David Morrell “Wakes the Beast” in Benavidez

Gabriel Rosado says David Morrell has awakened ‘The Beast’ in WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez with his constant insults of him in the build-up to their fight this Saturday, February 1 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Rosado feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will attack Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs), looking to overwhelm him with punches to score a knockout in their 12-round clash on PBC on Prime Video Ppv.

Benavidez is not used to being old and being limited “Robocop” Fighter by his opponents, but the more technically talented Cuban Morrell is surprised at how basic he is as a fighter. He’s been with his size and bulk all these years, fighting at 168, and now he’s finally going up against a real credible threat for the first time in David Morrell.

It’s late in the game for 12-year pro Benavidez, who is making his first test, and he could fall apart on Saturday night.

A “different kind of animal”

‘I prefer Benavidez. I’ve known him for years. I prefer Benavidez, but you can’t sleep on Morrell. This is a fight Benavidez doesn’t even have to fight this fight. Morrell was the one who needed this fight,” Gabe Rosado said Fight Hub TVand argues that WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell needs this fight against interim WBC 175-pound champion David Benavidez.

‘Morrell is in a situation where he has hit the jackpot. So, if he can in this fight, he’s there because nobody really called Morrell out. So it shows what kind of dog Benavidez is. He said, ‘Come, let’s go. Let’s run it,” Rosado said, noting that Benavidez has shown no interest in fighting Morrell for two years after he was first called out by him in 2022.

‘I think he is A different kind of animal awakens in Benavidez Because nobody really deals with Benavidez like that,” Gabe said of Morrell trash-talking him, repeatedly questioning his courage and saying he couldn’t punch.

WBA ‘Regular’ 175-pound champion Morrell didn’t hit the jackpot by getting this fight because he’s the belt holder in this fight, not Benavidez. If Morrell was a non-belt contender, you could argue that he’s ‘hit the jackpot’, but that’s not the case. Benavidez is the needy here.

‘It’s going to be a firefight. They’re both going to clash, and it’s going to be a matter of who can take it because they’re both going to land shots. I think Morrell is the bigger puncher of the two, but Benavidez knocks you out with the volume. So who will win? Rosado said.

It may not be a pure firefight like the one envisioned by Rosado, as there will be movement from Morrell, who is of the Cuban school of fighting. They are at a standstill like the fighters Benavidez fought through the first 11 years of his career. The Cuban has real ring IQ, and he’s not going to face fighters known for their high volume like Benavidez.

Power versus volume

‘Is it going to be power, or is it going to be volume? That’s what it’s going to come down to because I don’t think Morrell will be able to match Benavidez’s volume. He’s constantly hitting on top of you, and he doesn’t get tired,” Rosado said.

In ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez’s fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk last June, he got very tired, and he was exhausted from the eighth round. The extra weight Benavidez is carrying now that he’s fighting at 175 has caught up with him.

Additionally, the shots he’s being hit with at light heavyweight are much harder than they were when he campaigned against David Lemieux, Anthony Dirrell, Demetrius Andrade and Caleb Plant at 168. He doesn’t like the power he tasted in his debut at 175 against Gvozdyk.

Benavidez’s volume attacks only work against stationary fighters. Fighters like William Zepeda and Benavidez, who depend on volume to win, are neutralized by fighters who move and potshot.

That’s why Zepeda had so much trouble against Tevin Farmer, and that’s why Benavidez will struggle to match Morrell. He will be forced into a long match and throw some shots, and that is not Benavidez’s forte.

“Morrell will definitely fall and have to land some big shots in the fight,” Rosado said.

Robocop -style risky

Morrell will likely box with big shots with big shots with big shots all night long. Benavidez will talk to his in many of the punches Robocop style to attack, and it was going to make Morrell’s already formidable force even more devastating.

If you’re Benavidez, it would be wiser for him to permanently shelve the style, as that would see him knocked out by Morrell, Artur Beterbiev, Joshua Buatsi and Dmitri Bivolol.

Benavidez got away with the primitive approach because of the many years he fought at 168 against the limited opposition he fought. He can’t do it at 175 without landing Palookville In a year or two, if he even lasts that long. Benavidez can’t keep hitting like he did in his debut at Light Heavyweight against Gvozdyk without being an over the hill fighter soon.

‘The Mexican Monster’ has already had a long twelve-year pro career, and the injuries that are starting to pile up indicate that he is starting to break down physically like most fighters who have been in the game that long.

In chronological terms, Benavidez is young at 28, but the punishment he’s taken to the head is the same as any fighter who’s been in the sport for over a decade. It’s even worse with Benavidez because he fights aggressively, brawling.