David Banavidez confirmed that he wanted to fight the winner of the Artur Betterbiev against Dmitri Biscell 2 Rematch after his 12-round victory over WBA ‘ordinary’ lightweight champion David Morrell on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Morrell fought well and knocked down Benavidez in round 11 and dominated the championships. At the end of the battle you could see the damage on benavidez’s swollen face of Morrell’s powerful blows. They made him look Frankenstein’s sample in appearance.
The scores were 115-111, 115-111 and 118-108. Boxing News 24 even had it at 6-6, with no fighter proving they were better. It is clear that benavidez is good for business and the A side. So he is expected to win regardless. There are many more benavidez fans in the US than Morrell fans.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 costs) says he is his victory over Morrell puts him in the “#1 place” to fight the Betterbiev-bivol winner of their February 22 match. Turki al-Sheikh has already said he wants him to get started.
No re -broadcast
When asked if he would be interested in giving Morrell (11-1, 9 cost) a rematch, Benavidez said: ‘He does not deserve a re -broadcast. ‘
Benavidez will have to fight much better against betterbiev or biblical if he wants to defeat them, because he has a drone tonight. If it was on the same shots, Benavides might not reach it through the sixth round unless he chooses a tactic to damp his offense by holding or running.
“I think it puts me in the pound-by-pound list on #9 or #6. I feel like you’re a multiple champion if you’re in the pound-by-pound list, ‘David Banavidez said at the media Press conference after battle About what his victory over David Morrell is doing for his career.
“I told David Morrell he deserves my respect after the fight. We talk about s *** a lot. It’s not false. I wanted to knock him out. I did want to break his face, but after going 12 rounds and beating someone for so long, the anger kind of disappeared.
“I want to fight against a rematch,” Benavidez and joke said when asked if he wanted to fight a rematch against Morrell or face the winner of the Artur Betterbiev against Dmitri Biblical 2 match.
“Did he even win one round?” said coach Jose Banavidez Sr. about Morrell.
“So he won two rounds. I don’t feel that he deserves a re -broadcast. This put us on the number 1 place. I think it’s next, ”Benavidez said of Morrell.
