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David O. Morrell Jr. Named WBA Regular
Super Middleweight World Champion
Undefeated David O. Morrell Jr. has been elevated to WBA
Regular Super Middleweight World Champion.
That distinction was made today by WBA President Gilberto
Mendoza.
Morrell, 23 of Santa Clara, Cuba, and now residing in
Minneapolis, Minnesota won the interim title on August 8,
2020 with a 12-round unanimous decision over previously
undefeated Lennox Allen.
Morrell is coming off 3rd round stoppage over Mike Gavronski
on December 26th in Los Angeles. The bout headlined a card
that was televised by FOX.
With the victory, the former World Youth Amateur champion
pushed his record to 4-0 with three knockouts.
"The first time I laid eyes on David Morrell Jr. I saw a
bigger and better Vasilliy Lomachenko with power in both
hands," Said Warriors Boxing Promotions COO Luis DeCubas.
With the new status of regular champion, Morrell's
representatives, Warriors Boxing Promotions and Ural Boxing
Promotions have 30 days to make a deal with former world
title challenger John Ryder and his representatives with
Matchroom Boxing.
Today's ruling also further solidified Morrell's status as
one of the top super middleweights in the world, and
following his mandatory assignment, Morrell would be in line
to face any of the top 168-pound fighters such as the winner
of next Saturday's Caleb Plant - Caleb Truax fight, Canelo
Alvarez and David Benavidez
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