Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will be fighting on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Benavidez-Morrell Undercard
The 18-year-old undefeated Moton’s opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It will probably not be a known name for Moton, since he is still a teenager and will be hired very carefully by his promoter.
It will be interesting to see which division the 5’4″ Moton (6-0, 5 KOs) will fight in for this contest. He weighed 139 3/4 lbs for his last fight against Hilario Martinez Moreno on October 12th in Philadelphia. Because Moton already had weight problems at 18 years old, it suggests that he will be up to welterweight at some point soon and be food for the monsters in that division.
Although Moton destroyed Moreno in the first round, his arrival at overweight, close to the 140 lb limit, is a red flag that he may be forced to move to light welterweight soon. At 5’4″, Moton is on the small size for that division and will have trouble against taller fighters. He is built like a fire hydrant with a squarish shape, and you can tell by looking at him that he will have problems if he moves to 140 or higher.
Build a Record
Moton is one of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s protégés, and he is expected to take him slowly as he did with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, feeding him soft edibles. to build a record to create a money generator.
If Moton follows the same script as Tank, it can never be a 50-50 fight until the end of his career when he is 30 years old. Tank is not even in a 50-50, and has been in the pro game for 11 years. So, what does that tell you about how Moton will be carried? You might think that Moton won’t be brought in like Tank, but it’s a sure thing that he will.
