Coach Jose Benavidez Jr. has dominated out David Morrell being the following opponent for ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez after his win over Demetrius Andrade.

Right here’s the attention-grabbing half. Benavidez Sr. says they need Canelo Alvarez subsequent, but when they will’t get him, they’ll “proceed to combat in opposition to one of the best,” however they don’t need WBA ‘common’ tremendous middleweight champion Morrell.

It appears fairly clear that Benavidez Sr. is afraid of letting David face Morrell as a result of he may lose to the gifted Cuban, after which the jig could be up. There could be no coming again.

The untold riches which have been dancing round Jose Sr’s head when he desires about his son David Benavidez combating Canelo could be gone endlessly, as Morrell may have completely ruined issues.

Jose Sr. isn’t saying who Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) will face in the event that they fail to get the payday combat they’ve been pushing for in opposition to Canelo as a result of their choices are slim at 168.

Though Benavidez talked about on the post-fight press convention being considering combating Dmitry Bivol at 175, he spoke in a means that steered that it could finally occur, however not quickly.

That is smart as a result of it could be even tougher than it already is for David to make weight at 168 when he returns to the division.

Finest fighters at 168:

David Morrell
Caleb Plant
Diego Pacheco
Edgar Berlanga
Jaime Munguia
Christian Mbilli
Vladimir Shishkin
Erik Bazinyan
Aslambek Idigov
Ali Akhemdov
Kevin Sadjo
Bektemir Melikuziev

Clearly, Morrell is one of the best fighter at 168 amongst these fighters, so the pathetic excuse that Jose Sr. makes about him not being well-known or that they wish to combat higher opposition is unnecessary.

The one better-known fighter on that listing is Caleb Plant, and Benavidez has already crushed him. None of these guys would stand an opportunity in opposition to Morrell, as he would destroy all of them.

Benavidez to proceed searching for largest fights

“I don’t care. We’re going to proceed searching for the most important fights. If it occurs, it occurs. If not, David is just 26 years previous, and we acquired to remain busy. That’s all we’re fascinated with,” stated Jose Benavidez Sr. to Fight Hub TV when requested if he thinks Canelo Alvarez will proceed to current roadblocks to a combat in opposition to David Benavidez subsequent.

“If he needs to be remembered as the best and make historical past, he has to face David. “That’s the combat they [fans] wish to see,” continued Jose Sr. about his wanting Canelo to face Benavidez subsequent. “We wish to combat nothing however one of the best. Boo Boo was a terrific fighter.”

Demetrius Andrade was by no means a terrific fighter or something near that. His greatest wins of his lengthy 15-year profession have been in opposition to these fighters:

Maciej Sulecki
Vanes Martirosyan
Brian Rose
Jason Quigley
Artur Akabov
Jake Culcay
Willie Nelson

Canelo will already be remembered because the “best” with out combating Benavidez. He doesn’t want that man to make historical past. It’s the opposite means round. Benavidez hasn’t crushed anybody in his profession who was an A-level fighter as a result of Andrade was previous at 35 and Caleb Plant had stamina points.

Jose Sr. guidelines out David Morrell for Benavidez to combat

“I don’t even wish to speak about David Morrell. We’ll combat him, don’t get me incorrect. Who has he fought? Morrell, who’s he combating? He’s not at that degree. I believe David will knock him out,” stated Benavidez Sr.

Who did Andrade combat? He didn’t combat anybody good, but Benavidez nonetheless fought him. Who did David Lemieux beat? He by no means beat any huge names, and Benavidez fought him. You possibly can go down the listing of Benavidez’s profession opponents. None of them ever beat anybody particular, and he nonetheless fought them.

So why does Jose Sr. NOT need Benavidez to combat Morrell? It appears fairly apparent, doesn’t it? He’s flat-out scared that Benavidez will lose to Morrell after which say goodbye to the Canelo payday.

“Boo Boo was a terrific fighter. I believe David can take him out simple than Boo Boo Andrade,” stated Benavidez Sr. “Like I stated, we wish to combat the true fighters. The fighters which are the monsters. The Bivols, and Beterbievs. Guys which are robust.”

Benavidez isn’t about to go as much as 175 for his subsequent combat to face Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev, and Jose Sr. is aware of that. He’s simply utilizing that as an excuse to have David duck the Morrell combat.

“This was a particular combat. We fought a man that was an Olympian, a two-time world champion. Among the best ever,” stated Jose Sr. about Andrade. “I assumed it was going to be a tougher combat nevertheless it was a better combat due to the onerous work and dedication.

“I believe we confirmed right now that David [Benavidez] is one of the best at 168. All these individuals who stated that David had dangerous footwork, we proved them incorrect. David Benavidez is the total package deal. We beat among the finest 168s proper now,” stated Jose Sr.

Benavidez Sr. goes slightly overboard along with his feedback about 35-year-old Andrade being among the finest at 168, contemplating that he’d solely fought as soon as at tremendous middleweight earlier than final night time’s combat. His solely win at 168 was in opposition to Demond Nicholson, and that’s not a top-level contender.