Benavidez: “Morrell tried to harm me with a belt!”

David Benavidez believes David Morrell was making an attempt to harm him to get out of their battle when he threw his WBA heavyweight belt at him after shoving him throughout their faceoff Dec. 17 in Miami. Benavidez appears paranoid concerning the harm situation he has formulated.

Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) grew to become offended when Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) refused to shake his hand. So, to cope with his embarrassment and anger, he confirmed it to Morrell, who retaliated by throwing his WBA belt at him. The waistlock narrowly missed pinning Benavidez within the head. He interpreted this transfer by Morrell as making an attempt to get out of the battle by injuring him.

You would possibly see issues in a different way. Benavidez was the one making an attempt to get out of the battle by shoving Morrell, hoping he would punch him within the face in retaliation. It was Benavidez who began with the push. What did he hope Morrell would do?

Was Morrell afraid?

“I actually need to beat Morrell, and that’s precisely what I intend to do,” David Benavidez instructed Combathypenonetheless complaining about David Morrell not desirous to shake his hand throughout their media exercise.

“For me, I already know that he’s afraid of me 100% as a result of he’s already on the lookout for methods out. Who throws belts in somebody’s face? That’s a heavy belt, bro,” Benavidez stated of Morrell throwing his WBA world title belt at him throughout their faceoff after he was shoved violently with out warning.

“For me, throwing that belt in your face, I do know in my thoughts I will hit you, and the battle goes to be known as off as a result of you are going to get minimize. That is precisely what he did. He aimed for my head too. He didn’t attempt to miss,” Benavidez stated.

There would have been no drawback if Benavidez had managed his violent instincts when Morrell would not shake his hand. Does he undergo life pushing everybody round once they do not need to shake fingers?

“From the primary press convention the place we took the faceoff, I felt the concern in him,” Benavidez stated of Morrell. “I have been doing this for a very long time, and it is the identical with this one. I stated, “Watch out what you ask for, as a result of I could be there to provide it to you.”

“It makes for a greater battle. I did all that. I pushed him. I did the press convention, and now much more persons are on this battle. They need to be as a result of that is going to be a very good battle. David Morrell is an efficient fighter. I’m an excellent fighter.

Will Morrell commit?

“We will battle, and if he actually means what he says, he will stand there and confront me. I do not suppose he will do it. I am 100% able to go on the market and do it. I’m going to harm this man as a lot as doable,” Benavidez stated.

It may not work in Benavidez’s favor to go up in opposition to an enormous puncher like Morrell, as he punches a lot tougher and can benefit from any photographs he tends to throw.

Benavidez’s punching quantity labored for him at 168 in opposition to the smaller, older and weaker fighters he had confronted. However at 175 years outdated, he must reinvent himself if he doesn’t need his profession to implode, beginning with the battle in opposition to Morrell.