Demetrius Andrade questions whether WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morel has arms long enough to get around David Benavidez’s guard when they fight 2 When we meet at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 1st.

Benavidez’s influence

In last year’s fight with Benavidez, Andrade had trouble getting his shots through Benavidez’s guard due to his long arms, and was ultimately stopped in the sixth round. He was surprised by the sheer size of Benavidez, who was too big for him.

The Cuban Morel’s reach is much longer than Benavidez’s, 78 inches to his 74, so he shouldn’t have the same problems that Andrade did. Demetrius starts his career at 154 and reaches 168 in 2023. He had only fought once against Demond Nicholson at heavyweight before facing Benavidez.

Benavidez’s length, weight and youth seemed to cause problems for Andrade. He looks much heavier, like a light heavyweight or lightweight versus middleweight opponent.

“Because he’s a big, strong guy, he’s able to absorb it. He weighs a lot more than me,” Demetrius Andrade said. battle center tv Regarding his loss to David Benavidez on November 25, 2023.

“After that match (Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk at 175), he said, ‘I can still hit 168,’ because he felt the weight difference. When He (Benavidez) can’t do what he can do when he’s not the weight dominant guy.

“Right now, he’s having a great fight with David Morel. Those are two guys the same size. I think David Morel is very talented. I don’t know if he’s ever really beat David. The experience. (Morrell) is a big kid. He has good speed, but his punches are a little bit wild.”

Benavidez struggled in his first fight last summer at 175 against Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15, getting outplayed by the stronger fighter throughout the fight. His strength was weak in weight, and he was lucky to have made such a decision. If Gvozdyk was a more popular fighter, he would have won by landing better shots.

Can Morel adapt?

“David (Benavidez) has long arms. Morel is bigger than me,” Andrade said. “When you punch him (Benavidez), he has such long arms, it’s hard to hit him. You have to aim exactly where he’s going to throw it. I don’t know if Morel has that ability.

“I’m a sharpshooter and David is able to block a lot of my shots with his length. So, you’ve got to give him some clean, walking trap shots,” Andrade said