Coach Jose Benavidez Sr. said his “20 years old” The son of interim WBC light heavyweight champion David “The Mexican Monster” Benavidez will defeat David Morel on February 1 before taking on Artur Beterbiev vs. Demi Terry Bivol fights with the winner of 2 rematches.

20 or 28?

I don’t know where Benavidez Sr. got that statement about David being “20 years old” because he 28 He has a lot of miles on his odometer.

I’d say Benavidez is Close to 38. He has been a professional player since 2013, but his health has begun to break down and he has suffered multiple injuries throughout his body. Even though he’s 20 years old, he’ll be fighting the Cuban Morel (11-0, 9 KOs) in the main event in 23 days on PBC Prime Video PPV.

It’s going to be a tough fight for Benavidez, especially since he’s been through so many fights in his long career and his body is starting to break down. He also had a lot of gym fights because that was his style.

Jose Sr. also said that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) may move up to cruiserweight to face IBF champion Jai Opetaia and WBA and WBO champion Gilberto Zu The winner of the unification fight between Aldo Ramirez.

Is it Beterbiev or Bivol next?

“We have to be impressive to make history and face other monsters in the division,” Jose Benavidez Sr. said. battle center tvtalking about his son David Benavidez, who needs to perform well against David Morrell on February 1st.

“This is the best fight we’ve ever had. We have a younger fighter. A hungry fighter and it’s going to be a blast. It’s going to be very exciting. This is a fight we need to show off Our talent and showing the world that David (Benavidez) can box, David can hit, he can be aggressive, he can counter, he can cut off the ring.

“So, the fans will see a lot in this fight. David Benavidez is only 20 years old (correction: he’s 28). The plan is to move forward, fight David Morel and get a shot at a fight with David Benavidez. A chance against Wall or Beterbiev or even Zuldo Ramirez, that’s the plan,” Jose Sr. said.

If Benavidez loses this fight, he can forget about fighting the winner of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 rematch, or move up to lightweight to challenge Gilberto “Zou” Do” Ramirez’s WBA and WBO titles. Jose Sr. reveled in his 168-year-old son’s success in battles with smaller and older mountain warriors. So, naturally, he talks like his son Benavidez can walk through everyone and continue to do what he did at super middleweight.

The Mexican monster had his last match against Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15 at 175, which should have been a wake-up call for Jose Sr. because of that match It shows that he is no longer the same person as he was at 168 at light heavyweight.

lightweight dream

“We want to face a monster in this division,” Jose Sr. said. “Zuldo Ramirez just got another belt (light heavyweight). Yesterday, we saw another champion, Jai. I think they’ll probably face each other and maybe we’ll face the winner. David is only 20 years old.

“We’re not afraid of losing our undefeated record, but we’re not going to do that. I’m very confident that he’s going to come in and destroy this guy and move on to bigger and better things,” said Jose Benavidez Sr. .

I hope Jose Sr. doesn’t break down when he sees Benavidez get knocked out by Morel and sees all his plans go down the drain. This would have happened anyway if Benavidez had been fighting where he was supposed to be (at 175) instead of collapsing at 168 to beat smaller fighters.

This is typical of what we see nowadays, with young fighters fighting in weight classes that they are not qualified to compete in. When they’re young, they can get away with it, but by the time they reach their late 20s or early 30s, it’s all over. They are forced to compete in weight classes that suit their body type.