David Benavidez and David Morrell naturally disagree on who will prevail their head-to-head meeting this weekend.

They also do not see eye to eye on who will win The Ring/undisputed light heavyweight championship rematch that will determine their next opponent.

Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) and Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) meet this Saturday atop a PBC on Prime Pay-Per-View event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their scheduled twelve-round bout is a final eliminator to determine the next mandatory challenger for the Feb. 22 Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol sequel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Ring recently reported that Turki Alalshikh, owner of Ring and head of Riyadh Season, is hoping to match the winners of Beterbiev-Bivol and Benavidez-Morrell.

Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) prevailed via majority decision to win The Ring championship and fully unify the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles last Oct. 12 in Riyadh.

The outcome was disputed, as many made the case that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs), The Ring’s No. 1 light heavyweight contender, deserved the nod. That viewpoint was shared by Benavidez, who is one ranking below Bivol at No. 2 in The Ring’s top ten and who holds the interim WBC title. It’s also who he expects to face later this year for all the marbles at light heavyweight.

“Obviously, first thing’s first is David Morrell,” Benavidez told The Ring. “The good thing right now is that we’re in a perfect position. We can make a lot fights happen.

“But if it does work out that I get my shot next… I think Bivol is going to win again. I say ‘again’ because I thought he won the first fight. This time he’s going to beat him for real.”

Others felt that Beterbiev’s strong finish was enough to earn the decision that went his way.

Morrell, The Ring’s No. 8 light heavyweight contender and a WBA ‘Regular’ light heavyweight titlist, is in that camp. The Cuban export is less decisive about the rematch but has a hunch that history will repeat itself.

“I don’t know who will win this time,” admitted Morrell. “Last time I said, Bivol and he then lost. You say, ‘This guy has everything it takes to win.’ Then in the fight, something happens, and you get a different outcome.

“I haven’t really given any thought on who I will get to fight for the championship. I thought Bivol was going to win, but Beterbiev deserved it. One hundred percent he won that fight. The next one, I think it will be the same.”

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman previously declared Benavidez as the mandatory challenger to the sanctioning body’s full light heavyweight title. A final ruling on next steps between the two bouts is expected shortly after the completion of Beterbiev-Bivol 2.