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Benny coming on, looks stronger..

3-2 DB.

skanksta wrote: ↑02 Feb 2025, 00:40 Benny coming on, looks stronger..

3-2 DB.

Agree. RND 6 was strong for Benny. Morrell needs to get Benny moving backwards to have success

6-2 Benny after 8. Benny is off balance on his offence and could get flatlined by a big left cross.

Benny left his.punch a couple weight clasess ago.

8-2 Benny thru 10.

Morrell needs more RNDs as pro to complete at this level.

Morrell getting jobbed by the ref at the end of 11.

Fun fight. Morrell would do better in a rematch.

The point deduction was bs.

Canelo would beat Benny. Benny doesn’t fight well enough moving backwards.

As you'd expect really - Morrell defo had the skills, but not quite the pro experience/hardness/pacing to win.
Great stuff from both.

Really enjoyed that card. Fantastic from Pitbull & Fierro.

Morrell started well. I gave him 3 of the first 4 rounds but then Benavidez swept the rest other than the flash knockdown. Also scored it 115-111.

As for what's next for him, if Bivol wins the rematch (I actually had him winning the 1st bout) then there'll be a 3rd. Maybe he can meet the winner of Buatsi Smith on that undercard (a lot of forward thinking there )

Ramos looked good. 154 has a lot of good fights to be made.

Cuello showed a lot of heart.

Figueroa looked lost.

Very good fight. Props to both fighters for fighting each other in their primes. They could have a second one as the 1st was a good fight.

Excellent show , really enjoyed the Cruz fight , the main event was a cracker , no doubt who the winner was , but i'd like to see a rematch , both can go up and beat Opetai

coneye wrote: ↑02 Feb 2025, 04:21 Excellent show , really enjoyed the Cruz fight , the main event was a cracker , no doubt who the winner was , but i'd like to see a rematch , both can go up and beat Opetai

Huge call going and beating opetia Not sure I believe it… I do think he could be a cruiser one day, but my guess is opetia is a heavy by then…

Don’t think the rematch makes sense yet. But in a couple of years I’d like to see that…

Bena should fight for a 175 belt next. (Bivol, Bert, or buatsi/smith winner)…

Morell should drop back a level and get 3 quick wins (march, sep, December) then get right back in the hunt for belts… im always a big fan of quickly burying a loss a bit like Parker after the Joyce loss.

Results

David Benavidez UD-12 David Morrell Jr (115-111, 115-111, 118-108)
Stephen Fulton Jr UD-12 Brandon Figueroa (116-112, 116-112, 117-111)
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz UD-10 Angel Fierro (96-94, 97-93, 98-92)
Jesus Ramos Jr TKO-8 Jeison Rosario (2:18)

Watched highlights on YouTube. Didn't seem like a hugely entertaining fight

CompuBox punch stats

They were playing fast and loose with the `unification' claim

funso banjo baby wrote: ↑04 Feb 2025, 09:23 They were playing fast and loose with the `unification' claim

Yh, during the weigh in too.

No mention of interim or regular..