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David Benevidez whos the youngest world champion had 8 fights, and just beat a guy whos amateur record was 165-15, twice.
It's Benavidez. He also isn't the "youngest world champion", either. He's said to be the youngest world titlist in the history of the Super Middleweight division (well, the modern SMW division only traces back to 1984). I've never fact checked that claim. He had 15 bouts as an amateur (record 15-0), not 8.
Gavril was allegedly 165-15 as an amateur but that isn't some super impressive record just based on his W/L ratio (11:1). He wasn't an amateur standout on the continental or world scene as a Cadet/Junior, Junior/Youth or most importantly as a Senior level boxer. At the Cadet/Junior level his greatest achievement was medaling bronze at the 2003 Cadet World Championships. He competed the following year at the 2004 Junior World Championships and lost in the prelims. He was good enough at the senior level to make three consecutive world teams in 2005, 2007 & 2009 despite losing each run in the prelims as well. As a Senior, his greatest achievement was medaling bronze at the 2005 European Union Championships. He was outclassed by England's Gary Barr in the semi-final and the bout was stopped in the third round (RSCO 3).
He went for three Continental Championships, too. Once at the 2006 European Championships, where he lost in the prelims, again at the 2008 European Championships where he lost in the quarter-finals and in the 2010 European Championships, where he yet again lost in the prelims.