![]() He now fights at light heavyweight, which it even less likely he’ll get an opportunity to face Benavidez again. It was a few years ago, and he has more experience now to show people who he is and now I’m looking for third fight,” said the 36-year-old Gavril (23-3, 18 KOs), who has won his last five fights since suffering his second loss to Benavidez in 2018.Īll of Gavril’s opposition during the last five years have come against obscure, weak opposition. “He get better, of course,” said Gavril when asked how much did Benavidez improve for their second fight. Nobody give me a chance in that fight when I fight him, and Floyd call me and give me the fight, and I say, ‘Yes, I want that fight,’ and I showed people who I am. “They appreciate who I am, a great boxer, and I took the big chance. “They appreciate who I am, I think,” said Gavril when asked what boxing fans think of him for knocking down Benavidez in their first fight in September 2017, when he dropped the then 20-year-old ‘Mexican Monster’ in the 12th round, but still lost a wide unanimous decision. “I never sparred him,” said Gavril when asked if he ever sparred Plant. Read: Terence Crawford: "Canelo doesn't really interest me because of the size factor" “I know Benavidez is going to have more volume with the punches, so he’s going to throw from the beginning. Maybe, who knows?” said Gavril when told that Benavidez could knockout Plant quicker than Canelo Alvarez did in November 2021 when he stopped him in the eleventh round in Las Vegas in their super middleweight undisputed championship fight. “So, I see Benavidez winning by KO later rounds around eight or nine. He’s a big guy, a tall guy, and has a good jab and throw a lot of punches. Yeah, Benavidez is going to walk him down, throw a lot of punches. “You know Plant is going to run it’s his style. How you call me? It’ll be a good fight, but I think it’ll be a little boring,” said Ronald Gavril to Fighthype about tonight’s Caleb Plant vs. David Benavidez fight event will begin at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, live on Showtime pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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