Radivoje Kalajdzic: Casure key for Morrell to defeat benavidez

Radivoje Kalajdzic, a light heavyweight contender, says the key to defeating David Morrell who defeated David Banavidez is to during the first six to eight rounds in their headliner collision on 175 on 175 in the T- Mobile Arena to stay in Las Vegas.

Radivoys fought last year in Los Angeles on Morrell (11-0, 9 COs) last year and knows what he can do against Benavidez. He notes that Benavidez fought his entire career “smaller guys” and fought at 168 rather than 175.

When Benavidez (29-0, 24 COs) moved up against the 37-year-old former WBC lights of heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, he didn’t hit hard because the former champion did not load his shots. He pushed them.

On Saturday, it is the first time in Benavidez’s 12-year career that he is facing a man who will hit him hard. Radivoys is interested to see how Benavidez handles Morrell’s size and power.

The Serbian-born Radivoju (29-3, 21 food) hit harder than Banavidez, and Morrell did his power well with winning a 12 round.

Morrell’s strategy

“If he can stay composed and stay calm during the first six to eight rounds, because Benavidez, all he has and all he does is pressure. He will eventually delay. So stay composed, choose your shots and move because it can box, ”said Radivoje Kalajdzic IceM Sports Media About how David Morrell can defeat David Banavidez this Saturday night on February 1st.

“Don’t be the aggressor. I think he can pull it out, but it’s going to be a close battle, ”Radivoje continued on the benavidez against Morrell competition.

‘David Banavidez has fought his entire career with smaller guys. He has always been the bigger man, when he (Oleksandr) fought Gvozdyk, Gvozdyk didn’t even hit that hard. So, I don’t know. This will be the first test. We will see how will benavidez be injured, or will he just run down Morrell? ‘says Radivoy.

Benavidez will try to run down Morrell because that is how he always fought and the style his father, Jose Benavidez Jr., leather; As we saw last Saturday night with Jose Jr. fighter, Omar Salcido, in his unilateral loss of Cuban Andy cruzThat high -pressure style does not work against talented fighters.

Benavidez will be hit by Morrell a lot, and he can get a boxing lesson from him in this competition. The way to fight Benavidez is exactly how Cruz Salcido defeated: Jab, Potshot, Move and Attack.

Cruz waited until the second half to start printing Salcido, and it was one -sided. The Cuban Morrell can do the same, because benavidez is even more messy and wreckless than Salcido. Banavidez makes him look like a master boxer in comparison.

Untested waters

“It will be a big test for both. I don’t know. We will see. I don’t know how he (benavidez) responds to guys who sponge his size back. So we will see, ”Radivoye said of how boxing fans will see how benavidez reacts to fighting against the equal Morrell.

It will be an interesting test, showing how well Benavidez in his 12-year career can hold against his first big puncher. As Radivoje pointed out, Oleksandr Gvozdyk didn’t hit it so hard. He mainly pushed his push, looked like he was trying to save energy to prevent.

When Gvozdyk started loading on his shots late in the fight, he gave benavidez massive problems and took control of the later rounds. By that time it was also for Gvozdyk, and he couldn’t pull out the victory because he gave away too many rounds by throwing partial power.

In the twelfth, Gvozdyk hurt Banavidez with a right side of the body shot throwing straight into the pipe. That punch knocked the wind out of benavidez, as he threw no blows for the rest of the round after taking the shot to the bread basket.