Comments Thread For: David Morrell: Benavidez is no 'Monster', I will knock him out

[crimsonfalcon07]

This was an excellent breakdown. I wish I had the eye/patience to examine a fighter's most basic and/or extreme attributes/flaws like this. I don't. I can tell you when a fighter is doing something bad or good, but I'd freeze up if you asked me to detail why it's either, and I've been watching boxing for nearly as long as I've been alive (nearing fifty years). You make a good deal of sense and it's why I'm slightly leaning toward the upset with Morrell. That, and I almost always root for the under. It releases more adrenaline.

Having said that, Benny, flaws and all, is still a wild animal, and Morrell is going to have to get smart, mean, or both.

Well done, dude.

I only do it because I've been fighting myself for years and so I tend to watch with an eye for technical openings and think about what I'd do or would want my fighter to do. This one is closer than people think IMO. I obviously favor Morrell to win, but he's also prone to wanting to get in firefights because he doesn't have the pro experience yet, and that's a bad idea against Benavidez. I'm really looking forward to this. Credit to both for making this fight now, when it's arguably the most exciting.

[Jamtime69]

I think a lot of yall are going to be shocked after this fight. I've been advocating for this fight for over 2 years now. David Morrell has been the most overlooked fighter over this time. He tried to fight everyone with a name, including David Benavidez. They all didn't want to fight him! This is when David Benavidez was crying everyone was ducking him! David Morrell is way better than yall think! We're going to see if David Benavidez can take a shot and vice-versa. This fight is going to be one for the ages!

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He either knows something we don’t, or his ego is writing his checks. Morrell, on paper, probably is the better boxer, but is he the better fighter as well? Benny is a tall order, my man.

David Benavidez is a simi monster, but ONLY at super middleweight cause he walks around @ over 200lbs OK? Now, at light heavyweight he just another face in the crowd. He a nobody special at lightheavyweight. Imagine David (the robot) Benavidez tryin that bully crap with Beterbiev, he'd get his azz laid out. The monster? Please, tell me it's just a joke. Benavidez wasn't tryin to make this fight with Morrell. Too late now. It's the boxing skills that pay the bill's. Same way Canelo found out when he stepped into the ring with Floyd Mayweather. Easy work for Morrell. Easy work. You heard it here first.

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That's why I'm picking Morrell anyways. People get hung up on level of competition, but miss the point that against lower levels of competition, a fighter can get away with limited skills and they need to fight better competition to show if they have the skills to hang at a higher level. Other fighters, like Tank, Shakur, Boots Ennis, and Morrell, all show the skills even against lower levels of competition, so it's easier to favor them because you know they have the tools in the toolbox to win against all but the highest level of competition, when they face guys who also have the skills, and then they need something more. When the primary question is whether a guy has a great chin, or how good their power is, that's a different question than if he's got the skills to compete.

Guys like Devin Haney and Benavidez can look supremely skilled because they're dominant against smaller guys, but when you look at what they're actually doing, you see limited skills like jab and clinch for Haney, or walk and hook for Benavidez, and they also display flaws that smaller opponents can't physically take advantage of, like dropping the right during the jab for Haney, or walking up and compromising stance like Benavidez. That's the sort of guy that's likely to get exposed when they step up to fighting even fights on a physical level. That's also why I felt that Spence (and Wilder) were going to get exposed, because even their fans had to admit they were very basic fighters. Hopefully I'm wrong about Benavidez, because boxing is better off with more guys at a really high level, and it will make for more fun fights to watch.

The only thing that got exposed about Deontay Wilder is his KO ratio, being the greatest knock out artist that ever fought in the heavyweight division. He had to be one of the skinniest heavyweight champions that ever stepped into the ring. Wilder is a OK boxer, but his claim to fame is being a straight up knock out artist. Skinny azz Deontay Wilder made a 275lb Tyson Fury kiss the canvas 4 times otta 3 fights. That's impressive for a fighter givin up 35 to 40 pounds. Usyk never made Tyson Fury kiss the canvas 4 times. Usyk can't do that. Almost every fighter Wilder had to fight out weighed him 30 to 70lbs. Deontay has the highest KO ratio of ANY Heavyweight in boxing history. Therefore it's his 97.67 knock out ratio that got exposed.

[Joseph]

Easy work for Morrell. Easy work. You heard it here first.

Cool. We'll see. I just want a good, clean fight devoid of any controversy and screams of "robbery." To me it's 50/50 and as of right now I'm pulling for the upset (Morrell) just because I love a good upset.

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I’m fairly positive that this fight starts out really well for MorrellL Jr. He’s got just the attributes to make Benavides look bad early on, but I wonder if he’s got the strength, fortitude and focus to finish well over 12 rounds. I think he does and we see a new star turn in boxing. I see Morrell starting out strong and befuddling a slow footed there who may even get dropped in the first few rounds. Then I see David digging deep, pressing and winning several middle rounds before ultimately fading and being taken apart by a resurgent Morrell and losing late by KO. Not sure why I have such faith in Morrell since he hasn’t really shown this kind of heart thus far in his career (and Cubans are not generally known for heart) but he is a great athlete and seems super hungry to be a star.

Who taught you that Cubans are not generally known for heart? Do yourself a favor. Try being a more knowledgeable human being. What ever racism you may have learned at the dinner table or amongst your associates is just flat-out-dated and totally false. Everybody don't act according to false stereotypes or hearsay gossip you may have heard at the dinner table. Here's some- thing you may not know is: Africa is the cradle of civilization. And, Humans, as it turns out, share about 99.9 percent of their DNA with each other, and outward physical characteristics such as hair texture and skin color, about which racist maggots have long obsessed, occupy just a tiny portion of the human genome.

This is 2025, educate yourself....peace!

[Oracle01]

That's why I'm picking Morrell anyways. People get hung up on level of competition, but miss the point that against lower levels of competition, a fighter can get away with limited skills and they need to fight better competition to show if they have the skills to hang at a higher level. Other fighters, like Tank, Shakur, Boots Ennis, and Morrell, all show the skills even against lower levels of competition, so it's easier to favor them because you know they have the tools in the toolbox to win against all but the highest level of competition, when they face guys who also have the skills, and then they need something more. When the primary question is whether a guy has a great chin, or how good their power is, that's a different question than if he's got the skills to compete.

Guys like Devin Haney and Benavidez can look supremely skilled because they're dominant against smaller guys, but when you look at what they're actually doing, you see limited skills like jab and clinch for Haney, or walk and hook for Benavidez, and they also display flaws that smaller opponents can't physically take advantage of, like dropping the right during the jab for Haney, or walking up and compromising stance like Benavidez. That's the sort of guy that's likely to get exposed when they step up to fighting even fights on a physical level. That's also why I felt that Spence (and Wilder) were going to get exposed, because even their fans had to admit they were very basic fighters. Hopefully I'm wrong about Benavidez, because boxing is better off with more guys at a really high level, and it will make for more fun fights to watch.

Same old rubbish as usual. Haney had a 3-4 inch height and reach advantage over his opponents, Benavidez has 1 inch, so its not the same at all. Benavidez has only been marginally bigger than some opponents and the same size as many also. Its a completely myth that he relies on his size. He won both his titles off opponents the same size, and Plant and Andrade were a hair smaller. Haney moved up a division and still dwarfed Regis. That is a real weight bully.

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Same old rubbish as usual. Haney had a 3-4 inch height and reach advantage over his opponents, Benavidez has 1 inch, so its not the same at all. Benavidez has only been marginally bigger than some opponents and the same size as many also. Its a completely myth that he relies on his size. He won both his titles off opponents the same size, and Plant and Andrade were a hair smaller. Haney moved up a division and still dwarfed Regis. That is a real weight bully.

David Benavidez kills himself trying to make weight gettin down to 168lbs. David B. walks around well over 200lbs.
On fight night you can visibly see the size difference for a MILE (meaning you can see the difference from the cheap seats) when he rehydrates back up in weight where he can be the boss in the ring. Look, this is not rocket science. It's as plain as the air we breathe the weight game David Benavidez plays. Its been enjoyed by many fighters who think they need a size advantage in weight, in order to do well. But it's all legal, as long as a fighter makes weight. That's all that's required. When David Benavidez moved up to light heavyweight to fight Oleksandr Gvozdyk he quickly found he was NOooo monster. Not in that division he isn't.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Same old rubbish as usual. Haney had a 3-4 inch height and reach advantage over his opponents, Benavidez has 1 inch, so its not the same at all. Benavidez has only been marginally bigger than some opponents and the same size as many also. Its a completely myth that he relies on his size. He won both his titles off opponents the same size, and Plant and Andrade were a hair smaller. Haney moved up a division and still dwarfed Regis. That is a real weight bully.

You one of those guys who thinks it's a height division. SMH. The size difference is clear to see to everyone else. He rehydrates 25+ lbs just like Haney. His fight night weights are 190-200, and he was competing at 168...

[mlac]

Has Benevidez ever been hurt?