David Morrell says the WBC interim light heavyweight champion is David Benavidez “Robocop” who can’t dance and has “nothing” going for him in their upcoming fight on February 1st in the main event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) sees Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) as an unathletic, robotic fighter who can’t move and couldn’t knock out Caleb Plant in their fight last year. He feels he will have no problem neutralizing his attack, which requires his opponents to be stationary so he can stand and throw punches in groups.
Morrell’s mission
It will be interesting to see if Benavidez can handle the power of Morrell, 26, in this fight as Ronald Gavril dropped him in the 12th round of their first fight of 2017. Many boxing fans believe that Bebafvidez lost that fight, so the rematch. Benavidez also struggled in his last fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
“It’s no secret that Benavidez is Robocop. that’s it Look at Benavidez vs. Planto. There were 12 cars. This fight revealed the secrets,” said David Morrell for Premier boxing championsletting fans know that David Benavidez is a robot and struggled against Caleb Plant.
“I’ve never fought Plant before, but I don’t think Plant had too much power for Benavidez. He’s a big guy. And he is stronger. So if you have good legs, train hard, have strength and everything, Benavidez has nothing for you right now.
“I can dance. I have moves. Benavidez can’t dance. That’s it,” Morrell said.
Benavidez is no longer what he was in the past when he campaigned at 168 against smaller, older fights ready to be mothballed for deconstruction. He is now fighting at 175 and is forced to face high-level opposition. So far, Benavidez hasn’t looked good in this new weight class, and there’s a good chance he’ll lose to Morrell via knockout on February 1st.
There is a lot on the line for both fighters in this bout. The winner will fight for the undisputed light heavyweight title against Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol. The loser will start over and reach the end of the line.
Given the hype and the amount of pressure PBC has put behind Benavidez all these years, they will quickly bring him back and, if possible, try to arrange a rematch with Morrell.
