Cuban WBA ‘Regular’ Super Middleweight champion David Morrell is set to defend his title once more on April 22nd against Ghanaian vet Sena Agbeko. Following his demolishing victory over Aidos Yerbossynully, Morrell will be looking to expand his tremendous knockout streak with another win over Agbeko. The fight is scheduled to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the undercard of the event featuring Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia.
Sena Agbeko (27-2, 21 KO’s) presents a viable threat to David Morrel (8-0, 7 KO’s) who has just eight fights under his belt and is as of yet still undefeated. Though the Cuban champion is noticeably one of only few fighters that has had less than a double-digit number of fights but already finds himself a champion ― though it should be stated that the WBA ‘Regular’ is not as significant in the face of there being a WBA ‘Super’ champion, and is already regarded as one of the best Super Middleweights on the planet.
Agbeko, however, is no slouch. He seems to have thoroughly overcome his two losses ― one of which he suffered early in his career ― and has been making some noise at 168 lbs with his last four fights with at least three of those fights coming by way of knockouts/stoppages. With a career that has spanned for over a decade since Sena Agbeko first made his professional debut in 2011, the Ghanaian has viable experience at both 168 lbs and 175 lbs and seems to have currently found his rhythm at Super Middleweight given his recent form in the division which recently saw him score an upset victory over American prospect Isaiah Steen (16-1, 12 KO’s) in October of 2022.
David Morrell, concurrently, is sort of an enigma. Lauded as one of Cuba’s most decorated amateurs before he turned pro, Morrell has gone on to face steep competition since his second fight and is widely ahead of schedule when it comes to his own career after he won the WBA ‘Regular’ belt in just five fights and defeated the likes of Aidos Yerbossynuly (16-1, 11 KO’s) and Mario Abel Cazares (12-1, 5 KO’s) soundly to declare himself a viable threat to the top fighters in his weight class.
With his power ― manifested through his high KO ratio of 87% ― and excellent complement of skills built up during his amateur days, David Morrell further enjoys youth on his side with his 25 years of age ― compared to the older and weathered 31-year old Sena Agbeko. Though he is expected to win, Agbeko presents the sort of opponent that will force Morrell to be focused at all times, but the Cuban still has everything at his disposal to score a confident, if not knockout or stoppage, victory against the Ghanaian fighter.
However, upsets seem to be the case this year in 2023 where we have already seen a number of upsets, most recently with Brian Mendoza defeating Sebastian Fundora at Super Welterweight last weekend. Other mentions include the likes of Carlos Takam who defeated Tony Yoka, Mercito Gesta who last fought and beat former world champion Joseph Diaz Jr., and O’Shaquie Foster netting an upset decision win over Featherweight champion Rey Vargas who had briefly moved up to Super Featherweight to test his limits there.
Despite his credentials, David Morrell still lacks the experience of most of the fighters he’s fought so far, and his streak of stoppages/knockouts have made it even less likely for him to learn that much given the number of rounds he has had as a result. Both physically and mentally Morrell will likely be tested against Sena Agbeko, and the Cuban can put a stop to the top fighters in his division ― most prominently the division’s undisputed champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KO’s) who he will be looking to unify his ‘Regular’ title with given the Mexican champion is still the WBA’s ‘Super’ champion.
In any case, Sena Agbeko should be just another opportunity for David Morrell to finetune his already-impressive skillset and remain active while pursuing an even bigger fight in the near future. Morrell has also already spoken of his interest in facing WBC interim champion David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KO’s) as part of his desire to fight the very best in the division.
“The truth is that I would like to fight Benavidez, I know he would like to fight me, a very interesting fight, the fight that everyone would be waiting for, because it is Cuba-Mexico, and because it’s David Benavidez, I believe that we would fill any stadium.” the Cuban fighter expressed eagerly about the prospect of facing Benavidez.
