Benavidez vs Gvozdyk Fight Results: Benavidez Earns Dominant UD

In his debut at light heavyweight, David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) scored a dominant unanimous decision over former light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-2, 16 KOs). All three judges had this one 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109 for Benavidez. He is now the WBC interim light heavyweight champion.

Benavidez began the first round with pressure and a left hook to the body of Gvozdyk. Benavidez didn’t appear phased by the power of his opponent. Gvozdyk was using his feet well and a solid left jab but found himself having to punch with him. Benavidez‘s left hook to the body and power left jab was the highlight of the second round. His body attack was already giving Gvozdyk some issues early in the fight. Benavidez continued to hammer Gvozdyk’s body and switched to southpaw late in the third round. Gvozdyk tried to get his combinations to be effective, but Benavidez’s pressure and body attack were hard to evade. Gvozdyk had a solid first half of the fourth round, but a switch was turned on for Benavidez, and he started landing some huge left hooks and straight right hands that rocked Gvozdyk.