Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says his son, David Benavidez, is going to take David Morrell into the deep waters and drown him in 29 days in their fight on February 1st on PBC on Prime Video PPV in Las Vegas.
Jose Sr. feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) can wear down WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) with body shots and pressure.
Benavidez’s plan
“We don’t know. Everyone’s style is different,” Jose Benavidez Sr. said YSM Sports Media when asked if David Morrell is a tougher opponent for David Benavidez than Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade.
“David Morrell is a great fighter, a very decorated amateur fighter, a two-time world champion at 168 and 175. He’s a left-hander. We don’t know (if Morrell is tougher than Plant and Andrade), but from now on we train as if he is the best fighter in our career. We have to think that.
“We cannot underestimate David Morrell. We don’t know how big his heart is. We’re going to take him to the deep waters, and we’re going to see if he can swim. If not, he will drown. The plan is not to just win the battle. Looks spectacular,” Benavidez Sr. said.
Morrell is much bigger, stronger and younger than Plant and Andrade. So, for Jose Sr. counting on Benavidez doing the same thing to him that he did against those fighters, he could be in for a huge disappointment on February 1st.
“The thing is with all these fighters moving around. They don’t want to be hit. So, they are very careful. They use their legs a lot,” says Jose Sr. “I hope David Morrell comes to fight and show the people he’s the best at 175, and it’s going to end in a knockout.”
Morrell doesn’t move around much. When he does move, he stands in front of his opponents. He does not move around the ring, but from side to side with his upper body. Morrell will be there for Benavidez to trade shots.
The punches Morrell throws are much harder than the guys the Mexican Monster has fought in his career and may not last long when he starts to get through the Cuban.
The Body target
“If he’s careful, uses his legs and moves around, it’s going to take us a little bit of time because when you have a fighter that’s moving, it makes it a little bit difficult,” Jose Sr. said. “I’m sure David (Benavidez) is going to capitalize on that and start breaking that body and start hurting him.”
The shots that Morrell hit his last opponent, Radivoje Kalajdzic, on August 3rd, wounded the knockout Benavidez or badly hurt him to the point where he was defenseless for a follow-up barrage. Morrell hurt Radivoje numerous times in their fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
“Hopefully we can get him out there before the ninth or tenth round,” Benavidez Sr. said.
