Birthday boy David Benavidez pummeled WBA ‘regular’ champion David Morrell during their match today, leading to a near brawl during their media workout to promote their February 1st headline.
The ‘Mexican Monster’ Benavidez was spoiled for fight and was lucky Morrell didn’t stretch him with his belt when he threw it at him. Morrell threw it like a baseball pitcher.
Benavidez loses control
When the two champions came head-to-head, words were exchanged, and without warning, Benavidez pushed the Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) across the room. Morrell responded by throwing his WBA belt at Benavidez, narrowly missing him with a head shot. The two teams immediately rallied to stop punches from being thrown.
Benavidez seemed spoiled for a fight, perhaps angered by Morrell’s trash talk, as he let the Mexican Monster have it during the camp. It is likely that Morrell reminded Benavidez that he had avoided him for two years and wanted no part in fighting him.
Morrell is a major threat to Benavidez’s future dreams of facing the winner of the Arur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol to fight 2 rematch on February 22. There is a lot of money for Benavidez or Morrell to make fights the winner of that contest.
So it’s understandable why Benavidez was so liquidated. He literally cannot afford to lose this fight against the Cuban Morrell. If Benavidez, 28, is knocked out by KO artist Morrell, he will have a long way back to the top. It won’t be easy next time.
“I am very excited. This is the biggest fight of my life, and I’m in the best shape of my life physically and emotionally,” said David Benavidez. Fight Hub TVreacting to his altercation with David Morrell during their media training face-off.
“Everything is 100%, and I’m going to go in there and get the knockout win. It was my birthday today so I didn’t want to get too aggressive. I tried to shake his head but he kept running his mouth. I’m not going to let anybody disrespect me like that,” Benavidez continued about Morrell.
“I don’t know who this guy thinks he is. He thinks he’s the toughest guy on the planet. I’m going to beat the f*** out of him. There is nothing else left to say. He’s a great fighter, yes, but I’m going to make all these great fighters look average.”
Morrell has a birthday present for Benavidez 😳
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