The meeting between these boxers, with the vacant WBC flyweight belt at stake, will take place on the night of June 16 in Las Vegas.
"My prediction is Benavides will probably win. Probably will win by stoppage in the late rounds. This fight will be hard for the Ukrainian. If Sanya wins from him, it will be an even bigger sensation than Denis Berinchik's victory over Navarrete.
As always, I will support our Ukrainian boxer and my gold medalist teammate Sanya Gvozdyk. I wish him only victory in this fight," Shelestyuk said on his YouTube channel.