Morrell “feels bad” to ban khataev

David Morrell says he “feels bad” to his opponent, Imam Khatev, receives a two-year ban from the International Testing Agency (ITA) for breaching an anti-coping rule. Khataev (10-0, 9 ko) will continue to battle former Morrell’s two-department (11-1, 9 kos) world champion in a 10-round lightweight heavyweight contest this Saturday, July 12th, at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.

Cuban Morrell talent is proud that the fighting is still on for Saturday because he wants to perform, and has gone through a long training camp to prepare for the Khatev competitor who has a top 10 rank.

This is Morrell’s first battle back since losing his 175-weight WBA ‘regular’ title to David Benavidez last February. He wants to show that he has improved. Morrell says he changed his personality after that loss and will be a different fighter.

Khatev’s weight

Let’s see, because Khataev is going to put the same kind of weight on Morrell as Benavidez did, and he will do it right away. Khatev shares similarities with Artur Beterbiev in his style and attack power. We do not know if he can withstand the tremendous power of Morrell if he has changed his fighting style as he says.

“My last fight, I changed my personality for this one. So that will never happen again,” said David Morrell Social boxing For his plans on fighting with more aggression after his loss to David Benavidez.

Morrell’s new fighting style

Morrell will have to change his style for him on Saturday against Khataev, and deal with a boxer boxer like Dmitry Bivol. Also, it’s going to meet Benavidez again eventually, and can’t fight the same way

“I feel bad for him,” said Morrell about his opponent, Imam Khatev, getting a two -year ban for proving positive for a banned four. “Why do you need something for fighting? It’s strange. I want to (still) fight it Saturday night.

“I had a bad experience. What is more important is for me to focus on myself,” Morrell said of his loss to Benavidez.