David Benavidez dominates David Morrell to unify light heavyweight title David Benavidez unified the light heavyweight championship by earning a unanimous decision over challenger David Morrell on Saturday night to keep his interim WBC belt and win the WBA title.
Using his length and an arsenal loaded with an array of punches from every angle, Benavidez went from the head to the body, while continuing to pepper both of Morrell’s eyes.
Seemingly cruising to the win, though, Benavidez was caught off-balance in the 11th round when Morrell landed a right hand.
Per Compubox, Benavidez landed 48% of his power punches, while 76 of his 224 landed punches were body shots.
“This is the biggest win of my career so far because of all the people who came out here to support me,” Benavidez said.
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