Although his brothers had been fighters for quite some time, Gavril only joined in 2002 the local boxing club SCM Bacău[5] in his hometown.

[8] Twice he won "Centura de Aur" (the Golden Belt), one of the oldest trophies in the world amateur boxing.

[10] Amateur Record: 165-15 Gavril turned pro in 2011 at age 25 moving to Los Angeles from Romania, so he did not pursue his dream of representing his country in the London 2012 Olympics.

[7] Gavril won his first eleven fights before dropping a decision to veteran Elvin Ayala.

Gavril bounced back by winning his next five bouts before facing Christopher Brooker for the NABF super middleweight title.

[11] Anthony Dirrell was slated to fight David Benavidez for the vacant WBC super middleweight title in September 2017.

[15] Benavidez stated he wanted to take the rematch to remove all doubt and set the record straight.