It’s only the interim WBA super-middleweight title he’ll be fighting for tonight at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, but it will be some amazing achievement on the part of Osvary David Morrell if he is able to win the belt. The 22-year-old Cuban will be facing fellow unbeaten Lennox Allen for the belt, the bout just the third outing in the pro career of the Cuban who had had experts raving.
At 2-0 (2), Morrell will, if he can take the interim WBA title, match Vasyl Lomachenko’s feat of winning a world title after just three pro bouts fought. From the time he signed with Warriors Boxing, big things were expected of southpaw Morrell. Morrell, who amassed a 130-2 amateur career and won a number of titles and trophies, caught the eye of Luis DeCubas:
