Once again, with striking, purposeful, precise and forceful boxing, David Benavidez remained undefeated, defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk and pointed towards Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez to become his future challenger at super middleweight.
“The next thing is that we want to go down to 168 pounds again to fight Canelo, I don’t forget it and I want to challenge him one more time, so we’ll see. I won’t let him escape. I want to fight in both divisions, too (175 pounds). against the winner of Beterbiev vs. Bivol,” he mentioned after his victory
The American, of Mexican descent, won the fight by unanimous decision with scorecards. 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109, to be awarded the interim WBC light heavyweight title at 175 pounds and maintain the undefeated in 29 fights that he carries in his professional career.
From the first round, despite being the so-called study episode, Benavidez He went out to demonstrate his power, he used his left foot to punish the soft areas of Gvozdyk, although he also responded strongly.
In the following episodes the Monster did not stop in his offensive strategy, He dealt blows to a Ukrainian who looked resistant and who also responded with force, although Benavidez’s speed usually prevailed when he was surprised by the shrapnel that entered without response.
By the end of the fourth round and the beginning of the fifth, the urgency of the American, of Mexican descent, was already visible to take the victory quickly by not letting up. Gvozdyk when connecting several sequences without response.
The Ukrainian boxer jumped with greater determination for the sixth round, seeking to be more offensive and receive less punishment, although in his attempt, although he was connected on fewer occasions, the times he Benvidez got it right, he did it with greater solidity.
The fight began to slow down little by little and take place more in the center of the ring, with less speed, but more precision, the fatigue in both boxers began to be noticed, although The Mexican Monster did not stop in his attempts to achieve the takedown of the rival.
Finally Benavidez’s blows did not achieve the necessary forcefulness To win the fight via chloroform, the 12 episodes lasted and neither of the two boxers visited the canvas, so it was necessary to reach the scorecards to determine the winner.
