David Benavidez Record & Stats

Boxing Record

Titles

David Benavidez is a super-middleweight world champion. He has held two world titles at the super-middleweight weight division, one of which was a vacant title win, the other was a lineal championship win.

Career Summary

David Benavidez made his professional boxing debut against Erasmo Mendoza at the age of 16 on August 17, 2013, defeating Mendoza via 1st round KO.

Benavidez had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on September 8, 2017 after 18 professional fights, against Ronald Gavril for the super-middleweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Gavril via 12 round split-decision to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.

Benavidez has won two world titles at super-middleweight. For all the details about Benavidez' world title wins and defenses refer to "David Benavidez World Titles".

Some of Benavidez' best fights and notable victories include wins over Anthony Dirrell, Ronald Gavril, J'Leon Love, David Lemieux, Ronald Ellis, Caleb Plant, and Kyrone Davis.

David Benavidez has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career so far.

His most recent fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Caleb Plant on March 25, 2023. Benavidez won the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

Benavidez' professional boxing record is currently at an undefeated 27-0, which includes 23 knockout wins, and two title wins. He is on a 27-fight winning streak.

Career Highlights

David Benavidez has fought a total of 27 times till today. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.

• May 20, 2017: David Benavidez puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Rogelio Medina via 8th round TKO.

• September 8, 2017: Benavidez wins his first world title by defeating Ronald Gavril via 12 round split-decision. He is now the WBC super-middleweight world champion.

• February 17, 2018: Benavidez successfully defends the WBC super-middleweight title against Ronald Gavril, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

• March 16, 2019: David Benavidez beats J'Leon Love via 2nd round TKO.

• September 28, 2019: Benavidez wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Anthony Dirrell, by beating Dirrell via 9th round TKO.

• May 21, 2022: David Benavidez beats David Lemieux via 3rd round TKO.

• March 25, 2023: David Benavidez beats Caleb Plant via 12th round unanimous decision.

David Benavidez Fights

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  Benavidez vs. Plant

  Mar 25, 2023

  A 26-year old David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KO) fought fellow American boxer Caleb Plant, who was 30 years old with a record of 22-1. Plant was on a one-fight win streak with 13 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm but Benavidez had a 1 cm reach advantage over Plant.

  Benavidez defeated Plant via 12 round unanimous decision.

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  Benavidez vs. Lemieux

  May 21, 2022

  A 25-year old David Benavidez (25-0, 22 KO) fought Canadian boxer David Lemieux, who was 33 years old with a record of 43-4. Lemieux was on a five-fight win streak with 36 KO wins. Benavidez was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 11 cm reach advantage.

  Benavidez defeated Lemieux via 3rd round TKO.

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  Benavidez vs. Davis

  Nov 13, 2021

  A 24-year old David Benavidez (24-0, 21 KO) fought fellow American boxer Kyrone Davis, who was 27 years old with a record of 16-2-1. Davis was on a one-fight win streak with 6 KO wins. Benavidez was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 4 cm reach advantage.

  Benavidez defeated Davis via 7th round TKO.

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  Benavidez vs. Angulo

  Aug 15, 2020

  A 23-year old David Benavidez (22-0, 19 KO) fought Colombian boxer Roamer Alexis Angulo, who was 36 years old with a record of 26-1. Angulo was on a three-fight win streak with 22 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 2 cm reach advantage over Benavidez.

  Benavidez defeated Angulo via 10th round RTD.

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  Benavidez vs. Dirrell

  Sep 28, 2019

  WBC

  A 22-year old David Benavidez (21-0, 18 KO) faced fellow American boxer Anthony Dirrell, who was 34 years old with a record of 33-1-1 for Dirrell's WBC super-middleweight title. Dirrell was on a six-fight win streak with 24 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height and same reach.

  Benavidez defeated Dirrell via 9th round TKO to win the WBC super-middleweight title.

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  Benavidez vs. Love

  Mar 16, 2019

  A 22-year old David Benavidez (20-0, 17 KO) fought fellow American boxer J'Leon Love, who was 31 years old with a record of 24-2-1. Love was on a one-fight losing streak. Benavidez was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 11 cm reach advantage.

  Benavidez defeated Love via 2nd round TKO.

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  Benavidez vs. Gavril II

  Feb 17, 2018

  WBC

  In their 2nd fight, which was an immediate rematch, a 21-year old David Benavidez (19-0, 17 KO) faced Ronald Gavril again, who was now 31 years old with a record of 18-2 in a super-middleweight title defense fight. Gavril had lost to Benavidez in their last fight, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms but Benavidez had a 1 cm reach advantage over Gavril.

  Benavidez defeated Gavril via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBC super-middleweight title.

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  Benavidez vs. Gavril

  Sep 8, 2017

  WBC

  A 20-year old David Benavidez (18-0, 17 KO) had his first world title fight against Romanian boxer Ronald Gavril for the vacant WBC super-middleweight belt. Gavril was 31 years old with a record of 18-1. Gavril was on a seven-fight win streak with 14 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms but Benavidez had a 1 cm reach advantage over Gavril.

  Benavidez defeated Gavril via 12 round split-decision to win the vacant WBC super-middleweight title.

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  Benavidez vs. Medina

  May 20, 2017

  A 20-year old David Benavidez (17-0, 16 KO) fought Mexican boxer Rogelio Medina, who was 28 years old with a record of 37-7. Medina was on a one-fight win streak with 31 KO wins. Benavidez was the taller of the two by 6 cms and also had a 4 cm reach advantage.

  Benavidez defeated Medina via 8th round TKO.