Las Vegas, Nevada – Saturday night, David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) demonstrated to the world that he’s amongst the very best in the sunshine heavyweight division when he defeated David Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) convincingly, earning a unanimous decision over the previously undefeated boxer. All
three judges scored it in favor of Benavidez, with two judges scoring it 115 to 111 and one judge scoring a wider-than-expected card but still deservingly so for Benavidez, scoring it 118-108. Benavidez outlanded Morrell by a big margin, landing with precision and volume. Landing 224 to Morrell’s 165, with an astonishing total connect percentage of 40.5.
Morrell, at times, looked overwhelmed and unable to defend Benavidez’s offensive attack. Much was said of Morrell’s amateur pedigree and Cuban kind of boxing and the way he would together with his superior boxing skills, give Benavidez a boxing lesson.
Morrell admitted on the post-fight press conference that Benavidez held the sting in experience and boxed well within the match due to it. Morrell is young and may only learn from this match and change into higher. He’s only gone the space in three of his skilled fights. On this match, his output decreased because the fight progressed and visibly slowed within the later rounds. He’ll need to improve his stamina going forward.
With the victory, Benavidez earns the chance to face the winner of the February twenty second match between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. The match is what Benavidez has been clamoring for: the chance at greatness. On the post-fight press conference, he stated that he understands that from this point forward, every match he has can be harder than the following. That’s what true greatness is: looking for to challenge yourself and fight the absolute best.
Benavidez desires to ascend to greatness and be considered amongst the very best in the game. For now, he desires to rest and take day off to spend together with his family.
Benavidez did express his desire to have a possible mega-fight with Beterbiev or Bivol within the United States. He stated that he’s worked his entire profession to earn such a match, and his fanbase should give you the chance to support him as they did Saturday night on the T-Mobile Arena.
The query of possibly facing Canelo Alvarez was posed on the post-fight press conference and Benavidez stated he knew as much a few possible fight as everyone within the media, meaning he doesn’t know if it’ll ever occur. Whether we get the fight or not, Benavidez is now making his own path and has the chance at greatness by having the ability to challenge for the undisputed light heavyweight championship.
