The Mexican monster David Benavidez demonstrated in the MGM Grand Las Vegas because he is considered one of the most important emerging talents in boxing today and with dominance from the first round, he defeated the Ukrainian Oleksandr Gvozdyk by unanimous decision to keep the WBC super middleweight title
Despite not being fully used, the first three rounds were all for Benavidezbut it was in the fourth and fifth round when he began to punish the Ukrainian and with a couple of good combinations of blows, he was close to sending him to the canvas, but Gvozdyk He held on and was saved by the bell on a couple of occasions.
Despite David Benavidez was the one who rose in category and went from 186 to 175 pounds, the Mexican-American was much more dynamic and connecting power blows, while Oleksandr Gvozdyk He just kept his guard up and unleashed punches just to keep his distance.
Benavidez had the fight won on the cards from the middle of the fight, but the Mexican-American boxer’s corner encouraged him to continue landing power blows on the Ukrainian to try to send him to the canvas.
During the ninth round, the Mexican Monster began to suffer physically, since moving up to 175 pounds is not easy and it began to take its toll on him and with very few blows, Gvozdyk managed to hurt and cut Benavidez on the eyebrow.
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During the last round Gvozdyk went out to knock out the Mexican-American as it was his only chance to win the fight, but Benavidez, with good defense and a couple of counterpunches, survived the round to finish the fight and emerge victorious on the scorecards.
