Coach Stephen Edwards feels that David Benavidez has the fitting mixture of pace, energy, mixture punching, and sturdiness to defeat unbeaten IBF/WBC/WBO mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.
The mixture punching that Benavidez makes use of would go away him open to taking enormous counters from Beterbiev, who throws these brief punches that get there first.
Benavidez winds up with photographs, leaving his head unprotected. He’s been in a position to get away with that undisciplined type as a result of a mixture of weak opposition and having an enormous dimension benefit over his opponents at 168.
Let’s face it: Benavidez is a cruiserweight that boils right down to 168, and that provides him the flexibility to struggle in a approach that he usually couldn’t if he had been going through somebody his personal dimension, like Jai Opetaia.
Benavidez Wants The Morrell Check
Earlier than the Beterbiev-Benavidez struggle occurs, Edwards nonetheless needs to see Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) examined in opposition to David Morrell Jr., an enormous tremendous middleweight with energy, expertise, and expertise, to see how he holds up in opposition to him.
If the 27-year-old Benavidez beats Morrell, he’d wish to see him go as much as 175 and problem Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) for his belts, which by that point could possibly be 4.
The issue is Benavidez and his dad, Jose Sr., need nothing to do with Morrell, in order that’s a struggle that in all probability received’t occur for testing functions. In that case, Benavidez would want to maneuver as much as mild heavyweight and face Beterbiev and not using a step-up opponent that may put together him.
Benavidez’s Quick Fingers
“I must see a bit bit extra of David [Benavidez] at 175 to see how he grows into it. I must see how he handles [David] Morrell, however together with his type, I feel he may give him a whole lot of hassle,” mentioned Stephen Edwards to Fighthype about his perception that David Benavidez may give unified mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev issues and doubtlessly beat him.
“I imagine should you’re busy, and also you’re powerful, and you’ll again Beterbiev up, I feel you may have some success with him. Callum Smith did some good issues when he got here ahead, but it surely’s simply the buildup of the punishment wears you out.
“Benavidez has ultra-fast arms; he goes to the physique. He’s additionally imply; he’s additionally a killer. So, he’s going to have the ability to match Beterbiev’s depth and mannerisms. He’s going to have the ability to go there with him. So, he would have some small benefits like that,” mentioned Stephen.
Sturdiness Beneath Hearth
“It might be sort of like I do know that [Julio Cesar] Chavez received the struggle with [Meldrick] Taylor within the final seconds knockout, however Taylor was in a position to win a whole lot of rounds from Chavez due to the hand pace benefit was so nice, and he was proper there within the field with him to verify to benefit from Chavez’s errors,” mentioned Edwards.
“So, if David [Benavidez] is ready to struggle the same struggle and have the sturdiness to carry on down the stretch, I feel he’d have a shot as a result of David has very, very quick arms, and he’s additionally an enormous man. So, he could have a buffer to take that punishment,” mentioned Edwards about Benavidez doubtlessly being about to take the large energy photographs from Beterbiev.
