On September 28, 2019, David Benavidez (21-0, 18 KOs) gets a shot at the super-middleweight WBC title held by Anthony Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs).
Anthony Dirrell is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a technical decision win over Avni Yıldırım, 7 months and 5 days ago. David Benavidez is on a 21-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over J'Leon Love, 6 months and 12 days ago.
This should be a confident win for David Benavidez at 99-1 winning odds. Anthony Dirrell really doesn't have much to present against Benavidez.
David Benavidez stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-middleweight champion. Benavidez improves his record to 22-0 (19 KOs), while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 33-2-1.