Lonnie B Thompson says David Benavidez cannot beat an indispensable lightweight champion in Arthur Beterbieva’s heavyweight category, as he did against David Morrela last Saturday night. They will have to come up with a better style against Beterbiev.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 ko) earned a mandatory place for WBC with a victory over Morrell, and now he will face the winner of Beterbieva Vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 Rescath.
Benavidez’s style
Thompson says Benavidez’s habit will stand directly in front of his opponents and cracking combinations will break him out if he fights Beterbiev (21-0, 20 ko).
Benavidez, 28, is a 12-year-old professional and has never demonstrated the ability to adjust his style of fighting in the box and movement. What you see is what you get with him. Morrell marked Benavidz’s style of fighting as “Robocop”, and is right. It will not change for Beterbie’s fight.
If Benavidez is lucky, the buffalo will beat Beterbiev in their fight on February 22, and he will not worry about being able to deal with him. The buffalo will be a much easier fight for Benavides because he can’t hit and try to box.
“No,” said Lonnie B Fix Asked if David Benavidez could beat Arthur Beterbiev. “I’m not a hateful David Benavidez. I just look at the fight from my experience in the ring with both of them.
“If the arthur will fight well, it has to come a lot better than that, because that style that stood before you, blocking, blocking, I think it will serve him well to fight Arthur with a type that is extremely physically strong. Arthur is physical animal and hits extremely strongly.
“To prove I’m right, look at the buffalo, which is an extremely good fighter. He continued to move and move and move. But if you stand there with the artura, it’s just a matter of time before you finish on earth. Believe me, I tried me Many times, “said Lonnie B.
Benavidez will probably try to overcome Beterbie’s blows as he did against Morrell and the other 29 opponents he faced in his career. He only knows how to fight in one way, which is to funeral opposition to volume. It will use that same plan to cut the cookies against Beterbiev and hope it will succeed. It could.
With the way the first Beterbiev-Bivol struggle was played, there is a great chance for the buffalo to win its rematch on February 2nd. So Benavidez will not fight Beterbiev. There will be a being with which he faces. Of course, this is if Beterbiev and Bivol are not fighting the trilogy.
“Morrell buzzed Benavidez in the third round, but Benavidez is hard. He returned to shoot and obviously win,” said Lonnie B. “But he can’t afford with Arthur to hit with it, because sometimes David [Benavidez] becomes lazy because it wins so convincingly.
“He begins to lower his hands, hitting himself, leaning forward and leaving his chin outside and legs straight up. With the artura he can’t do it. If he wants to give Arthur a good fight and potentially beat him, he’ll have to tighten the game.
“She will have to fight the middle scope and keep your hands up, move your head and be ready to record some malicious shots. The fact that Morrell managed to slide until the final bell when it sometimes looked like Benavidez would stop him, and Benavidez is not, she shows me that Maybe it’s not the biggest blow to this weight.
“So my concern is will it be able to hit Arthur with something that will respect him?
“Yes, I think he [Benavidez] can beat Canelo. I think Canelo is too small for David Benavidez. I don’t think Canelo will be able to keep him with that level of activity. I don’t think Canelo will be able to prevent Benavides from him, “Lonnie said.
Benavidez could probably beat Canela Alvarez, but he probably would never get a chance. This is one of those hypothetical struggles that is a waste of time to talk. It would be better to speculate that Benavidez would do against the IBF champion for a cruise of Jai Predaia if he moved there up one day.
Will Benavidez be able to go through the repeatia and where he was with the amount, as he did with so many others? I don’t think so, but I doubt he will ever agree to fight Jaia. He will suffer for repeat in the same way Canelo pierces him.
