David Morrell Jr. was born in Santa Clara, Cuba on January 18, 1998. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on August 31, 2019 against Yendris Rodriguez Valdez. Morrell Jr. defeated Valdez via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Morrell Jr. got elevated as the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight champion at the age of 23 after 5 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Mario Abel Cazares on June 27, 2021. He stopped Cazares in the 1st of the 12-round fight.
He then went on to successfully win the light-heavyweight (WBA) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Morrell Jr.'s latest fight was a unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez at age 27, on February 1, 2025.
Some of David Morrell Jr.'s best fights so far have been against Aidos Yerbossynuly, Yamaguchi Falcão, Sena Agbeko, Kalvin Henderson, Radivoje Kalajdzic, Alantez Fox, and Mario Abel Cazares. For a complete list of Morrell Jr.'s best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of David Morrell Jr".
Morrell Jr. has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "David Morrell Jr Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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12 | Feb 01, 2025 | 27 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
11 | Aug 03, 2024 | 26 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
10 | Dec 16, 2023 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Apr 22, 2023 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
8 | Nov 05, 2022 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 12 |
7 | Jun 04, 2022 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
6 | Dec 18, 2021 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
5 | Jun 27, 2021 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
4 | Dec 26, 2020 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
3 | Aug 08, 2020 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
2 | Nov 02, 2019 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
1 | Aug 31, 2019 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |