Ronald Gavril: record, next fight and profile →
David Benavidez gets the sense Ronald Gavril isn’t quite taking him seriously. Benavidez is just 20 years old, still three months away from his 21st birthday. Gavril, according to Benavidez, views him as “a little kid,” not a dangerous man more than capable of knocking him senseless Friday night in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Fight Week is here for the six boxers competing in this Friday’s SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION telecast, headlined by unbeaten rising star David Benavidez and contender Ronald Gavril who will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship live on SHOWTIME (10:05 p.m. ET/PT) from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
Callum Smith is shocked with the WBC's decision to sanction David Benavidez vs. Ronald Gavril for its vacant super middleweight title. Smith, who is the WBC's number one ranked super middleweight, was scheduled to face Anthony Dirrell for the vacant belt in Los Angeles on a date in September. Then Dirrell 's team attempted to make changes to the date and venue location after both sides had agreed on terms.
Unbeaten rising star David Benavidez and powerful contender Ronald Gavril will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship on Friday, Sept. 8 live on SHOWTIME in the headlining attraction of a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that the recently announced showdown between David Benavidez and Ronald Gavril, who will fight for the vacant WBC super middleweight title, will take place in Las Vegas on September 8th and will headline a PBC on Bounce TV card.
Red-hot super middleweight contender David "El Bandera Roja/Red Flag" Benavidez is promising his best performance to date when he faces Ronald Gavril for the WBC Super Middleweight Championship. The 20-year-old Benavidez (18-0, 17 KOs), ranked WBC #4, will be vying to become the youngest super middleweight champion in boxing history when he faces NABF champion Gavril (18-1, 14 KOs), rated #8, on September 8.
Sauerland Promotion´s super middleweight contender Patrick Nielsen, # 7 in the WBC ratings, is fuming over the fact that # 8 ranked Ronald Gavril was given the opportunity to fight David Benavidez for the vacant WBC title. Gavril was approved as the opponent after top rated contender Anthony Dirrell withdrew with injury.
The WBC has been informed of a regrettable injury by Anthony Dirrell who is scheduled to fight for the WBC super middleweight championship on September 8 against David Benavidez. Tom Brown Promotions has had the September 8 commitment for a long time and has requested the WBC to accept David Benavidez vs Ronald Gavril to fight on such date for the championship. Ronald Gavril is the NABF champion and is the highest available contender.
Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV - Later tonight interim WBA featherweight champion Carlos Zambrano (26-0) will face Claudio Marrero (21-1) in the FS1/Fox Deportes main event. The IBO featherweight title will also be up for grabs.
In the main event of the evening, rising super middleweight Ronald Gavril (16-1) closed out a close fight against Christopher Brooker (11-1) with a bang flooring him twice in the final round to secure the TKO victory. Brooker started out well, outboxing Gavril the first two rounds. Gavril found his rhythm in the third and pinned Brooker on the ropes and landed several hard left hands to wobble his opponent as the momentum shifted. The fourth round was fought on more even ground with both fighters enjoying moments of success. Brooker hurt Gavril with a punch early in the fifth round and appeared to push him down but it was ruled a knockdown by referee Tony Weeks. Gavril bounced back with a huge sixth round. He had Brooker hurt on several occasions as he turned up the pressure. The seventh was a much better round for Brooker who was able to recover between rounds. The pace slowed somewhat in the eighth and ninth round and then both warriors laid it all on the line in the tenth and final round. Brooker came out very aggressive and rocked Gavril early in the stanza before Gavril scored his series of knockdowns to close the show. The time of the stoppage was 2:04.