David Morrell says he will “look easy” beating David Benavidez in two weeks from today, February 1st, in their 12-rounder for the light heavyweight title.

The WBA ‘always’ light heavyweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) sees Benavidez as a simple, “Fat” running fighter who moves forward, throws punches, but there is no “power” in his punches. He says he knows he’s stronger than Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), which goes without saying.

Benavidez’s Weakness

‘The Mexican Monster’ has no power. He is a volume hitter who excelled in the first 11 years of his career when he was a big fish in a small pool at 168.

Like many young fighters, Benavidez is able to drop down to fight in a division below his body size. Early in his career, we saw the same thing with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Now that Benavidez is 175 years old, his good looks are gone, his lack of punching power even in a big position, and he doesn’t have the size to come back. Now he’s fighting a big guy like him, Morrell, but with great skill and skill, a real knockout artist. It doesn’t look good for Benavidez.

Morrell: Making It “Look Easy”

“Benavidez is not easy, but I will make it look easy. They are two different things,” said Morrell Gloves Off part 2. “Every time you come to the gym, work, work, work. It’s better to cry here than to cry inside the ring during a fight.

“That is the problem in this war. He and I, we’re both guys who like to push,” said Morrell about the constant pressure Benavidez used on his last opponent, Oleksandr Gvozdyk in the 175 debut last year on June 15 in Las Vegas. “All guys like to come forward and push. Who is the strongest? I know that I am.

“Everybody says that in his last fight he didn’t have the strength to knock down other people. He has nothing. This is my real weight, 175, “said Morrell. Now I feel comfortable with this weight.”

Wisely, Benavidez is heavier and has been throughout his career, but his strength is as a middleweight (160 lbs), and he’s hitting harder than he did when he was fighting at 168. Benavidez’s debut at 175 against former WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, received the appropriate punishment for the race.

Life will be very different for Benavidez at 175. He will fight with killers like Morrell and face criticism of character for the first time in his long career. As a 12-year pro, Benavidez is like a prospect, climbing for the first time but not physically young.

The Disloyalty of the Body

Benavidez’s body has seen the wear and tear of a fighter who has been in the sport for ten years. All the slow battles have weakened him. We’re seeing the results now, with Benavidez suffering injuries left and right in his last fight.

That’s wear and tear from a long career rearing its ugly head. They are like an old car with 300,000 miles on the odometer. Yes, you light up the car, but it’s still an old car engine and transmission wise. That’s the case with Benavidez. Many miles on him.

“I really believe I’m seeing a legend. He reminds me a lot of someone like Evander Holyfield, of someone like Pernell Whitaker,” coach Ronnie Shields said of Morrell. “The reason they remind me of those boys is the way they work.

“I give credit to Benavidez because he’s joining him. He didn’t have to. It just shows that you have fighters out there who want to fight well. So now he’s getting his chance,” said Shields.

Last Ride

You have to give Benavidez credit for finally stepping up in his twelfth year as a pro to fight Morrell after being called up by him for two solid years. Benavidez has had a very long career, and surprisingly, it took him a long time to start fighting elite fighters instead of the old, toothless, undersized guys around whom he built his 29-0 record.

There is a way in this era of boxing that fighters do it plastic sheets fighting trash and then bragging about trying to get a big payday. Is Benavidez one of them?

He fought guys in the same category as Edgar Berlanga, and it’s hard not to put ‘The Mexican Monster’ in the same category. As the saying goes, ‘You are what you eat.’ This is going well in the pro game manufactured fighters which produces invincible records that are built 100% on beating tomato cans.

Benavidez has fought very low opponents, and has been a professional for almost 15 years. Aren’t you fighting good opposition, especially with a bigger advantage than anyone?

“What I see in Morrell is a lot of mistakes that I can use,” Benavidez said. “They say he’s a better fighter than me because he’s from Cuba and he studied with Cubans, but that doesn’t mean anything. I grew up not caring for animals.

Both fighters have faced a lot of controversy in their careers, but Benavidez shouldn’t see it as some kind of honor or battle medal to hang on his chest. All fighters do that. Benavidez also mentions it as a sign of insecurity. The flaws that Benavidez sees in Morrell are present in his game.

He is display his weakness on Morrell is the inability to accept that he is more vulnerable now than he was when he was pouring down fighting younger, older fighters on the 168 game schedule. Benavidez is starting to deteriorate physically now due to his long career in the sport.