Benavidez Sr.: Son “Drown” Morrell

Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. says his son, David Benavidez, will take David Morrell to the deep end and drown him out in their fight in 29 days on February 1st at PBC on Prime Video PPV in Las Vegas.

Jose Mr. he believes Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) can wear down WBA “regular” lightweight champion Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) with body shots and pressure.

The Benavidez Plan

“We don’t know. Everyone’s style is different,” said Jose Benavidez Sr YSM Sports Media when asked if David Morrell is a tougher opponent for David Benavidez than Caleb Plant and Demetrius Andrade.

“David Morrell is a great fighter, a highly decorated amateur fighter, two-time world champion at 168 and 175. He’s left-handed. We don’t know (if Morrell is tougher than Plant and Andrade), but right now we’re training like he’s the best fighter of our career. We have to think about it.

“We cannot underestimate David Morrell. We don’t know how big his heart is. We’ll take him to deep water, and see if he can swim. If not, he will drown. The plan is not just to win the fight. It looks spectacular,” said Benavidez Sr.

Morrell is much bigger, stronger and younger than Plant and Andrade. Therefore, because Jose Sr. count on Benavidez doing the same to him as he did against those fighters, he could be in for a huge disappointment on February 1st.

“The thing is with all these fighters that move. They don’t want to be hit. So they are very careful. They use their legs a lot,” said Jose Sr. “I hope David Morrell comes to fight and show people he’s the best at 175, and it ends in a knockout.”

Morrell doesn’t move much. When he moves, he is in front of his opponents. He doesn’t move around the ring, but side to side with his upper body. Morrell will be there for Benavidez to trade blows.

The punches Morrell is throwing are much harder than the guys the Mexican monster has been fighting during his career and they may not last long once he starts getting hit by the Cuban.

Orientation to the body

“If he’s careful, uses his legs and moves, it’s going to take us a little bit of time because when you have a fighter that’s moving, it makes it a little difficult,” Jose Sr. said. “I’m sure David (Benavidez) is going to take advantage of that and start breaking that body down and start hurting him.”

The shots Morrell landed on his last opponent, Radivoje Kalajdzic, on August 3 either knocked out Benavidez or hurt him to the point where he is defenseless against a subsequent barrage. Morrell hurt Radivoje numerous times in their fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

“Hopefully we can get him out of there before the ninth or 10th round,” Benavidez Sr. said.