Super middleweight contender David Morrell faces arguably his toughest test in Aidos Yerbossynuly on Saturday night in Minneapolis (Showtime).
DAVID MORRELL (7-0, 6 KOs) VS. AIDOS YERBOSSYNULY (16-0, 11 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 5
- Time: 9:10 p.m. ET / 6:10 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: The Armory, Minneapolis
- TV/Stream: Showtime
- Division: Super middleweight (168 pounds)
- At stake: No major titles
- Pound-for-pound ranking: None
- Odds: NA
- Also on the card: Jeison Rosario vs. Brian Mendoza, junior middleweights; Fiodor Czerkaszyn vs. Nathaniel Gallimore, middleweights; Andre Dirrell vs. Yunieski Gonzalez, light heavyweights
- Prediction: Morrell UD
- Background: Morrell, a gifted boxer-puncher weened in the Cuban amateur system, has made a strong impression with his skill set and punching power in only seven professional fights after defecting to the U.S. The resident of Minneapolis is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Kalvin Henderson this past June, his fourth consecutive stoppage. He’s the WBA’s top contender, below only champion Canelo Alvarez. Yerbossnynuly is ranked just below Morrell. The Las Vegas-based Kazakh is a solid technician with heavy hands, as Lennox Allen discovered in Yerbossnynuly’s most recent fight. The American was broken down and stopped in the 10th of 12 scheduled rounds 13 months ago in Kazakhstan. Morrell fought Allen in his third fight, winning a near-shutout decision in a 12-rounder for the “interim” WBA title.
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