David Morrell Calls Canelo Vs. Berlanga A “BS” Fight

Undefeated Cuban boxer David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs) will make his light-heavyweight debut on Saturday night, August 3, when he faces Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

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In his first fight in his new weight class, Morrell will be fighting for the WBA title. Since starting his professional career in 2019, Morrell has competed as a super-middleweight, but due to the politics of boxing, Morrell has moved up to this fight.

Back in August 2020, in only the third fight of his professional career, David Morrell defeated Lennox Allen by unanimous decision and won the interim WBA super-middleweight belt. Morrell would go on to successfully defend his title multiple times.

For the past few years, Morrell has been looking for an opportunity to face former two-time WBC super-middleweight world champion David Benavidez. The Benavidez vs Morrell fight didn’t work out because Benavidez wanted to fight the undefeated super-middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez.

Benavidez was a WBC contender for three years, and never got a chance to fight for the vacant super-middleweight title. David Morrell was a WBA challenger, but Canelo never mentioned his name.

David Benavidez will aggressively chase this fight as he called out Canelo several times. David Morrell took a stealthy approach because he already knew that Canelo did not want to fight him because he believed that Canelo saw him as a big threat.

When Canelo signed his three-fight deal with the PBC, most fight fans thought we would at least get a Canelo Alvarez vs David Benavidez matchup. Canelo will continue to navigate the high stakes with fights against 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia.

Canelo’s recent selection of opponents takes a major setback because his opponent Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) has never faced elite competition.

The last time Berlanga competed inside the squared circle he scored a sixth round knockout over Padraig McCrory.

David Morrell was sitting on the sidelines, and he was not impressed with the way Edgar Berlanga played. During an interview with Fighthype, Morrell referred to Berlanga as, “he’s easy money for me.”

Now, the man David Morrell called easy money is fighting for the uncontested super-middleweight title because Canelo may view Berlanga as easy money. After the press conference, David Morrell was asked on a scale of 1-10 what level of threat Berlanga poses to Canelo, and Morrell gave Berlanga a 5.

Canelo Alvarez is a future Hall of Famer, but the way he destroyed divisions by holding onto belts and avoiding elite competition is something true fight fans will always remember. Morrell doesn’t usually talk about how Canelo moves, but when asked, he gave the unvarnished truth about Canelo vs Berlanga.

“Man, this war is bullshit. Everyone knows.” Morrell continued, “Berlanga is an easy job for him. Before, he brought Charlo to 168, too. Everyone is here. To me, the bulls of this war***.”