Dan Rafael believes WBC interim super middleweight champion David Benavidez has the advantage in his February 1 fight against WBA “regular” champion David Morel.

Reporter Rafael believes that in this game, Benavidez (29 wins, 0 losses, 24 KOs) has a stronger chin and punching ability than the Cuban Morel (11 wins, 0 losses, 9 KOs). will be broadcast live on PBC’s Prime Video PPV from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

experience factors

“I would lean toward Benavidez. I wouldn’t say it’s because of pedigree, because David Morel has a strong amateur background in the Cuban system,” Dan Rafael said. boxing social Regarding the February 1 match between David Benavidez and David Morrell.

“In terms of age, they are both in the prime of their sport, although David Morel rarely fights because he started late. He left Cuba and in the early part of his career he moved very quickly. But he didn’t need to 1,000 fights because he had all the amateur experience, whereas Benavidez turned pro at 17 years old and was more of a work in progress that got him to this point.

“When you look at the record and you see one guy played less than 15 games and another guy played 30 games, you would think that guy was a lot older and a lot more experienced. That’s not the case. They are closer in age and experience, with Morel making up for it as an amateur while Benavidez has more professional experience.”

Morel has more experience in the sport than Benavidez, who fought 148 rounds in his 12-year career.

Morel fought 54 rounds, but he was 130-2 as an amateur in Cuba and logged more rounds overall against stronger opponents than Benavidez did as a pro. Benavidez has fought a limited number of fighters, mostly veterans like Gvozdyk, 36-year-old Demetrius Andrade, David Lemieux and Caleb Plant .

Chin and Strength

“I’m leaning toward Benavidez because his combination of chin and strength is probably a little better than Morel’s,” Rafael said.

Morel is 26, a little more than a year younger, and has never been injured before. It’s hard to say whether Benavidez’s chin was better when Morel was never injured. In terms of power, Morel is by far the better fighter. Raphael also disagreed.

Benavidez is more of a slugger and he throws a lot of shots that slap the arm. All 24 of the Mexican monster’s knockouts came while he was below his natural weight (168 pounds) and had a huge size advantage over his opponents.

By the time he moved up to 175 for his final fight after 11 years as a pro, his power wasn’t the same and he never threatened to beat his opponent Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15 last year.

“I have no proof of that because Morel wasn’t knocked down, knocked out or seriously injured. I just had a feeling that in the crossfire, the guy who would do better would be Benavidez. But. We’ll see. That’s why it’s about a 50-50 fight,” Rafael said.