The David Benavidez next fight news is here, as “El Monstruo” will return to the boxing ring in June. Benavidez will be competing for the interim WBC light heavyweight championship.
Benavidez will battle Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the interim WBC light heavyweight championship. The reigning interim WBC super middleweight championship, Benavidez will be moving up in weight to take on Gvozdyk.
A perfect 28-0 in his career, Benavidez is coming off a sixth-round finish of Demetrius Andrade. He has successfully retained the interim WBC super middleweight title twice. In 2022, he won the belt with a third-round TKO of David Lemieux.
Benavidez also held the WBC super middleweight belt in 2019 when he finished Anthony Dirrell. He owns wins over Caleb Plant, Ronald Gavril and Kyrone Davis.
Gvozdyk is a 37-year-old from Ukraine who has held the WBC and lineal light heavyweight titles. He is 20-1 in his career, with the lone loss coming in 2019 vs. Artur Beterbiev.
He owns wins over Adonis Stevenson, Doudou Ngumbu and most recently Isaac Rodrigues.
El Bandera Roja: Coming from a strong family of boxing, Benavidez has overcome plenty of struggles. He is the brother of Jose Benavidez Jr., a former champion, and went 15-0 as an amateur before turning pro.
The measure of a fighter’s success is the dollars and cents they rack up during their professional career. David Benavidez’s net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.
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