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Coach Jose Benavides Sr. has his say “20 year old” son, WBC Interim Light Heavyweight Champion David ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez, will defeat David Morrell on February 1st and then take on the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitri Bivol rematch on the 2nd.
20 or 28?
I’m not sure where Benavidez Sr. got this about David being “20 years old” because he is 28 and has plenty of mileage on its mileage.
I’d say Benavidez closer to 38. He’s been a pro since 2013 and is already starting to fall apart physically, with multiple injuries all over the place. Even if he was 20, he would be fighting Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) in the main event in 23 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
It will be a tough fight for Benavidez, especially as he is starting to break down physically from a long career with many wars. He also had a lot of wars in the gym because that’s his style.
Jose Sr. also states that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) could move up to cruiserweight to face the winner of the unification bout between IBF champion Yai Opetaya and WBA and WBO champion Gilberto Zurdo’ Ramirez.
Beterbiev or Bivol Nekt?
“We have to look impressive to make history and face the other monsters in the division,” senior Jose Benavides said. Fight Hub TVtalking about his son, David Benavidez, who should look good against David Morrell on February 1st.
“This is the best fight we’ve ever had.” We have a younger fighter. A hungry fighter and it will be explosive. It will be very exciting. This is the fight we need to show our talents and show the world that David (Benavidez) can box, David can punch, he can be aggressive, he can counter and cut the ring.
“So there’s a lot that the fans are going to see in this fight.” David Benavidez is only 20 years old (correction: he is 28). The plan is to move on, fight David Morrell, and get a chance with Bivola or Beterbiev, and maybe even Zurdo Ramirez. That’s the plan,” Jose Sr. said.
If Benavidez loses this fight, he can forget about fighting the winner of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 rematch or moving up to cruiserweight to challenge Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez for his WBA and WBO titles. Jose Sr. is drunk on his son’s success from his 168 years, fighting smaller and older fighters over the hill. So naturally, he talks like his son, Benavidez, can go through anyone and continue to do what he’s been doing at super middleweight.
The Mexican Monster’s last fight at 175 against Aleksandar Gvozdyk on June 15 should have been a wake-up call for Jose Sr. as that bout showed that he is not the same guy at light heavyweight that he was at 168.
Cruiserweight Dreams
“We want to face the monsters of the division,” Jose Sr. said. “Zurdo Ramirez just got another (heavyweight) belt. Yesterday we saw another champion, Jai. I think they can face each other and maybe we will face the winner of that. like i said David is only 20 years old.
“We’re not afraid of losing our undefeated records, but we’re not going to do that.” I’m very confident that he’s going to come in and destroy this guy and go on to bigger and better things,” Jose Benavides Sr. said.
I hope Jose Sr. doesn’t get left out if he sees Benavidez knock out Morrell and sees all his plans fall apart. This would have happened anyway if Benavidez had fought where he should have been all along, at 175, instead of melting down to beat lesser fighters at 168.
This is typical of what we see today, with younger fighters fighting in weight classes where they have no business being. They can get away with this when they’re younger, but once they hit their late 20s or early 30s, the jig is up. They are forced to compete in weight classes that match their size.
