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David Morrell says interim WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez a “Robocop” who can’t play and has “nothing” going for him in their upcoming fight on February 1st in the main event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Morel (11-0, 9 KOs) sees Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) as an unathletic, robotic fighter who can’t move and couldn’t knock out Caleb Plant in their fight last year. He feels that he will have no problem neutralizing his attack, which requires his opponents to be still so that he can stand and hit the crowds.
It will be interesting to see if Benavidez can handle the power of Morel, 26, in this fight as Ronald Gavril dropped him in the 12th round of their first fight of 2017. Many boxing fans think Bebaufvidez lost that fight, so he rematch. Benavidez also struggled in his last fight against Alexander Gvozdyk.
“It’s no secret that Benavidez is RoboCop.” That’s it. Look at Benavidez vs. Plant. There were 12 rounds. This fight revealed the secrets,” said David Morrell Premier Boxing Championsletting fans know that David Benavidez is a robot and is fighting Caleb Plant.
“I’ve never fought Plant before, but I don’t think Plant had too much power for Benavidez. He’s a big guy. And he is stronger. So if you have good legs, train hard, power and all, Benavides has nothing for you now.
“I can dance.” I have moves. Benavidez can’t play. That’s it,” Morrell said.
What Benavidez was in the past when he campaigned at 168 against smaller, older fights ready to be locked up for deconstruction is gone. Now he’s fighting at 175 and forced to face tall opposition. So far, Benavidez hasn’t looked good in this new weight class, and there’s a good chance he’ll lose to Morel via knockout on February 1st.
A lot is on the line for both fighters in this bout. The winner will fight for the undisputed light heavyweight championship against Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol. The loser will start over and get to the back of the line.
Given the hype and massive pressure the PBC has put behind Benavidez all these years, they will quickly bring him back and, if possible, try to set up a rematch with Morel.