David Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields, predicts a knockout win in opposition to the favourite, David Benavidez, this Saturday, February 1st, dwell on Amazon Prime PPV.
Morrell’s Uncooked Energy
Shields doesn’t know which spherical Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) will KO Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), however he feels it can occur as a result of his energy might be an excessive amount of for him. Benavidez has related concepts, considering he’ll harm Morrell and rating a knockout.
Morrell has at all times performed effectively in opposition to fighters who got here to him trying to trade, and Benavidez is tailored for his model.
“I used to be calm, however I did get a bit bit anxious concerning the trade between Benavidez and Decubas Sr. It wasn’t about Benavidez. It was extra about Decubas Sr. I wished to verify he was okay,” stated David Morrell to Struggle Hub TV, discussing the trade between David Benavidez and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., throughout Thursday’s ultimate press convention.
“I don’t care if it’s by resolution or knockout. What I care is I’m going to win, and I’m going to be the one popping out on prime.”
“He has to do each. You’ll be able to’t combat Benavidez a method. You bought to combat him at his personal sport, too,” stated Morrell’s coach, Ronnie Shields to Sean Zittel about Morrell needing to combat going backwards and coming ahead in opposition to Benavidez.
Morrell could have no alternative however to brawl and field Benavidez if he needs to win or survive 12 rounds with out getting knocked out. Benavidez is a stress fighter. That’s in his DNA, and he received’t let up even for a second in that combat. We noticed that in his final combat in opposition to the larger, stronger Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June fifteenth final yr.
Benavidez continually pressured the extra highly effective former WBC mild heavyweight champion Gvozdyk and made him transfer to maintain from getting stopped. Gvozdyk lacked the fuel tank, youth, or willingness to face his floor or assault usually, which allowed Benavidez to win virtually each spherical uncontested.
“Simply because he [Morrell] has 11 fights doesn’t imply you don’t have the expertise of doing it,” stated Shields when requested what occurs if Benavidez needs to tug Morrell into deep waters within the later rounds. “For this reason we’ve the gymnasium. For this reason we prepare each single day for this factor.”
Morrell has the expertise within the amateurs, however he hasn’t fought anybody within the execs like Benavidez, and can put him underneath the gun for twelve grueling rounds. A method of coping with Benavidez’s stress is to go for a knockout early as a result of he might be there to be hit.
Morrell has proven energy to knockout fighters who’ve by no means been stopped of their careers. Benavidez hasn’t fought anybody but with the type of energy that Morrell has, and he may fold as soon as he begins getting hit laborious on the top and physique.
Though he likes to name himself a “Monster,” he’s human, and his resume is skinny on proficient opposition. Morrell and his supervisor, Luis Decubas Sr., are proper that Benavidez has fought many older, smaller fighters with one foot out the door into retirement. His coach/dad, Jose Benavidez Sr., has protected him effectively all these years, matching him selectively to construct his 29-0 report.
That they had hoped to persuade Canelo Alvarez to combat them, however he wasn’t fooled. He noticed the pretend report and wasn’t fooled. It’s the identical bit that Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia did. Struggle fluff opposition, construct a plastic report, after which angle for an enormous payday in opposition to Canelo. It’s sneaky, nevertheless it works.
Morrell by KO, Says Shields
“He’s going to really feel the ability when he’s shut, and he’s going to really feel the ability when Morrell is at a distance. So, we really feel we’ve the benefit each methods. I actually actually consider Morrell goes to knock him out. I don’t know when, and I don’t care when. That’s simply my intestine feeling that we’re going to knock him out,” stated Shields.
Morrell can knock Benavidez out, however he’s going to want to combat extra aggressively than he did in his final combat in opposition to ‘Sizzling Rod’ Radivoje Kalajdzic for him to do it. In that combat, Morrell didn’t stress sufficient and keep on prime of Radivoje to get the knockout. He harm him a number of instances however didn’t go after him.
