Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Frank Martin gave their predictions today for who they feel will be victorious in the light heavyweight fight between David Benavidez and Oleksandr Gvozdyk in the co-feature on this Saturday night’s card on PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Tank vs. Martin headlines this Saturday, June 15th. The event starts at 8 pm. ET/5 pm. PT. In the chief support fight, Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) faces the 37-year-old Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) will battle for the WBC interim light heavyweight title.
It’s unclear how familiar Tank Davis and Martin are with the former WBC 175-lb champion Gvozdyk because he was retired from 2019 to 2023 and just returned last year.
Since coming out of retirement, Gvozdyk has had two fights that went under the radar of many fans against Ričards Bolotņiks and Isaac Rodrigues. It will be interesting to see how Benavidez performs at 175 against Gvozdyk, as this is David’s debut in the division, and he’s not faced cutting-edge competition during his 11-year career.
Tank Davis Cautiously Backs Benavidez
“I’m not really big on the other guy [Oleksandr Gvozdyk]. I’ve got to watch his fight, but I know that David, he a beast for sure,” said Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis to Premier Boxing Champions, talking about this Saturday night’s light heavyweight clash between David Benavidez and former WBC 175-lb champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
If Gvozdyk performs the way he did in his eleventh-round knockout win over WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson on December 1st, 2018, Benavidez could be in trouble on Saturday.
That version of Gvozdyk was lethal because of how he walked through fire and wore down Adonis to get the knockout.
Frank Martin Keeps It Simple
“Benavidez is Benavidez,” said Frank Martin, predicting who will win on Saturday.
Given the level of opposition Benavidez has fought throughout his career, we don’t know how he’ll perform against a quality fighter like Gvozdyk because he’s been matched against opposition that was largely ham & eggers.
Granted, Benavidez did what he was supposed to do in destroying the guys he’s fought, but he’s still not yet faced anyone that you can call a good fighter. Moreover, the size advantage that Benavidez has already enjoyed, competing in a division smaller than his body frame, makes it difficult to know how he’ll do against a fighter his size.
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