The birthday boy, David Benavidez, shoved WBA ‘regular’ champ David Morrell during their face-off today, resulting in a near brawl during their media workout to promote their February 1st headliner.
When the two champions came head-to-head, words were exchanged, and without warning, Benavidez shoved the Cuban Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) across the room. Morrell reacted by tossing his WBA belt at Benavidez, narrowly missing him with a headshot. The two teams immediately converged to prevent fists from being thrown.
It looked like Benavidez was spoiling for a fight, perhaps being angered by Morrell’s trash-talk, as he was letting the Mexican Monster have it during the face-off. It’s likely that Morrell reminded Benavidez that he’d avoided him for two years and wanted no part in fighting him.
Morrell is a big threat to Benavidez’s future dreams of fighting the winner of the Arur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch on February…
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