Trainer Stephen Edwards doesn’t think David Morel has the boxing IQ to defeat interim WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez in their February 1 fight.

Stephen believes that WBA “regular” 175-pound champion Morel (11-0, 9 KOs) relies too much on his strength and explosiveness and doesn’t have a skill set to fall back on if that doesn’t work.

Edwards noted that Morel had issues in his debut against Radivoje Karadzic at 175 on August 3, but he was never at risk of failure. In fact, Morell dominated every round, but he occasionally got hit by Hot Rod, who was good at boxing.

This guy has more power than Benavidez and Morel has to be careful at times. For the most part, he pinned Gerald with random shots and injured him several times.

Last year, Stephen defeated “Mexican Monster” Benavidez (29 wins, 0 losses, 24 KOs) on March 25, 2023, and defeated his own boxer Caleb Plant, but the result was not Not ideal. After the fight, Benavidez was impressed.

Plant was too weak and too small for Benavidez, who looked like a lightweight in the ring during that fight.

Morrell vs. Benavidez will air on PBC on February 1 High quality video The PPV takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This was the first fight in Benavidez’s 11-year career where he faced a man who had a chance to beat him in a 50-50 decision.

The closest he has come to a chance to beat his opponent to date was in his debut against Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15, whom he played his last match at 175. Benavidez tired early in that fight and was pounded by Gvozdyk from rounds 7 to 12.

“This is a fight David Morel can win, but I don’t know if he’s going to win,” Stephen Edwards said fight hype Regarding the February 1 match between David Benavidez and David Morrell. “He had problems with ‘Hot Rod,’ but he didn’t lose.

“It’s different when you’re back in your corner and you don’t know if you’re on your feet. I have to see when he’s not winning games or when another guy puts mental pressure on him and starts to have a little bit of doubt What adjustments will he make?

“I’ve been impressed with David Morel but he’s a bit dependent on his strength, power and size. He’s too big to compete at 168. He’s a big guy. I’m very impressed with him, but a lot of the guys he fights are much smaller than him, so he doesn’t have to rely on his IQ or anything like that to use his skills.

Like Benavidez, Morel is too big for the 168-pound division, but he doesn’t weigh 175 pounds. Both of them fought at super middleweight against smaller fighters. It wasn’t just Morell who fought a lot of smaller guys. Benavidez has always been bigger than his opponent in 11 years of fighting, he is 168cm tall.

“I’m not saying he doesn’t have it, but I haven’t seen it yet,” Eduarda said of Morell’s ring IQ. “I’d go with David Benavidez. I think his IQ is seriously underestimated. His defense is underestimated. People say he’s easy to hit, but when you fight like he does, when you You’re going to get hit when you walk up to a guy. Plus, he’s a big guy, but he can catch a lot of punches.

“He’s really good at punching you. He can counter. He’s very aware of his defense. He’s not out there letting his head bang around. When you see him get hit, watch him closely. Even when he gets hit, his hands are up, so the punches have to go through his gloves,” Edwards said of Benavidez.