David Benavidez has confirmed that he wants to fight the winner of Artur Beterbiev against Dmitry Bivol 2 Rematch then after the 12-strap unanimous decision on WBA ‘Normal’ Lightweight Heavyweight Champion David Morrell on Saturday night at Las.
Morrell fought well, hitting Benavidez down in round 11 and dominated the rounds of the league. At the end of the race, you could see the damage to Benavidez’s swollen face from the strong Morrell fists. Made him look like The monster of Frankenstein in appearance.
The scores were 115-111, 115-111 and 118-108. Boxing News 24 even had 6-6, without even a fighter proveing that they were better. Obviously, Benavidez is good for businesses and A-side. Thus, it was expected that he would win independently. There are many more Benavidez fans in the US than Morrell fans.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 kos) says it is his victory over Morrell puts him in “#1 point” to fight Beterbiev-Bivol winner of his match on February 22. Turki Al-Sheikh already said he wants him to be a rig.
Rematchless
When asked if he would be interested in giving Morrell (11-1, 9 kos) a rematch, Benavidez said, “Not worth a rematch. ”
Benavidez will have to fight much better against Beterbiev or Bivol if he wants to beat them because he got a hit tonight. If this was Beterbiev landing the same shots, Benavides may not do so through the sixth round unless he chooses a tactic to erase his offense by holding or running.
“I think this puts me on the pound list for a pound at #9 or #6. I feel like when you are on the pound list for pounds, you are multiple champions,” David Benavidez said in the media at The Media in The Media After the press conference For what his victory to David Morrell is doing for his career.
“I told David Morrell that he won my respect after the race. We talk very s ***. He’s not fake. I wanted to hit him. I wanted to break his face but after going 12 rounds, hitting someone for so long, Anger goes away.
“I want to fight a rematch,” Benavidez said, jokes when he was asked if he wanted to fight a rematch against Morrell or face Artur Beterbiev’s winner against Dmitry Bivol 2.
“Did he even win a round?” This trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. For Morrell.
“So, he won two rounds. I don’t feel it is worth a rematch. That put us on point #1. I guess it’s next,” Benavidez told Morrell.
2025-02-02 11:01:00
