He doesn’t mind it. David Morrell knows how good he is. The rangy, 24-year-old Cuban southpaw can bide his time and wait for the Canelo Alvarezs, and David Benavidezs and Caleb Plants of the 168-pound division, while in the meantime chew on roughhewn fighters like Aidos Yerbossynuly.

It’s what Morrell did Saturday night, stopping the previously undefeated Yerbossynuly at 2:34 of the 12th round on Showtime’s Championship Boxing from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In doing so, Morrell (8-0, 7 knockouts) retained his secondary WBA super middleweight belt, while Yerbossynuly (16-1, 11 KOs) was taken to a local Minneapolis hospital for observations.

“I told everyone at the press conference that the fight is mine,” Morrell said. “(Yerbossynuly) is strong…but it’s me, man. A knockout is a knockout, so if it’s in the eighth or 12th round, it’s whatever. It’s a knockout anyways.

“I saw he was hurt at that moment and then the results came in, that knockdown came. The results will come. As long as I listen to my corner, listen to my father, listen to my promoter, listen to everybody, the course will take its place.

“I want (David) Benavidez, but I don’t care. I’m ready for everybody.”

Morrell, The Ring’s No. 6 super middleweight, had dominated Yerbossynuly through much of the fight with lead lefts, right hooks to the body and right uppercuts. Yerbossynuly had never reached the 12th round before and the first time he did, he wasn’t able to stand through much of it.