David Benavidez says he would be open to a fight against Oleksandr Usyk, but prefers to wait. “five or six years” before facing him. He thinks he needs “more experience” before fighting heavyweight champion Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs). Oleksandr will not wait for Benavidez. If you lack the self-confidence to fight now, that fight will not happen.
Usyk Wait: 5-6 Years
Benavidez says he can still take the fight if it’s offered to him. He admits it would be one of the toughest of his career, which is an understatement.
Usyk is very skilled and will take advantage of Benavidez’s habit of leaving himself open for counters due to his volume punches. The “Mexican-Ecuadorian-American Monster” Benavidez didn’t have to change his fighting style because he was fighting smaller guys while living at 168 through the first ten years of his career.
In his recent debut at 175, he took a lot of hard shots against Oleksandr Gvozdyk when he tried to overwhelm him with volume, and his face looked like it had been hit by a tractor-trailer at the end of the 12 contest – round. .
If Benavidez were to move up to heavyweight or cruiserweight to face Usyk, he wouldn’t be able to use the bulk against him without being split and embarrassed. This style only works against smaller or weaker fighters.
In 39 days, Benavidez will face regular WBA champion David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on February 22nd on PPB on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
This is a fight that will show what kind of figure Benavidez has in the 175 lb division. If he can’t beat Morrell, he may have to go back to 168 if he can, because it’s only worse for him against the other killers at 175.
“I’m going to hurt David Morrell”
“Anyone watching this fight is going to have a great time watching this. I’m coming in 100% ready,” said David Benavidez to Fighthypetalking about his February 22nd contest against “regular” WBA lightweight champion David Morrell in Las Vegas.
“I’ve been training for almost four and a half months. I’m not leaving any stone unturned, and I’m very motivated for this fight. Not only to go in there to get the win, but to get the knockout. I’m going there, and I’m going to hurt David Morrell.
“I’m going to make him eat all his words, and when I hit his a** and take his belt, he’s going to know who’s the best in the world,” Benavidez said.
With Morrell’s power in each hand, he has an excellent chance of knocking out Benavidez in this fight if he fights the same way he did. Morrell hits too hard and will knock out Benavidez like he did Sena Agbeko and Yamaguchi Falcão. Those guys had excellent chins in their fights with Morrell, but they went down quickly.
“I don’t think I have enough experience to go against Usyk,” Benavidez said when asked if he would like to fight Oleksandr Usyk. “Never say never. Maybe in the future, but for now, I’m just focused on these guys. Maybe in five or six years, but by that time, he’ll probably be around 40 (try 42 or 43),” said Benavidez on to Usyk.
“I have tremendous respect for Usyk. He is the greatest of all time. If I have the opportunity to share the ring with him, I will not say no, but it will probably be the hardest fight I have ever had my life,” Benavidez said.
It seems weak of Benavidez for him to talk about needing more experience before fighting Usyk because he has a lot of professional experience to take this fight. Besides, he is almost ten years younger than him.
