On September 8, 2017, David Benavidez (18-0, 17 KOs) and Ronald Gavril (18-1, 14 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC super-middleweight world titles. The vacant WBC super-middleweight title is also on the line.
David Benavidez is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Rogelio Medina, 3 months and 19 days ago. Ronald Gavril is on a 7-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Decarlo Pérez, 4 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for David Benavidez at 99-1 winning odds. Ronald Gavril really doesn't have much to present against Benavidez.
David Benavidez defeated Ronald Gavril via split decision . Benavidez improves his record to 19-0, while Gavril adds a loss to his record at 18-2.