Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Oleksandr Gvozdyk was born in Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on April 15th, 1987 and is the Boxer. At the age of 37, Oleksandr Gvozdyk biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Oleksandr Serhiyovych Gvozdyk (born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has competed in the WBC and lineal light heavyweight categories from 2018 to 2019.
According to The Ring magazine, he is the world's third-best active light heavyweight and sixth by BoxRec. Gvozdyk earned a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2013 Summer Olympics as an amateur.
He became a professional in 2014 and lifted the WBC and lineal light heavyweight titles in 2018, defeating Adonis Stevenson via knockout.
He lost these titles to Artur Beterbiev in 2019. "The Nail" is Nicknamed "In case Gvozdyk's Russian translation is close, Gvozdyk's win-to-win percentage stands at 84%.
He is a member of the Ukrainian golden generation of boxing, as well as Vasyl Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk.
Personal life
As an only child, Gvozdyk was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. His father was an amateur boxer. Gvozdyk is married with three children, two sons, and a daughter.
Amateur career
When he was ten years old, Gvozdyk began boxing at the behest of his relatives. He gained gold in the light-heavyweight division of the 2008 World University Boxing Championship as an amateur. He was a three-time national Ukrainian amateur champion, winning the title for the first time in 2009, beating Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in the final. He captured the national championship twice in 2010, against Ivan Senay, and then against Dmitro Buglakov.
Gvozdyk defeated two opponents before being edged out by German boxer Rene Krause at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. In the third round of the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships, he was disqualified. In 2011, Gvozdyk won the EUB Europe Cup by defeating Estonia's Ainar Karlson.
Before losing to Egor Mekhontsev of Russia, the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships was a success. Gvozdyk qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by reaching the quarterfinals. Gvozdyk was a bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He defeated Belarusian Mikhail Dauhaliavets 18–10, Nicaraguan Osmar Bravo 18–6, and Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla 19–17 before losing 19–17 to Kazakh Adilbetov on countback in the semifinals.
Between 2011 and 2013, Gvozdyk won 9 bouts and losing none. By winning gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade, Gvozdyk put an end to his amateur career. As Dmitry Bivol injured his hand in the semi-final and could not participate, he won by walkover in the final. Gvozdyk's exact amateur record is uncertain, but he has said he had 255 bouts and lost 30, 30 of which he lost 30, so he came in 29th overall, a record of about 225–30.
Professional career
In 2014, Gvozdyk turned professional, winning the Top Rank. Manny Pacquiao defeated Timothy Bradley II (5-2-1) on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II on April 12, 2014, he won his debut (5-2-1) by first-round KO on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao. On the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III, the Gvozdyk wrestled for the NABF light-heavyweight title against former world champion Nadjib Mohammedi (37-4). Mohammedi was shot in the second round by a right hook by Gvozdyk. Mohammedi collapsed face first on the canvas and the referee swung the fight immediately, giving Gvozdyk his tenth straight victory and first professional title.
On July 23, 2016, Gvozdyk launched his first title defense against three-time world championship challenger Tommy Karpency (26-5-1). After Karpency dropped Gvozdyk in the first round with an inside shot, Gvozdyk regained control and knocked Karpency out in the sixth round with a hook to the body. On the undercard of Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward, he then faced Isaac Chilemba (24-4-2). After Chilemba sustained a fractured right hand, Gvozdyk's right hand got off to a good start. Chilemba began to improve the pace but then had to withdraw at the end of the eight round due to his hand injury, giving Gvozdyk the victory.
With a round 3 TKO victory over Yunieski Gonzalez (18-2) on April 8, 2017, Gvozdyk claimed the NABO championship for the second time. The WBC ordered a world championship eliminator between Gvozdyk and Marcus Browne later this year, but Browne refused to engage in the contest. Gvozdyk defeated Craig Baker (17-1) by a 6th-round knockout at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, on August 19th. Baker was coming off a year-long layoff to face Gvozdyk in a match.
After defeating former European light-heavyweight champion Mehdi Amar (34-52)), Gvozdyk won the WBC interim light-heavyweight championship by dominating a 12-round match on March 17th, placing him in a good spot to challenge Adonis Stevenson for the full WBC title. According to CompuBox, Gvozdyk's total punches hit 256 of 960 (27%) of his power shots, including 176 of 492 (36%) of his power shots. Amar shot 135 of 536 (25%) of his total shots, including 92 of 337 (27%) power shots.
To win the WBC and lineal championship, Gvozdyk defeated Adonis Stevenson (29-2-1, 24 KO) at 2:49 on December 1, 2018, putting an end to a reign that began in 2013. In the third round, Gvozdyk knocked Stevenson down, but the referee called it a slip. Stevenson hit Gvozdyk in the ninth and tenth rounds, with a left hand in the 10th, which nearly dropped Gvozdyk. But Gvozdyk recovered after a 10-punch team finished with a straight right, throwing Stevenson down hard in the 11th round. Stevenson was obviously incoherent, so the referee waved the fight without counting. Stevenson was hospitalized after suffering a life-threatening brain injury and was put in a life-threatening brain injury and was put in a three-week induced coma. Gvozdyk said he did not want to be "known as a killer" and wants Stevenson to recover well.
In his first defense of his WBC and lineal titles, Gvozdyk met Doudou Ngumbu (38-8, 14 KOs) on March 30, 2019. With peppering Ngumbu with both right and left hands, Gvozdyk began the fight as the aggressor, with short right and left hands, before landing a slapish overhand right. By the third round, Gvozdyk seemed to be getting into a rhythm as he connected with a left hook followed by a right hand. Ngumbu fought back, launching a dangerous blend of his own hair and body. Gvozdyk's work rate on his jab increased to create a three-punch combo at the end of the fourth round. Early in the fifth round, Ngumbu's right calf was disqualified. Despite the fact that it was not due to a foul, the referee gave Ngumbu five minutes to try to recover. Ngumbu attempted to walk around the rings but then slowed to have a limp, and the bout was called off as a TKO win for Gvozdyk.
Top Rank is expected to begin fighting Gvozdyk and the IBF light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev for a time in autumn 2019. On ESPN, the Ngumbu bout will be broadcast. At 175, the winner of Gvozdyk vs. Beterbiev will represent two of the four world championships and stage more unification matches. Beterbiev, a two-time Russian Olympian (14-0, 14 KOs), had arguably been ruled out by the other top fighters in the 175 pound division as he is a feared adversary but did not have name recognition among most fans. In July, it was announced that the contest would take place on October 18 at Philadelphia's Liacouras Center.
Gvozdyk was on the canvas in the first round at the end of the first round. The referee branded it as a "knockdown" because the audience booed it. There was a call back that turned the knockdown to a halt. The match was close, with Gvozdyk's effective punching off Beterbiev's pressure, but Gvozdyk's impetuous punching putting Beterbiev's pressure on him, but as the war progressed, it began to fade. Beterbiev dominated the fight in the 9th round, with Gvozdyk struggling to remain on his feet. Gvozdyk made it to the round, but by the time he was in the tenth, he was clearly ill. Beterbiev put the pressure on the 10th of the round, but Gvozdyk retreated early in the round. He got up after another flurry from Beterbiev, but the referee warned that another knockdown would bring the fight to an end. Following another exchange in which Beterbiev came out on top, Gvozdyk took a knee once more, resulting in a TKO win for Beterbiev. At the time of breakage, Gvozdyk was leading the scorecards, with two judges seeing the contest 87-85 and one judge seeing it 83-87 for Beterbiev. After the incident, Gvozdyk was hospitalized as he complained of a pain in the back of his head. It was feared that he had suffered a brain bleed, but testing revealed it was just a mild concussion as a result of the blow to the back of the head he suffered during the war. He was released from the hospital after two days.