Is Benavidez cracking under pressure? Morrell Reveals Pre-Fight Jitters

David Morrell says the ‘”Mexican monster” David Benavidez should not be “scared” and come up with pre-fight excuses ahead of their February 1 light heavyweight bout. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) spoke about his concerns about Morrell’s VADA testing.

Desperate measures

Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) sees WBC interim 175-lb champion Benavidez boil up A PED excuse to give his fans to explain ‘what went wrong’ after he lost the fight. If he tells fans he thinks Morrell, 26, was dirty, they’ll be sympathetic and won’t let him down.

Without an excuse to explain away the defeat, the fans will jump overboard from the sinking Benavidez ship, as rats leaving a floundering vessel on the open sea. It may be impossible for him to bring them back unless he invents an excuse they will believe.

Many were willing to give Benavidez a pass for his last fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk when he said he was battling injuries. No x-rays were shown to verify the injuries, but fans still believed him because it was the first time.

Hopefully Benavidez will show class if he loses rather than talk about his suspicions with no supporting information to prove it.

Cuban Morrell says Benanavidez spent his entire career fighting guys who weren’t on his level, but now that he’s facing someone on his level, he’s scared and taking PEDs to soften the blow if he gets hit.

Benavidez’s uncertainty

“He should not be afraid. All his life he fights against fighters who are not on his level. This is what happens when they are afraid. They start using excuses from everywhere,” said David Morrell Sean Zittelreact to the talk about VADA testing ahead of their February 1 fight.

It’s the first time in Benavidez’s 12-year professional career that he’s fought someone in a 50-50 fight, and it’s surprising how he’s stooped to this level to fuel PED talk. Is it mind games for Benavidez to get a much needed edge against the younger, faster, stronger and more talented Morrell?

You can totally understand why Benavidez would be worried about this fight. If he loses, his dreams of a mega-million fight against the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch will be lost, and he will never get a chance to fight Canelo Alvarez either. He would be just one of the contenders at 175, fighting in the salt mines and not making the big money.