David Morrell’s manager, Luis Decuba’s SR, says the former Cuban star has “Sonny Liston Hands” and that David Benavidez is “made to order” for him because he will stand in front of him on Saturday night. The two fighters are fighting on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event will appear live on PBC on Prime Video PPV for $ 79.95.
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“Liston-like power”
Decubas feels that Benavidez is “not hard to hit” and with Morrell’s Liston-like heavyweight power he will hurt him. He believes that if Benavidez (29-0, 24 kos) can take Morrell’s hard blows in 12 rounds, it would say a lot about him and he would choose him to beat someone in the light heavyweight division.
Benavidez has talked about his plans to beat Morrell with the combination of punching, which means he will be in his pocket and wait to be hit. It will be interesting to see which of the two fighters can score a knockout.
“I’m very sure of this match. The guy [Benavidez] is made to order for Morrell. He arrives. He is not bad defensively, but he is not hard to hit, ”said manager Luis de Cuba’s Sr. To Sean Zittel about David Benavidez as the ideal guy for his fighter David Morrell.
“He will find out when he will be hit with a full -fledged lightweight weight [Morrell] How it is because Morrell was beating [two-time Olympic gold medalist Julio Cesar] La Cruz in Cuba when he was 17 years old and was 178 lbs.
“I’m the one who brought him down to 168 because we had the opportunity for Lennox Allen [in 2020]And we used the apartment and won the title. We tried to get him [Benavidez] First at. 168. We couldn’t.
“Thank God we moved up to 175, and after the last performance [against Radivoje Kalajdzic] That people saw, maybe that’s the reason they [Team Benavidez] Fighted for us, which is great. I know the guy we fought for was not 28-2. He was 29-1 because he [deserved to] beat [Marcus] Browne [on April 16, 2016].
If not for Morrell’s last performance against Kalajdzic, he probably wouldn’t have got the match against Benavidez. This performance seems to have given Team Benavidez confidence that they can win. Before that, they did not show interest, perhaps because Morrell destroyed everyone he was facing.
Kalajdzic survived Morrell by using movement and showing a strong chin. If he had stood in front of him all the match, he would probably have been blown up like the others.
“The guy that Benavidez fought [Oleksandr Gvozdyk] At slight heavy weight was 37 years old. He fought three times in seven years. The guy we fought for was active. The guy was a good mover. He moved around and we had to look for him, ”Decubas said of Kalajdzic with the help of movement in his fight against Morrell on August 3rd.
“Benavidez won’t move around. He wants to be right there in front of us and I am very confident. I will say one thing to the fans. If Benavidez can take this child’s battle in 12 rounds, I have to respect Benavidez a lot and I would favor him over any light heavy weight in the world. “
If Morrell knocks Benavidez out, it would shock a lot of fans who feel he’s invincible right now. Many of them have failed to look at the quality of the opposition that Benavidez has fought through his 12-year career to say, ‘A-ha, so that’s why Benavidez has looked so good. He has fought for scrubs. ‘
“Holes through walls”
“This guy [Morrell] punching holes through walls. He has Sonny Liston handsAnd he’s a thumper. Everywhere with a beat, he can knock you out. So I’m very sure of the fight. It is a great opportunity for us and the child is very exciting, ”said Decuba’s Sr.
Morrell looks like he’s the biggest puncher in the light heavyweight division. You can tell from seeing Morrell’s battle in his victory over Kalajdzic that he has more power than Artur Betterbiev, which many fans consider the biggest puncher. Morrell hits harder, but does not try to overwhelm his opponents, which Betterbiev does. He focuses more on knocking them out with single shots.
