Morrell “feels bad” by Khataev’s Ped’s ban

David Morrell says he “feels bad” by his opponent, the imam Khataev, who received a two -year ban from the International Testors Agency (ITA) for a violation of the anti -doping rule. Khataev (10-0, 9 kos) will continue to fight the former world champion of two Morrell divisions (11-1, 9 kos) in a lightweight weight of ten rounds this Saturday, July 12 at the Louis Armstrong stadium in Queens, New York.

Cuban Morrell talent is happy that the struggle will continue on Saturday because he wants to act and has gone through a long training field to prepare for the maximum competition by classified Khataev.

It is Morrell’s first struggle since losing his 175 -pound title from WBA to David Benavidez last February. He wants to show that he has improved. Morrell says he changed his personality after this loss and will be a different fighter.

Khataev pressure

We will see, because Khataev will do the same type of pressure on Morrell that Benavidez did, and he will do it immediately. Khataev shares similarities with Artur Beeterbiev in his style and attacking power. We do not know if you can endure the formidable power of Morrell if it has really changed its style of struggle as it says.

“My last struggle, I changed my personality very much for this. So this will never happen again,” said David Morrell to Social boxing On his plans to fight with more aggression after his loss to David Benavidez.

Morrell’s new style of struggle

Morrell will have to change his style so that he wins on Saturday against Khataev and will deal with boxers like Dmitry Bivol. In addition, he will meet again with Benavidez, and he cannot fight the same way

“I feel bad for him,” Morrell said about his opponent, Imam Khataev, who received a two -year ban to positively test a forbidden Ped. “Why do you need something to fight? It’s strange. I want (still) fight him on Saturday night.

“I had a bad experience. What is most important is that I focused on me,” Morrell said about his loss in Benavidez.