By Kleberly Mendoza
05 Nov 2023, 11:30 AM EST
Luis DeCubas Sr., promoter of David Morrell, predicted that the fight between David Benavídez and Demetrius Andrade on November 25 in Las Vegas, where the interim super middleweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC) will be at stake, It will be interesting because both are undefeated.
In an interview with Jorge Ebro, DeCubas Sr. indicated that Benavídez has never faced a guy like Andrade in the ring and assured that If Boo Boo takes the pace of the fight it will be very complicated for the Mexican Monster to be able to defeat him.
“We are going to have another fight and wait to see what happens with Benavídez and Andrade, which is an interesting fight because both have never lost. If Andrade picks up the pace it will be very difficult to beat him. Benavidez has never fought a guy as difficult as this one, who is always on the move. “It’s not like Morrell, which kills you with one hit, but it is very complicated,” he said.
The predictions about the winner of this duel divide the opinions of boxing experts, since some think that David Benavídez will knock out Demetrius Andrade, while Others assure that Boo Boo will not be such an easy rival for the Mexican-American for his style and skills.
Andrade debuted at super middleweight with a victory against Demon Nicholson by unanimous decision last January and now he will star in a great undefeated fight against David Benavídez, to try to win his third title in another category and with his sights set on Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez.
It should be noted that Stephen Espinoza -president of Showtime- assured that The winner of this duel could be Canelo Álvarez’s next opponent for his second fight with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC). If David Benavídez is the winner, he will reaffirm his position as the Guadalajara’s WBC mandatory challenger and could obtain the opportunity for him at the end of 2024, according to Salvador Rodríguez from ESPN.
David Benavídez, interim WBC super middleweight champion, defeated Caleb Plant in March of this year by unanimous decision and will defend his title again in November. The Mexican Monster He has a record of 27 wins, 23 of them by fast track and no setbacks.
For his part, Demetrius Andrade, 35 years old, He was super welterweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and medium weight. Boo Boo maintains his undefeated record after 32 fights of which 19 ended by knockout.
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· David Morrell’s promoter does not know why the fight with David Benavídez failed: “He regretted it”
· David Morrell describes the fight between David Benavídez and Demetrius Andrade as a “clown circus”
· David Benavídez says that Andrade has “a bigger name” than David Morrell, but does not rule it out