Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says that his son, David Benavidez, will take David Morrell into deep water and drown him in his fight in 29 days on February 1st on PBC on Prime Video PPV in Las Vegas.
Jose Sr. feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) can wear down WBA “regular” lightweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) with body shots and pressure.
Benavidez’s plan
“We don’t know. Everyone’s style is different,” Jose Benavidez Sr. said YSM Sports Media when asked if David Morrell is a tougher opponent for David Benavidez than Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade.
“David Morrell is a great fighter, a highly decorated amateur fighter, a two-time world champion at 168 and 175. He’s a lefty. We don’t know (if Morrell is tougher than Plant and Andrade), but for now, we’re going to ‘and he is the best fighter in our career. We have to think that.
“We can’t underestimate David Morrell. We don’t know how big his heart is. We’ll take him into deep water and see if he can swim. If not, he’ll drown. The plan is not just to win the fight. It looks spectacular,” Benavidez Sr. said.
Morrell is much bigger, stronger and younger than Plant and Andrade. So, for Jose Sr. to be counting on Benavidez doing the same thing he did against those fighters, he could be in for a big disappointment on February 1st.
“The thing is with all these fighters they move. They don’t want to get hit. So, they’re very careful. They use their legs a lot,” Jose Sr. said. “I hope that David Morrell comes to fight and show people that he is the best at 175, and that it ends in a knockout.”
Morrell doesn’t move much. When he moves, he stands in front of his opponents. He does not move around the ring, but next to his upper body. Morrell will be there for Benavidez to trade blows.
The punches Morrell throws are much harder than the guys the Mexican Monster has beaten during his career and he might not last long when he starts getting hit by the Cuban.
Targeting the body
“If he is careful, using his legs and moving around, it will take some time because when you have a fighter who moves, it makes it a little difficult,” said Jose Sr. “I’m sure David (Benavidez) is going to capitalize on that and start breaking that body down and start putting damage on him.”
The blows that Morrell hit his last opponent, Radivoje Kalajdzic, on August 3 injured Benavidez knockout or seriously injured him where he is defenseless to a follow-up barrage. Morrell had Radivoje injured several times in their fight at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
“Hopefully, we can get him out of there before the ninth or tenth round,” Benavidez Sr. said.
