The undefeated world champions got into a brawl – one threw a belt at the other. Video – Boxing/MMA
On February 2 in Las Vegas (USA), the mandatory challenger for (at least) two division championship belts will be determined in a head-to-head battle by undefeated light heavyweights David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) from the USA and David Morrel (11-0, 9 KOs) from Cuba, Sports.kz reports with reference to vRINGe.com.
At yesterday's press conference, Benavidez pushed Morrell, and he responded by throwing his championship belt at his opponent. It was lucky that the Cuban missed. Otherwise, everything could end in dissection and transfer of the fight. Perhaps even disqualification.
BoxingScene quotes Benavidez: “Tried to be respectful. But the dude told me to my face that he would fuck me in the ring. That's why I pushed this asshole away. Can you say it's personal now? Hell no. This was personal. On February 1st I’ll break this b*tch’s mouth!”
Interestingly, yesterday was Benavidez's birthday. A…
