David Morrell Jr. defected from his native Cuba in June 2018. He left his family behind and escaped to Mexico via speedboat under the cover of darkness. He spent more than a year there waiting for a ...

The 6-foot-1 Cuban prodigy made quick work of his first opponent. The fight with Yendris Rodriguez Valdez at The Armory in downtown Minneapolis lasted all of 65 seconds before a vicious uppercut ...

Jun. 25—Boxer David Morrell Jr. and his Minneapolis-based training crew were running a few weeks ago on the back roads around Barnum, with Morrell in the lead and everyone else in tow. All of the ...

David Morrell defected from his native Cuba in June 2018 and has since found a home in Minnesota. More specifically in Minneapolis. The boxer has built up his resume in no time flat, compiling at ...

David Morrell Jr. wants to fight David Benavidez or Canelo Alvarez next. The unbeaten Cuban southpaw will settle, however, for the former super middleweight champion who has lost only to Alvarez and ...

David Morrell Jr. put Mario Cazares to sleep with an easy knockout win on Sunday night. Morrell was facing Cazares in Minneapolis for the WBA super middleweight title. It didn’t take Morrell long to ...

Cuban-born, Minneapolis-based boxer David Morrell defended his WBA World Super Middleweight title with a 12th-round knockout of previously unbeaten Aidos Yerbossynuly at the Minneapolis Armory on ...

WBA interim-super middleweight champion David "King'' Morrell Jr. is looking for much bigger things in 2021 after capturing his first career title last year. With only four pro fights with three ...

Kazakhstani boxer Aidos Yerbossynuly is in a medically-induced coma at Hennepin County Medical Center recovering from brain surgery. The 30-year-old was taken to HCMC following Saturday night’s bout ...