Callum Smith’s Wbo Interim Title Defense Against David Morrell Mandated By Sanctioning Body

WBO Interim Light Heavyweight Champion Callum Smith has been sanctioning body to defend His belt against # 3 David Morrell Next. It’s Not The Fight That Callum (31-2, 22 Kos) Had Hoped To Get. The Fight is Being Targeted For The Ring IV Event on November 22nd in Riyadh.

Smith has been waiting for His rightful title Shot Against WBO 175-LB Champion. However, Fighting on Bivol Plans A Trilogy Match Against Artur Beterbiev.

Wbo Mandates Morrell Fight

The Wbo Reporting That Their Organization has been ordered The Smith vs. Morrell Fight. It Puts Callum in A Tough Position Where He Either Agrees to the Fight Or Rejects It, What Would Lead to Him Being Stripped Of His Wbo Interim Belt. He Needs That Title To Get a World title Shot Against The Bivol-Beterbiev 3 Winner.

It’s A Rarity Interim Champions to Be Ordered to Their Belts, As They Are Designed To Be Placeholders While A Champion Is Busy With A Unification Or injured. Neither of These Things Apply To Wo Champion Bivol.

Interestingly, The Wo Will Allow Bivol to Fight Beterbiev Rather Than Smith. Beterbiev is not a champion, and bivol isn’t injured. So, He Should Have Defend Against Smith Next.

If Morrell, 27 Performs The Way He Did His Last Fight Against Imam Khataev on July 12th, Callum has begun for Winning Excellent Chance. The Cuban Morrell Doesn’t Fight Hard Consistently Enough To Predict Him Winning Against A Seasoned Fighter Like Smith.

When Morrell Attacked Khataev, It was So Easy for Him. He looked him Was Many Levels Above The Russian Fighter. Would Would Frequently Stop And Shell Up Lower His Guard, Allowing Khataev to Tee Off Him.

David Morrell’s “Playful” Approach

Morrell Had A Playful Appearance Throughout The Fight, Treating It Like HE was Sparring with a Friend Hurt Did’t Did’t. You could see Morrell Would Hurt Khataev, and then back off Rather Than Finishing Him. It looked Like Him for Felt Sorry. If That was Morrell’s Attitude, It Almost Cost Him The Fight.

You could tell me that Morrell Liked Khataev and Didn’t Didn’t Knock Him Out. It was Like a cat playing with a Mouse Throughout The Second Half of The Contest. Morrell’s Talent Was Supreme, But He didn’t want to stay Locked Into the Finishing The Job.