Lonnie B Thompson says that David Benavidez cannot defeat the undisputed heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev fighting as he did against David Morrell last Saturday evening. He will have to offer a better style against Beterbiev.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 KB) obtained the compulsory WBC place with his victory over Morrell, and he will now face the winner of the revenge of Beterbiev against Dmitry Bivol 2.
Benavidez’s style
Thompson says that the habit of Benavidez to stand directly in front of his opponents and the shooting combinations will be eliminated if he fights as against Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KB).
Benavidez, 28, is a 12 -year -old pro, and he has never shown the ability to adapt his combat style to the box and travel. What you see is what you get with him. Morrell called Benavidez’s combat style as “Robocop”, and he is right. He will not change for the fight of Beterbiev.
If Benavidez is lucky, Bivol will defeat Beterbiev in their fight on February 22, and he will not have to worry about dealing with him. Bivol will be a much easier fight for Benavidez because he can’t hit and try to box.
“No,” said Lonnie B to Combination When asked if David Benavidez could beat Artur Beterbiev. “I am not a hateful of David Benavidez. I just look at the fight of my experience in the ring with both.
“If he wants to give a good fight to Artur, he must come much better than that, because this style he was standing in front of you, blocking, blocking, blocking, I do not think it will serve him well by fighting Artur with a guy who is extremely physically strong. Artur is physically an animal and strikes extremely hard.
“To prove that I am right, look at Bivol, who is a very good fighter. He continued to move and move and move. But if you stand there with Artur, it’s just a matter of time before you find yourself on the ground. Believe me, I have tried it many times, ”said Lonnie B.
Benavidez will probably try to overwhelm Beterbiev with punches as he did against Morrell and the other 29 opponents he was confronted in his career. He only knows how to fight in a sense, and it is to bury his opposition with the volume. He will use this same cookie gaming plan against Beterbiev and hopes it will work. He could.
With the way in which the first fight of Beterbiev-Bivola took place, there is an excellent chance that Bivol won his revenge match on February 22. So, it will not be Benavidez to fight BETERBIEV. It will be a bivol that he will face. Of course, it is if Betbiev and Bivol do not fight a trilogy afterwards.
“Morrell burst Benavidez in the third round with a control hook, but Benavidez is difficult. He came back in shooting and clearly won, “said Lonnie B.” But with Artur, he cannot afford to get hit with that, because sometimes David [Benavidez] becomes lazy because he wins if convincingly.
“He begins to drop his hands, rush, lean forward and leave his chin there and his legs right. With Artur, he can’t do that. If he wants to give a good fight to Artur and potentially beat him, he will have to tighten his game.
“He will have to fight the mid -range and keep his hands raised, move his head and be ready to take vicious blows. The fact that Morrell was able to skate the finishing bell when sometimes it seemed that Benavidez was going to stop him and Benavidez does not show me that he may not be the biggest perforator of this weight.
“So, my concern is whether it will be able to hit Artur with something that will make him respect Artur?”
“Yes, I think he [Benavidez] can beat Canelo. I think Canelo is too small for David Benavidez. I don’t think Canelo can keep it with this level of activity. I don’t think Canelo can keep Benavidez out of him, “said Lonnie.
Benavidez could probably beat Canelo Alvarez, but he probably will never be lucky. One of those hypothetical fights are a waste of time to talk about it. It would be better to speculate on the way Benavidez would do against the Cruiserweight champion Ibf Jai Opetaia if he moves up there one of these days.
Will Benavidez be able to browse Opetaia’s punches and where he drops with a volume as he did so many others? I do not think, but I doubt that he never agrees to fight I. He will hide Opetaia in the same way as Canelo breaks him.
