Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly be on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell fights on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Benavidez-Morell Undercard
The 18-year-old undefeated Moton’s opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It probably won’t be a notable name for Moton as he is still a teenager and is VERY carefully matched by his promoter.
It will be interesting to see what division the 5’4″ Moton (6-0, 5 KOs) will fight in for this contest. He weighed in at 139 3/4 lbs for his last fight against Hilario Martinez Moreno on October 12th in Philadelphia. That Moton already has weight problems at 18 indicates that he will soon be welterweight and will be food for the monsters in that division.
Although Moton destroyed Moreno in the first round, his arrival at overweight, near the 140-lb limit, is a red flag that he may be forced to move up to light welterweight soon. At 5’4″, Moton is on the small size for that division and will have trouble against the taller fighters. He’s built like a fire hydrant with a square frame, and you can tell by looking at him that he’s going to have trouble moving up to 140 or higher.
Build a Record
Moton is one of Floyd Mayweather Jr. ‘s protégés, and is expected to bring him along slowly as he did with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, feeding him soft treats record building to create a money maker.
If Moton follows the same script as Tank, he may never be a 50-50 fight until late in his career when he’s in his 30s. Tank still hasn’t been in a 50-50, and he’s been in the pro game for 11 years. So what does this tell you about how Moton will be brought along? You’d think that Moton wouldn’t be brought along like Tank, but he sure will.
