David Benavidez and David Morrell almost got here to blows at a press occasion to advertise their Feb. 1 tremendous middleweight battle.
Benavidez patted the WBA interim title belt over Morrell’s shoulder, who responded by doing the identical to Benavidez’s WBC interim title belt, and because the two jawed away face-to-face, Benavidez handed his belt to another person and shoved Morrell, who responded by throwing his belt at Benavidez.
Many individuals had been capable of step into the center earlier than it received too critical — which is, , at all times the case — however it will in all probability put a minimum of slightly additional warmth on the battle, and the 2 sides have talked this up fairly properly already.
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Aside from any of the usual hype at play right here, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KO) vs Morrell (11-0, 9 KO) is already a terrific matchup for the diehard boxing fan, two rising stars assembly for a pair of interim belts at 175 lbs, which for as soon as isn’t that large of a disgrace as a result of we’ve received Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in a rivalry that renews on Feb. 22 for the undisputed championship of the division.
Benavidez and Morrell presumably might have taken simpler fights and waited on the veterans to see their bouts by, then angled in opposition to each other to step up in opposition to the winner, however PBC is in dire want of intriguing major occasion fights, and whereas this may occasionally not have field workplace blockbuster written throughout it, it’s positively high quality.
