Jose Benavidez Sr. says WBA ‘regular’ super middleweight champion David Morrell needs to prove himself by defeating Caleb Plant before a fight between him and David Benavidez would make sense.
The excuses that Benavidez’s dad is making for why he shouldn’t have to fight Morrell indicates that he doesn’t want to risk having his son, David, get beaten., which is fine because it’s smart to protect ‘The Mexican Monster’ from getting exposed by the talented Cuban.
Why the talented former Cuban amateur star Morrell would need to prove himself to defend his WBA title against challenger Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) is unclear, as that sounds backward.
It should be Benavidez who needs to prove himself because he would be the challenger against Morrell, not the other way around. Jose Sr. still hopes that undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will agree to fight Benavidez next in May on Cinco de Mayo.
It doesn’t look like it’s gong to happen, and Benavidez & Jose Sr. will need to decide soon who they will fight. Fighting Morrell makes sense because he’s the best remaining fighter in the weight class once you remove Canelo from the equation.
Morrell needs to prove himself against Plant
“I don’t underestimate Morrell. He’s an Olympian, too. Boo Boo was an Olympian and a two-time world champion, awkward,” said Jose Benavidez Jr. to Fighthype, doing his best job he can diminishing David Morrell Jr., to explain why David Benavidez shouldn’t have to fight the talented fighter.
“Morrell is a great fighter, but sometimes, you need that experience to fight all these styles. If you look at Morrell and look at David, if I tell you right now, what do you see so special about Morrell? A good uppercut, a good body shots, good jabs, good right hands.
“Does he throw a volume of punches? I don’t even think he takes things serious. He goes in there. Who has he fought? Who is he fighting now? [Sena Agbeko on December 16th]. Do you know that guy? Is he a good guy?
“I think he should be fighting Caleb Plant to see how he looks with him, and once he beats Caleb Plant, just by fighting him and beating him, it doesn’t matter how he wins. Then we can say, but we’ll fight Morrell tomorrow because we’re here to fight whoever. We’re here to keep proving ourselves.
“I don’t think he has the experience,” said Jose Sr, about Morrell not having the experience against Benavidez. I think David will stop him. I don’t think he has the experience. I think in about a year or two, he’s going to get more dangerous, and possibly in the future, that will be a great fight, but right now, I don’t underestimate him. I would love to fight him.
“If they call me right now and say, ‘Let’s make the fight.’ Let’s make it happen before he gets better because he is getting better, and he’s a great fighter,” said Jose Sr. about him supposedly being willing to match David Benavidez against Morrell.
“He is going to get all that experience, and it’s going to make it difficult. Why not take him now?
“Either or,” said Benavidez Sr. about Dmitry Bivol & Artur Beterbiev being tough fights for Benavidez. “I would say because he beat Canelo, I would say Bivol. The other guy [Beterbiev] hits like a mule.
