If Saudi money-man Turki Alalshikh gets his way – and he usually does as far as being able to make the big fights he wants to make – we will see the two winners from the upcoming 175 pound fights between David Benavidez and David Morrell and Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol fight each other on what would be a big card later this year.
This Saturday live on Amazon Prime PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada, two unbeaten fighters meet in a 50-50 type scrap at the light heavyweight division.
Commentator Al Bernstein believes David Morrell must be a “perfect counter-puncher” to hurt David Benavidez or mute his offense by connecting with big shots tonight in their headliner at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez weighed in at 174.2 pounds, and WBA ‘regular’ champ David Morrell came in at 174.2 lbs on Friday at their weigh-in.
You know the saying, ‘everyone’s got one.’ An opinion, that is. And with tomorrow night’s potentially – in fact, so many would say, guaranteed explosive card – at the T-Mobile in Las Vegas now just hours away, here are my picks for what I think, maybe, will happen.
The tension between undefeated light heavyweight champions David Benavidez and David Morrell Jr. reached its peak at Thursday’s final press conference.
David Benavidez was trying to mean mug WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell today throughout their final press conference before Saturday’s Prime PPV clash.
David Morrell got ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez riled up today at the final Prime Video press conference with his rapid-fire Spanish trash-talking and his calm demeanor.
During his career, Tim Bradley gave us some superb action fights, his all-out war with Ruslan Provodnikov perhaps a fight that would have proven thrillingly memorable during any era.
The way thrilling ring warrior David Benavidez tells it, he could wind up fighting two wars back-to-back. This Saturday on Prime Video, as surely each and every fight fan on the planet is aware, Benavidez will risk his unbeaten record against Cuba’s David Morrell, who will do the same.