![]() ![]() Ugas was in total control throughout the fight and then, about 30 seconds into the seventh round, Ugas connected with a tremendous sweeping right hand to Robinson's forehead to knock him down. In the fourth round, referee Robert Byrd took a point from Robinson for a low blow. Ugas started quickly, dropping Robinson with a right hand with about 50 seconds left in the first round. With the victory, Ugas moved a step closer to a mandatory shot at the 147-pound belt held by Errol Spence Jr. In the opening bout of the tripleheader, Yordenis Ugas dominated and knocked out Ray Robinson in the seventh round of their welterweight world title elimination fight. What can I say? Go back in the gym, work and come back stronger." Ugas stops Robinson Gavril continued to fight hard and landed some solid shots in the final round but Benavidez was unfazed by anything coming his way. Before the 11th round began, Mora had the ringside doctor examine Gavril, whose white trunks were smeared with his blood, but the doctor was OK with him continuing despite the utter pounding he was taking. ![]() Gavril's face was bloody and bruised.īenavidez continued to pound the Floyd Mayweather-promoted Gavril (18-3, 14 KOs) in the ninth round and referee Russell Mora was looking close, but he allowed it to continue. ![]() ![]() Gavril, 31, a Romania native fighting out of Las Vegas, took many thunderous shots but showed a good chin and huge heart to stay on his feet.īy the eighth round it seemed as if it might be a good idea for Gavril's corner, headed by trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, to think about stopping the fight. Knowing he had Gavril hurt, Benavidez chased after him and began teeing off on him before Gavril grabbed onto him for dear life.īenavidez, 21, of Phoenix, continually stuck his hard jab in Gavril's face and nailed him with right hands. He had a huge fourth round, landing a powerful right uppercut and left hook that severely rocked Gavril and sent him bouncing off the ropes. He started strong and seemed to get stronger as the fight progressed. I have the belt around my waist and look at his face."īenavidez (20-0, 17 KOs), who earned $400,000 to Gavril's $125,000, had his way with Gavril the entire fight. I didn't knock him out but he's a tough son of a gun. I used that to my advantage - jab, box him all day and when I saw the opening I took it. He don't know how to so anything but pressure. "I knew he was going to come in aggressive," Benavidez said. Two judges had it a 120-108 shutout and one judge had it 119-109. That night, Benavidez survived a 12th-round knockdown and won a split-decision victory in a highly competitive fight as he was crowned, at age 20, the youngest 168-pound world titleholder in division history.īenavidez promised Gavril he would give him an immediate rematch and he kept his word on Saturday when they went to battle again in a co-feature on the card headlined by the welterweight title eliminator between Danny Garcia and Brandon Rios, but this time it was not remotely close.īenavidez dominated from start to finish as he routed Gavril to retain his world title for the first time at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. When David Benavidez and Ronald Gavril first met for a vacant super middleweight world title in September, they waged one of the best fights of 2017. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĭavid Benavidez dominates Ronald Gavril in rematch, retains 168-pound title ![]()
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