Former HBO commentator Jim Lampley was given preference Prime video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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The business shoe
Lampley feels that the sport has ‘greater possibilities’ if Benavidez (29-0, 24 costs) wins because he is a ‘Mexican American’ as the Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 COs) win. It’s a superficial, non-sports ways Looking at an athletic match focuses on just the business side, but there are truths for it.
It is better for boxing than benavidez wins, but it can be temporary. If he defeats Morrell, Artur is facing betterbiev, undisputed light heavyweight champion, in the face and is crushed by him, his stock will fall immediately. Banavidez’s popularity would only be temporary.
In addition, if benavidez moved to Cruiserweight and destroyed by IBF champion Jai Opetaia, it would be the same. Thus, to beat Morrell will not mean much if benavidez does not have the talent to go beyond this struggle, and he will need a strong chin to survive fights against better biev and opetaia because he is not exactly difficult to not to hit.
Morrell has Similar power as Artur BetterbievAnd if Benavidez was just going to try to walk through his blows as he built up against the smaller, older fighters on which he built his record of 29-0, it would end badly on Saturday night. They will then find benavidez with a giant spatula and take him into pieces and pieces from the ring.
Morrell’s opportunity
“There were other Cubans who also wanted to knock people out. He (David Morrell) has power, and the power Southpaw is for whatever reason a rare look in the sport. Southpaws often end up as technicians, and it is more likely to come conventional fighters, ”Jim Lampley said Sean ZittelTalk about Cuban Southpaw, David Morrell, before his fight against David Banavidez on Saturday.
“He (Morrell) got a powerful real hook, and he has real skills. He has a tremendous platform here to show what he can do. He is not the favorite. Benavidez is the favorite, but I think if the fight was in Havana (Cuba), he would be the favorite. I think this is a tremendous opportunity for Morrell.
“I think benavidez can become a giant star. I think he has greater possibilities than Morrell because he is a Mexican American. This is a larger audience. I’m not rooting for one of them, but I think the sport will benefit if Benavidez offers a benavidez show.
Banavidez can become a giant star, but again he may not last long if he chooses to fight the best, rather than swing them like very carefully packed fighters do. Betterbiev is likely to beat the Mexican monster “benavidez and destroy him as he did Callum Smith. It says that Benavidez and his father are focused on WBA and WBO Cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez rather than IBF champion Jai Opetaia.
This indicates that they know their limitations and do not want to mess with Opetaia. Some people believe that Benavidez has been watching Morrell for the past three years and just now wanted to fight against him because he did not look good in his previous battle in his debut on 175 against Radivoje Kalajdzic.
If Team Banavidez eludes Morrell for years, they will probably do the same with Opetaia. Banavidez wants Artur Betterbiev because he is 40, and there is a lot of money to fight him from Saudi Arabia. He will make a lot of money and have a built -in excuse If he loses against Betterbiev. “I fought the best light heavyweight on the planet.” It would be just like the injured hand apartment used by Banavidez after his poor performance in his debut at Light Heavyweight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June last year.
“There are areas where Morrell can have significant benefits,” says Lampley. ‘The incentives are greater for benavidez. It changes his life more than it changes Morrell if benavidez can win it in a spectacular way, and he knows it. So, I think because his dreams can be bigger, his horizon may be bigger, and I can prefer Benavidez to win the fight. ‘
The ‘weight bullying’ debate
Again Lambley is focused on the business side of things rather than on the sports side in the Benavidez vs. morrell fight. Hopefully there will be no controversial decision in this battle, with A-side fighter Banavidez, a victory over Morrell, after he is dominated. It will damage any victory given benavidez.
“I haven’t seen a shortcoming that I can see as a clear potential for Morrell to upset him and win the fight, but it can arrive on Saturday night,” Lampley says, and responds to that many fans benavidez as ” A ‘weight bully because he is fighting smaller fighters through a large part of his career.
