Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-2, 16) was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on April 15, 1987. At the age of 26 years on April 12, 2014, he made his professional boxing debut against Mike Montoya, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On his 16th career fight at 31 years old, Gvozdyk became a light-heavyweight world champion on December 1, 2018 after defeating Adonis Stevenson via 11th-round KO to win the WBC title.
Gvozdyk's last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez at age 37 on June 15, 2024. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Oleksandr Gvozdyk's best fights have been against Adonis Stevenson, Tommy Karpency, Isaac Chilemba, Yunieski Gonzalez, Ričards Bolotņiks, Josué Obando and David Benavidez.
Gvozdyk has 2 losses on his boxing record.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Jun 15, 2024 37 years, 2 months 20-2 (16) | 27 years, 5 months 28-0 (24) | LHW | 12 | UD | LOSS | |
21 | Sep 30, 2023 36 years, 5 months 20-1 (16) | Isaac Rodrigues | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN |
May 6, 2023 36 years 19-1 (15) | 33 years, 1 months 19-6 (8) | LHW | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
Feb 11, 2023 35 years, 9 months 18-1 (14) | 33 years, 2 months 20-34-2 (15) | LHW | 6 | UD | WIN | |
Oct 18, 2019 32 years, 6 months 17-1 (14) | 34 years, 8 months 14-0 (14) | LHW | 10 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBC For IBF | |
17 | Mar 30, 2019 31 years, 11 months 17-0 (14) | Doudou Ngumbu | LHW | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
Dec 1, 2018 31 years, 7 months 16-0 (13) | 41 years, 2 months 29-1-1 (24) | LHW | 11 | KO | WIN Won WBC | |
15 | Mar 17, 2018 30 years, 11 months 15-0 (12) | Mehdi Amar | LHW | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC InterimVacant |
14 | Aug 19, 2017 30 years, 4 months 14-0 (12) | Craig Baker | LHW | 6 | TKO | WIN |
Apr 8, 2017 29 years, 11 months 13-0 (11) | 31 years, 9 months 18-2 (14) | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
Nov 19, 2016 29 years, 7 months 12-0 (10) | 29 years, 6 months 24-4-2 (10) | LHW | 8 | RTD | WIN | |
Jul 23, 2016 29 years, 3 months 11-0 (9) | 30 years, 6 months 26-5-1 (15) | LHW | 6 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Apr 9, 2016 28 years, 11 months 10-0 (8) | Nadjib Mohammedi | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN |
9 | Feb 13, 2016 28 years, 9 months 9-0 (7) | Mike Snider | 1 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Nov 20, 2015 28 years, 7 months 8-0 (6) | Cleiton Conceição | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Sep 19, 2015 28 years, 5 months 7-0 (5) | Francisco Sierra | 5 | RTD | WIN | |
6 | Jun 13, 2015 28 years, 1 months 6-0 (4) | Michael Gbenga | 6 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Jan 24, 2015 27 years, 9 months 5-0 (4) | Cory Cummings | 2 | KO | WIN | |
Nov 15, 2014 27 years, 7 months 4-0 (3) | 37 years, 2 months 24-17-2 (10) | 6 | TKO | WIN | ||
3 | Sep 20, 2014 27 years, 5 months 3-0 (2) | Lamont Williams | 5 | KO | WIN | |
2 | May 17, 2014 27 years, 1 months 2-0 (1) | Michael Gbenga | 6 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Apr 12, 2014 26 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Mike Montoya | 1 | KO | WIN |