Morrell’s Mission: Dismantle “Robocop” Benavidez In Vegas Showdown

David Morrell says WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez is a “Robocop” who can’t dance and has “nothing” for him in their upcoming fight on February 1st main event fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) sees Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) as an unathletic, robotic fighter who can’t move and couldn’t knock out Caleb Plant in their fight last year. He feels he will have no problems neutralizing his offense, which requires his opponents to be stationary so he can stand and throw punches in bunches.

Morrell’s Mission

It will be interesting to see if Benavidez can handle the power of Morrell, 26, in this fight because Ronald Gavril dropped him in the 12th round of their first fight in 2017. Many boxing fans think Bebafvidez lost that fight, so there was a rematch. Benavidez also had problems in his last fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

“It’s no secret for anybody that Benavidez is Robocop. That’s it. Look at Benavidez vs. Plant. It was 12 rounds. This fight revealed secrets,” said David Morrell to Premier Boxing Champions, letting fans know that David Benavidez is robotic and struggled against Caleb Plant.

“I never fought Plant before, but I don’t think Plant had too much power for Benavidez. He’s a big guy. He’s stronger, too. So, if you have good legs, you train hard, you have power, and everything, Benavidez now has nothing for you.

“I can dance. I have moves. Benavidez can’t dance. That’s it,” said Morrell.

What Benavidez was in the past when campaigning at 168 against smaller, older fights ready to be mothballed for deconstruction is no more. He’s now fighting at 175 and forced to face high-level opposition. Thus far, Benavidez has not looked good in this new weight class, and there’s a good chance he’ll lose to Morrell by knockout on February 1st.

There’s much on the line for both fighters in this clash. The winner will fight for the undisputed light Heavyweight championship against Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol. The loser will start again and get to the back of the line.

Given the hype and huge push that PBC has put behind Benavidez all these years, they’ll bring him back quickly and, if possible, try to set up a rematch with Morrell.