Lightweight heavyweight contender Radivoje Kalajdzic says the key to David Morrell’s win over David Benavidez will be Saturday, February 175 , keeping the “makeup” in the headliners’ first six to eight rounds of action at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Radivoje fought Morel (11-0, 9 KOS) last August 3 in Los Angeles and knows what he can do against Benavidez. He noted that Benavidez has been fighting “the little guy” his entire career, campaigning at 168 instead of 175.
When Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) faced former WBC lightweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 37, on June 15 last year, he didn’t take a big hit because the former The champ didn’t hit his field goal. He was pushing them.
On Saturday, it will be the first time in Benavidez’s 12-year career that he faces a man of his size and he will work hard to hit him. Radivoje is interested to see how Benavidez handles Morrell’s size and power.
Serbian-born Radivojoe (29-3, 21 KOs) was tougher than Benavidez and Morel held his own in winning a 12-round decision.
Morel’s strategy
“If he can stay consistent and stay calm for the first six to eight rounds, because Benavidez, all he has is pressure. He’s going to slow down eventually. So keep composing, pick your shots and Because he can box and move,” said Radivoje Kalajdzic. YSM Sports Media On how David Morrell defeated David Benavidez on Saturday night, February 1st.
“Don’t be the aggressor. I think he can pull it off, but overall it’s going to be a close fight.
“David Benavidez has been fighting little guys his whole career. He’s always been the bigger guy, and then when he fought (Oleksandr) Gvozdyk, Gvozdyk wasn’t really trying hard Fight. So, I don’t know. Will it be the first test where we see how Benavidez will get injured or will he go down?” Radivoje said.
Benavidez will try to take down Morrell because that’s the way he’s been fighting and the style taught by his father, Jose Benavidez Jr. But, as we saw last Saturday night with Jose Jr’s fighter Omar Salcido, he lost a one-sided loss to Cuba Andy Cruzthis high-pressure style doesn’t work with talented fighters.
Benavidez will take a beating from Morrell and he can get boxing lessons from him in this fight. The way he fought Benavidez was exactly how Cruz beat Salcido: jab, potshot, movement and offense.
Cruz waited until the second half to start pressuring Salcido, which was one-sided. Cuban Morrell can do the same thing as Benavidez is more sloppy and out of nowhere than Salcido. Benavidez makes him look like a master boxer by comparison.
untested water
“It’s going to be a big test for both of them. I don’t know. We’ll see. I don’t know how he (Benavidez) reacts to guys his size fighting back. So, we’ll see.” Radivoje on boxing Fans will be interested to see how Benavidez reacts against the equally large Morel.
This will be an interesting test and shows that Benavidez can hold his own against his first big boxer in his 12-year career. As Radivoje pointed out, Oleksandr Gvozdyk doesn’t work that hard. He’s mostly pushing his fist forward, as if he’s trying to conserve energy to prevent melting.
When Gvozdyk started striking late in the fight, he gave Benavidez huge problems and dominated the later rounds. By that point, the same could be said for Gvozdyk, who couldn’t pull off the win because he was throwing away too many rounds via local power.
On the 12th, Gvozdyk hurt Benavidez with a right shot that dropped down the pipe. That punch knocked the wind out of Benavidez, who didn’t swing for the rest of the round as he took the shot to the basket.
