David Benavidez believes he pushed David Morel before dropping his heavy WBA light heavyweight title during their fight with David Morel in Miami on December 17 The belt was thrown at him as he tried to hurt him to get out of the fight. Benavidez seemed paranoid about the injury scenario he laid out.

When Morel (11-0, 9 KOs) refused to shake his hand, Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) got angry. So, to relieve his embarrassment and anger, he showed his work to Morel, who retaliated by throwing the WBA belt to him. The belt nearly hit Benavidez in the head. He interpreted Morel’s actions as an attempt to escape the fight by injuring him.

You can look at it from another perspective. Benavidez tried to push Morel away, hoping he would retaliate by punching him in the face and get out of the fight. It was Benavidez who initiated the attack. What does he want Morel to do?

Was Morel afraid?

“I really want to beat Morel and that’s what I plan to do,” David Benavidez said. fight hypestill complaining that David Morrell didn’t want to shake hands during media training.

“For me, I already knew he was 100 percent afraid of me because he was already looking for a way out. Who hits someone in the face with a belt? Man, that’s a heavy belt,” Benavidez said. Morell said as he threw his WBA world title belt at him during their confrontation.

“For me to throw the belt in your face, I knew in my heart I was going to hit you and the fight was going to be called off because you were going to get cut. That’s exactly what he did. He aimed for my head as well. . He didn’t try to miss,” Benavidez said.

If Benavidez had controlled his violent instincts when Morel didn’t want to hold his hand, there wouldn’t have been a problem. Does he push everyone when they don’t want to shake their hands?

“From the first press conference we faced off, I felt the fear in his heart,” Benavidez said of Morel. “I’ve been doing this for a long time and it’s the same thing this time. I say, ‘Be careful what you ask for because I might give it to you right there.

“It makes for a better fight. I did it all. I pushed him. I did the press conference and now more people are interested in the fight. They should be because it’s going to be a fight Great fight. David Morrell is a great fighter.

Will Morell be involved?

“We’re going to war, and if he does mean what he says, he’s going to be up there and going toe-to-toe with me. I don’t think he’s going to do that. I’m 100 percent ready to go out there and do it. I will To hurt that person as much as possible,” Benavidez said.

Going head-to-head with a bigger fighter like Morel probably won’t work in Benavidez’s favor because he hits harder and will take advantage of all the strikes he tends to throw.

Benavidez’s big punches scored at 168 against smaller, older, weaker fighters. But at 175, if he doesn’t want his career to collapse, he has to reinvent himself, starting with the Morel fight.