Former super middleweight champion David Benavidez Jnr has been looking for some of the biggest fights ahead of his scheduled fight with David Morrell Jnr on February 1 fight, and even after that fight, Benavidez’s plans didn’t seem to change.
A challenge for the undisputed light heavyweight title against the winner of the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol rematch might be possible, but Jose Benavidez Sr. — — Benavidez Jr.’s father and trainer — refused to rule out a clash with WBA and WBO lightweight belt holder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez.
Regardless, Benavidez’s 29-0 (24 KO) record gives Morrell something to focus on ahead of this headline fight Held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Benavidez Sr. said that at 175 years old, his son is ready to face any opponent.
“David Benavidez is only 28 years old;“ Benavidez Sr. told Fight Hub TV during the boxer’s media workouts in Las Vegas. “The plan is to move on and fight David Morell to get a shot at a fight with Bivol, Beterbiev or even Zurdo Ramirez ) opportunities for cooperation. That’s the plan.
“We just want to face the monster in this division. Zuldo Ramirez just got another belt. Yesterday we saw another champion, Jai [Opetaia]I think they might face each other, maybe we‘Will face the winner of that match. As I said, David is only 28 years old. us‘We are not afraid of losing our unbeaten record, but we‘I won’t do that. “
Benavidez, from Phoenix, has been locked in a war of words with Cuba‘The fighters are preparing for Morel, 26, in the ring, with Benavidez promising he will eventually defeat Morel in convincing fashion.
Benavidez Sr. predicted the fight would not last more than 10 rounds.
“So I saw David hitting hard,Benavidez Sr. said. “He has just left this world. He was motivated and ready to go. I’m pretty confident that he’s going to come destroy this guy and go on to see bigger and better things. “
Benavidez Sr. calls Morrell, who won gold at the 2016 Junior World Championships and most recently defeated Radivoje Karadzic via unanimous decision (Radivoje Kalajdzic), then 29-2, August – a “Dangerous fighter.“ But he Believes his son is on a different level.
“We didn’t underestimate him;“ Benavidez Sr. said of Morel. “David trains very hard. David’s motivated right now mentally, physically and, man, you know, another baby is on the way now, so he’s very motivated about it.“
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