![]() ![]() On, Benavidez won a fight against former world title challenger Rogelio Medina. ![]() Benavidez then won his first belt after winning the NABF Junior light heavyweight title in a fight against Rollin Williams in April 2015 in the U.S. His first fight was in Mexico, in which he defeated Erasmo Moreno by a knockout in the first round. In 2013, he made his professional debut when he was 17. Benavidez apparently dropped nearly 100 pounds and weighed 170 pounds. Subsequently, he gained 80 pounds and weighed around 260 pounds by 12.Īfter some time, he decided to return to boxing and controlled his eating habit. Benavidez then temporarily stopped boxing and took up an eating hobby. He participated in 15 amateur fights and won all the games he played. He is 24 as of 2021.īenavidez took to boxing at the tender age of three. Who is David Benavidez?ĭavid Benavidez was born on 17 December 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona. Otar Erandsyan vs.Benavidez defeated Ronald Gavril after 12 rounds by split decision on 8 September 2017 and became the youngest world champion in super middleweight history at age 20.ĭavid Benavidez is an American WBC super-middleweight title-winning professional boxer. But I also don’t want to leave it in the judges’ hands like last time, so we’ll see what happens Saturday.” I’m the stronger fighter…I’m not looking for a knockout. I don’t know what people said after the first fight, but they should wait until after the rematch. Gavril stated, “His people tried to make him a superstar before he fought me. I’m not going in just throwing haymakers, but I’ll set it up and if it comes, it will come in spectacular fashion!” It’s not really looking for the knockout, it’s just setting it up. It’s going to be a combination of the body and chin. “I’m thinking it will be a knockout around Round 5. I worked so hard to get this, nobody can take it from me. I would love to fight the World Boxing Super Series winner. I want to earn every victory and fight the best. “I want to become the best in the division. ![]() All the hard work it took for me to get this belt, and people say it was just given to me? No way, I’m going to go in there and show why I’m the youngest champion in the super middleweight division. “This is the first time I’ve really had a chip on my shoulder. This time, we didn’t have any injuries or sickness so I can’t wait to put on a show on Saturday. “The sickness during the first fight took a lot out of me but my mentality is that I’m a warrior and I’m always going to push through it no matter what. Having everybody tell me Gavril should have won and him talking a lot of smack, it’s the motivation and drive that I needed to train the way I did in this camp. “I feel I could have done better in the first fight. I’m going to do what I say and I’m going to knock Gavril out! I’m ready to go in there and play no games. I stayed very dedicated to this training camp. We’ve been working on a lot of different styles for this fight and I feel more than ready. “He’s a one trick pony and he doesn’t have many tricks left, he’s getting old. “I don’t think Gavril can do any better than he did in the last fight,” stated Benavidez. ![]() Photo: Chris Farina/Mayweather Promotions The SHOWTIME-televised bout takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Undefeated WBC super middleweight world champion David Benavidez says he’s going to stop top-rated contender Ronald Gavril in Saturday’s rematch of their thrilling September 2017 bout in which Benavidez won the vacant title by split decision. ![]()
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