David Benavidez and David Morrell are able to throw arms with their in-ring encounter nonetheless greater than a month away.
The 2 are set to face off in a light-weight heavyweight title combat on Feb. 1, however at an open exercise in Miami on Tuesday, Benavidez and Morrell had a heated change that just about broke out right into a brawl.
Benavidez shoved Morrell after a faceoff, and Morrell responded by elevating his WBA title excessive and hurling it at Benavidez, who ducked the throw.
See the confrontation under.
Benavidez and Morrell had been visibly jawing at one another as they confronted off, culminating in Benavidez delivering a tough shove to Morrell. As individuals moved to separate them, Morrell shot his shot, which happily didn’t lead to his title belt hitting Benavidez or anybody else.
Each males convey championship belts with them once they meet at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas on Feb. 1. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) received a vacant WBA interim gentle heavyweight title in his most up-to-date outing this previous June with a call win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk, whereas Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) at the moment holds a WBA interim title that he claimed by defeating Radivoje Kalajdzic in August.
The winner could possibly be in line to combat both Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol, with these two rematching for undisputed gentle heavyweight champion standing on Feb. 22.
