period with Canelo.”
Hackett believes every fighter has a gaggle of rivals they must face. Morrell, who turned skilled in 2019, could be solely a yr youthful than Benavidez however arguably matches into a distinct group, as Benavidez turned skilled in 2013.
“If we don’t get a Canelo-Benavidez battle, that’ll be unhappy for boxing,” Hackett mentioned. “Morrell’s like Jalil so far as age and the variety of fights he’s had. He has a future as a prime man, and his future is arising. Like I at all times say, boxing has generations which have eras, and his period is coming. Benavidez’s period is with Canelo.”
Hackett believes that regardless of Benavidez’s latest battle at gentle heavyweight, and regardless of Alvarez seemingly having no real interest in combating above tremendous middleweight after dropping to Dmitry Bivol, the 2 have to battle in some capability quickly.
“If Canelo and him don’t battle, that’ll be a serious travesty to Benavidez as a result of he deserves that battle,” Hackett mentioned. “But when Morrell doesn’t battle Canelo, that’s not a travesty. There are two totally different eras.”
