David Benavidez’s fight against former WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell brought in between 150,000 to 160,000 PPV buys on PBC on Prime Video on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
@DanRafael1 is reporting the PPV numbers for the Benavidez-Morrell fight, which were surprisingly good for an event that was priced at $79.95. That’s a steep price in comparison with how low the Riyadh Season events are sold. Benavidez got marked by the heavy punches from Morrell, and was lucky that he didn’t suffer any significant cuts throughout the motion.
It’s unclear whether the success of the event was on account of the ‘Mexican Monster’ Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) alone or a mixture of the Cuban Morrell and a few the undercard fights.
Benavidez defeated Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision with the scores 118-108, 115-111, and 115-111. It was a detailed fight in point of fact, but Benavidez’s body punching and his pressure were the differences.
If Benavidez can defeat the winner of the February twenty second fight between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, his popularity will undergo the roof. He won’t have to keep pressuring Canelo Alvarez and sounding obsessive about him.
There’s a great probability that Beterbiev can be the one which Benavidez faces for the 4 belts, and that’s going to be interesting to see how he deals together with his power. He won’t give you the option to benefit from the same success on the within against Beterbiev as he did against Morrell because he fights well in close.
We don’t know yet of how soon Benavidez will get a probability to fight for the belts. It could require that he take a tune-up if Beterbiev-Bivol chooses to fight a trilogy.
The Undercard
Brandon Figueroa vs. Stephen Fulton Jr.
Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs. Angel Fierro
Jesus Ramorez Jr. vs. Jeison Rosario
Curmel Moton vs. Frank Zaldivar
Jose Ramirez Jr. vs. Danny Rosenberger
Last Updated on 02/08/2025
