Keyshawn Davis was impressed with what he saw from David Morrell in his actions against David Banavidez on February 1 at PBC on Prime Video PPV earlier this month.
He felt that the light heavyweight Morrell (11-1, 9 COs) could make it more interesting if he had more experience and made some strategic changes to his game. Keyshawn says Morrell should not have backed up against the ropes so often and that it would have been better.
Experienced gap
He also felt that he should have started on the attack against Benavidez (30-0, 24 COs) in fifth or sixth place instead of waiting until the last two rounds. Waiting for so long, Morrell put in an impossible situation where he needed a knockout, and he had the wrong opponent to do so.
Benavidez has a head like a water buffalo, and he can take massive shots that a normal person would get. It is clear that Benavidez continues to eat the kind of shots he has taken against Morrell, he will leave the sport with just a few marbles rolling around in his head. The man has no defense at all, and he asks for problems against Artur Betterbiev. If Artur is finished with benavidez, Morrell will not be left enough.
“It was a loss for Morrell on his record. It really was no loss. I watched it. I look at the next David Morrell fighting, and that was the first fight I’ve ever watched of David Morrell, ”Keyshawn Davis said Fight Hub TV About Morrell’s fight against David Banavidez on February 1st.
“He sold himself big. David Morrell looked good. I felt that if he had more experience, it probably would have been a better struggle. David Banavidez has all the experience in the world, and I am a fan of David. I just felt that David Morrell was a little too inexperienced, and a lot of it probably showed.
“In the first place, he started the second gear too late. At the end of the fight, he started standing there and fighting against David Banavidez. He finally got his confidence to fight against him, and it was a little too late. We all said in the sixth round, the fifth round, ‘kick it in. Fight this man. Stop moving so much. “
Late boom
Morrell should have been behind Benavidez earlier in the fight, because when he stopped respecting, he hurt him with his bigger blows. Eventually, he showed that he was better than benavidez. It was like looking at a light volume puncher beaten by a stronger man.
Morrell’s power was on another level, and in the end he was the better conditioned fighter. Benavidez used up all his guest in the first eight rounds and had nothing left to ward off Morrell. He looked like a tired cross weight. Banavidez revealed that he rehydrated after 196, which is a 22 -pound water profit from the 174 pounds in which he weighed.
” Boetie, use your stitch. Move in a circle. All you have to do is turn to him. Why do you keep backing up straight to the ropes? “Those things right there. This is the inexperience. Maybe I feel years later, maybe they can recycle it again. I know that David Morrell will become a fantastic fighter that people are going to look at. He is exciting. So maybe years later, they can run it back. “
It was a mistake of Morrell to back up, sitting up and allowing benavidez to ward him off. As he moved around, he neutralized the offense well. In the later rounds, when Morrell was finally behind Benavidez, he surpassed him and made him look bad in the same way that Olexandr Gvozdyk did.
“I can see why Canelo doesn’t want to fight against him,” Keyshawn said of Benavidez.
It doesn’t seem like Canelo Alvarez will ever fight against Benavidez unless Turki Al-Sheikh offers him insane money, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. There are other fights that canelo can fight and still make money. He does not need the large dough that Turki would offer him to fight against Benavidez.
Last updated on 02/10/2025
