Lonnie B Thompson says David Banavidez can’t defeat the undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Betterbiev fight as he did against David Morrell last Saturday night. He will have to come up with a better style against Betterbiev.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 CO’s) has finished the WBC-sheltered place with his victory over Morrell, and he will now face the winner of the Betterbiev against Dmitri Bivol 2 Rematch.
Benavidez’s style
Thompson says the habit of benavidez to stand directly in front of his opponents and shooting combinations will beat him if he fights like Betterbiev (21-0, 20 COs).
Benavidez, 28, is a 12-year-old pro, and he never showed the ability to adapt his fighting style to Box and Move. What you see is what you get with him. Morrell describes Benavidez’s fighting style as ‘robocop’, and he’s right. He is not going to change for the better Biev battle.
If benavidez are happy, Bivolbiev will defeat Betterbiev in their fight on February 22, and he doesn’t have to worry about dealing with him. BISVOL will be a much easier battle for benavidez because he can’t hit and will try to box.
“No,” Lonnie B said to Fighting type When asked if David Benavidez Artur could beat Betterbiev. “I’m not a David benavidez hater. I just look at the battle from my experience to be with both in the ring.
“If he’s going to give Artur a good fight, he has to be better than that, because that style he’s standing in front of you, blocking, blocking, blocking, I don’t think it will fight him well against Artur with a man who is extremely physically strong. Artur is physically an animal and strikes extremely hard.
‘To prove that I am right, look at Bivol, which is an extremely good fighter. He kept moving and moving and moving. But if you stand there with Artur, it’s only a matter of time before you end up on the ground. Trust me, I’ve tried it many times, ”says Lonnie B.
Benavidez is likely to try to overwhelm BiV with bumps like Morrell and the other 29 opponents he faced in his career. He just knows how to fight in one way, and that is to bury his opposition with volume. He will use the same Cookie-cut match plan against Betterbiev and hope it will work. It can.
With the way the first Betterbiev-Bivol battle played, there is an excellent chance that Biblical will win their re-broadcast on February 22. So it would not be that Benavidez fights against Betterbiev. It will be biblical with which he faces. Of course, it is if better biev and biblical are not fighting next to a trilogy.
“Morrell buzzed benavidez with a check hook in the third round, but benavidez is tough. He came back and won clearly, ‘says Lonnie B.’ But with Artur, he can’t afford to be beaten with this, because sometimes David (benavidez) is ringing because he wins so convincingly.
“He starts to drop his hands, stab, lean forward and let his chin out there and straight his legs. With Artur he can’t do it. If he wants to give Artur a good fight and possibly strike him, he will have to sharpen his game.
“He will have to fight Midrange and rise his hands, move his head and be prepared to take some evil shots. The fact that Morrell could skate after the finish bell when it sometimes looked like Benavidez would stop him and benavidez, it shows me that he may not be the biggest puncher at this weight.
“So my concern is whether he will be able to hit Artur with something that Artur will have him respect?
“Yes, I think he (benavidez) can beat Canelo. I think Canelo is too small for David benavidez. I don’t think Canelo will be able to keep him with that level of activity. I don’t think Canelo will be able to like Benavidez, ”Lonnie said.
Benavidez can probably beat Canelo Alvarez, but he will probably never get a chance. It is one of those hypothetical fights that wastes time to talk about. It would be better to speculate how Benavidez would do against IBF Cruiserweight Champion Jai Opetaia if he moved there one of these days.
Will Benavidez be able to walk through Opetaia’s bumps and where he put down with volume as he was done with so many others? I don’t think so, but I doubt he’ll ever agree to fight against Jai. He will mention Opetaia in the same way that Canelo bends.
