Coach Stephen Edwards is questioning whether David Banavidez will be the same fighter after taking a lot of punishment from the powerful, young, athletic Cuban David Morrell last Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Edwards notes that benavidez’s face looked badly marked, and he was injured by Morrell several times. The 11th was very difficult for benavidez, because he was hammered by Morrell. Fortunately, the round ended before he could finish.
The 12-year-old Pro Banavidez had a long career, and he already shows signs of wear and tear from those years. Most fighters are shot by the time they get so far in their careers. Banavidez came along with smaller fighters, but it still adds.
We got a look at the mileage on his engine last Saturday, while he looked much older than Morrell and hit badly.
A grueling struggle
Benavidez hit Morrell twice after the bell, and when the Cuban responded, the referee scored him a point. Benavidez’s offense was overlooked.
Morrell was the stronger fighter at the end and exerted serious punishment on the face of benavidez. The Mexican monster no longer looked like itself.
Banavidez got the unanimous 12 -round decision based on his earlier work, but he may have paid a price for his victory. If he is going to fight the winner of the Artur Betterbiev against Dmitry Biscell 2 Rematch, he may be food for one of the murderers.
They would celebrate on an exhausted ‘Mexican monster’. If benavidez does not have the task of fighting the Betterbiev-bivol 2-winner, Morrell will act to fight. He is the younger fighter with less kilometers on his kilometer counter than benavidez.
“Maybe, but they may have left a piece of themselves in the ring. It was a rough battle. Benavidez looked it. He looked like Felix Trinidad when he beat Vargas. (December 2, 2000), ”Stephen Edwards said Millcity Boxing When asked if he wanted to see a re -broadcast between David Morrell and David Banavidez.
“If your Tito’s career followed, he was finished a year later (when he lost to Bernard Hopkins). After the Bernard fight, there was no more Tito. It was a rough battle (Morrell against benavidez). Morrell has a big hands, he is a very strong man, and he is athletic. He hit benavidez with some s ***. It was a rough battle.
“You could see the tension on David’s face. It was no easy struggle. I was impressed with Morrell. He was strong at the end. He was in good condition. I thought benavidez won eight or nine rounds. It was a hard fight. That boy (Morrell) is strong, he is athletic, he is talented, he has come to win. He is young and he is in his lead. He buzzed benavidez with a few shots. “
Benavidez’s battle
Banavidez looked like he was expecting a litter of kittens. He was very tense because Morrell was still in the later rounds, and he hit him with shots between the Pit Pat combinations. Morrell did serious damage.
If it was an old -fashioned 15 -round fight, Morrell would probably have knocked out benavidez because he was exhausted by the end. He had nothing on his shots and shocked by Morrell.
“Morrell started buzzing a few times. His (benavidez) face marked. He got a little tired, ‘said Edwards.
Stephen puts it lightly when he says that Benavidez’s face is marked and he is a ‘little tired’. His face looks like the Rocky Balboa character from his first fight with Apollo Creed. He recorded a career’s punishment from Morrell.
