Kalvan Henderson is one other of David Morrell’s knockout victims to suspect one thing was up with their combat. He has come out of the woodwork to complain about his suspicions about him and suspects that one thing was fishy with the absence of drug exams for his or her combat in 2022.
Henderson (19-2-1, 13 KOs) was knocked out within the fourth spherical by Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) on June 4, 2022, on the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He stated there was no drug testing for the combat, and he felt one thing suspicious was occurring. Though he has no proof and is guessing, he thinks one thing is occurring.
Morrell appeared skinny within the combat and never like somebody utilizing PEDs, however Henderson continues to be suspicious. One other considered one of Morrell’s knockout victims, Sena Agbeko, has talked just lately about his suspicions of him as a consequence of a scarcity of drug testing. Though he has no proof both, he’s nonetheless been speaking.
Henderson thinks WBC interim mild heavyweight champion David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will defeat WBA ‘common’ champ Morrell of their combat on February 1st as a result of he says he’s larger than him and has higher stamina. They’re the identical dimension, however oh properly.
“Superman” Morrell? Henderson Has Doubts
“I went to Morrell’s second house in Minnesota. No person else needed to combat him. I had an excellent recreation plan. I felt the combat was stopped early. Was the man [Morrell] successful the combat? Yeah, however we had a recreation plan for the deeper rounds,” stated Kalvin Henderson to Fighthype, nonetheless bitter about his fourth-round technical knockout loss to David Morrell from two years in the past on June 4, 2022.
“I’m catching him with physique photographs, and I’m listening to what these physique photographs are doing to him. I knew he was going to decelerate finally. That combat was speculated to be drug examined, and we each signed paperwork for it to be drug examined. We get to the combat within the locker room, and the WBA forgets to order the drug exams.
“So, that’s one other factor. Not solely are we combating politics. We’re combating a doubtlessly soiled fighter in Morrell…After the combat, there was nonetheless no drug check. There’s one thing fishy. Superman solely exists in comedian books,” stated Henderson when requested if there’s one thing ‘fishy’ about David Morrell.
There was nothing “Superman’ about Morrell scoring a fourth-round knockout of Kalvin Henderson. He backed him up in opposition to the ropes and nailed him with a number of onerous punches; the referee noticed that Henderson was taking some depraved photographs and stopped them.
He would have gotten damage if he allowed Morrell to proceed to bludgeon Henderson. There was an excessive amount of time left within the spherical for the referee to let the combat proceed.
“These guys have some huge cash behind them, some huge cash in issues out of their management. So, after all, they’re going to be put in the very best place doable,” stated Henderson. “This dude [Morrell] was larger than me within the ring on combat night time. Fighters know. Earlier than the weigh-in, he was consuming Gatorade earlier than he stepped on the dimensions. One thing is fishy.”
It’s an enormous attain on Henderson’s half to conclude from Morrell consuming Gatorade on the weigh-in that he was utilizing PEDs. That’s wacky guesswork on his half. He’s consuming Gatorade; due to this fact, he’s soiled. That is mindless, however in the event you’re attempting to know why Morrell beat you, you bought to search out one thing reasonably than settle for that you just weren’t adequate.
Benavidez To Beat Morrell?
“I believe Benavidez goes to beat Morrell on pure dimension and stamina. Benavidez throws onerous punches for 15 rounds straight. So, I believe his relentless stress and nonstop [punches] goes to make a distinction on this combat. I don’t suppose Benavidez’s energy will carry over to 175,” stated Henderson.
Kalvin is a little bit confused. Benavidez shouldn’t be larger than Morrell, and his stamina at 175 isn’t higher than his at 168. We noticed that in Benavidez’s final combat at 175 when he gassed out after six rounds in opposition to Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Morrell has an extended attain than Benavidez by 4 inches, punches more durable, and has higher hand pace and technical potential. You wouldn’t count on Henderson to know the main points between Morrell and Benavidez as a result of he’s a fighter and doesn’t analyze fights like writers do.
“At 168, he was enormous. Some individuals known as him a ‘weight bully,’ however at 175, it’s extra of a pure weight class for him. So, I believe you’ll see longer fights for Benavidez and Morrell, perhaps, too, at that weight class due to larger guys,” stated Henderson.
Issues are going to be a lot completely different for Benavidez at 175 in comparison with his weight bully days at 168, the place he routinely loved a large dimension benefit over his mixture of outdated, weak, and badly flawed opposition that his promoters had set him up in opposition to for 28 of his first 29 fights of his profession.
You possibly can’t blame ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez for selecting to remain at 168 for therefore lengthy as a result of it’s allowed him to carve out a profession that in any other case wouldn’t be there if he’d fought the place he ought to have been at 175 since turning professional in 2013.
If Benavidez had fought at mild heavyweight, he would doubtless have been crushed many occasions by now. He can be simply one of many pack, together with different contenders like Joshua Buatsi, Willy Hutchinson, and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
