WBA super middleweight champion David Morrell Jr. and mandatory challenger Aidos Yerbossynuly went face-to-face at the final press conference on Thursday, before they put their unbeaten records on the line live on Showtime this Saturday from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Aidos Yerbossynuly: “There is nothing about David Morrell Jr. that concerns me. The danger with boxing is that every fighter is coming to hurt you. Every boxer is dangerous. There’s nothing special about him. I think that we are evenly matched fighters but the difference on Saturday night is going to be that I’m the smarter fighter and I want it more…if he’s promising something to his fans, he might have to apologize to them after he loses. I’m definitely coming to stop Morrell in this fight. I trained hard and I’m here to get the belt.”
David Morrell Jr: “100% I’m coming for the knockout. He’s the one that’s asking for it. It’s going to be for my team and for Cuban boxing. You don’t mess with the people of Cuba…I feel bad for Aidos. He has no idea what’s going on and he doesn’t know anything about boxing history. I’m going to teach him on fight night. I’m taking him to school. He has it coming.”
I’d like to see Morrell Jr on a bigger card, he’s definitely talented and needs to fight bigger names. His style right now, will definitely give Canelo all kinds of trouble.
Good fight….could go either way…Morrel nothing special not as good as he thinks he is….
Watch the fight and I think you’ll see that he is something special. Granted, he was basically given the WBA title without really earning it, and hasn’t defended against anyone quite worthy of fighting for the title, but he’s thoroughly dominated everybody he’s fought and has shown enormous skill. He punches from all angles, and has great handspeed and power. He’s kinda like a supermiddleweight Lomachenko. Some of that will be neutralized when he fights better competition, but what he’s shown so far has been very impressive.
If Morrell Jr is so proud to be Cuban then why doesn’t he live in Cuba? Why is he in the USA if Cuba is so great?
This guy should be Morrells toughest opponent to date. I’m curious as hell to see how he handles him. The guy he’s fighting is not exactly David Benavidez, but he serves a good gauge to see where Morrell fits in the Supermiddleweight picture.
The WBA should order the winner to fight Canelo, we need these regular belts gone.