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Total Fights | 21 |
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Wins | 20 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 16 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and five months, Oleksandr Gvozdyk fought 21 times with 20 wins and a single loss.
Gvozdyk retired from professional boxing with a record of 20-1, which included one light-heavyweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He had a 76.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 16 of his total 21 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only loss in Gvozdyk's career was a 10th round TKO loss to Artur Beterbiev in a light-heavyweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Isaac Rodrigues on September 30, 2023.
Some of Gvozdyk's best fights and notable victories include wins over Adonis Stevenson, Doudou Ngumbu, Yunieski Gonzalez, Isaac Rodrigues, Ričards Bolotņiks, Tommy Karpency, and Nadjib Mohammedi.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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21 | Sep 30, 2023 | 36 | Isaac Rodrigues | Win | KO2 |
20 | May 6, 2023 | 36 | Ričards Bolotņiks | Win | TKO6 |
19 | Feb 11, 2023 | 35 | Josué Obando | Win | UD |
18 | Oct 18, 2019 | 32 | Artur Beterbiev | Loss * | TKO10 |
17 | Mar 30, 2019 | 31 | Doudou Ngumbu | Win * | TKO5 |
16 | Dec 1, 2018 | 31 | Adonis Stevenson | Win * | KO11 |
15 | Mar 17, 2018 | 30 | Mehdi Amar | Win | UD |
14 | Aug 19, 2017 | 30 | Craig Baker | Win | TKO6 |
13 | Apr 8, 2017 | 29 | Yunieski Gonzalez | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Nov 19, 2016 | 29 | Isaac Chilemba | Win | RTD8 |
11 | Jul 23, 2016 | 29 | Tommy Karpency | Win | KO6 |
10 | Apr 9, 2016 | 28 | Nadjib Mohammedi | Win | KO2 |
9 | Feb 13, 2016 | 28 | Mike Snider | Win | KO1 |
8 | Nov 20, 2015 | 28 | Cleiton Conceição | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Sep 19, 2015 | 28 | Francisco Sierra | Win | RTD5 |
6 | Jun 13, 2015 | 28 | Michael Gbenga | Win | UD |
5 | Jan 24, 2015 | 27 | Cory Cummings | Win | KO2 |
4 | Nov 15, 2014 | 27 | Otis Griffin | Win | TKO6 |
3 | Sep 20, 2014 | 27 | Lamont Williams | Win | KO5 |
2 | May 17, 2014 | 27 | Michael Gbenga | Win | UD |
1 | Apr 12, 2014 | 26 | Mike Montoya | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Oleksandr Gvozdyk (The Nail) is a 36-year old retired Ukrainian professional boxer. He was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on April 15, 1987. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 2014 to 2023.
Gvozdyk made his professional boxing debut against Mike Montoya at the age of 26 on April 12, 2014, defeating Montoya via 1st round KO. He went on to win 16 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on December 1, 2018 after 15 professional fights, against Adonis Stevenson for the light-heavyweight WBC title. He defeated Stevenson via 11th round KO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Gvozdyk has won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Gvozdyk's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Gvozdyk had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Isaac Rodrigues on September 30, 2023. Gvozdyk won the fight via 2nd round KO. It's been 5 months and 28 days since this fight.
Gvozdyk had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost one.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk fought for a light-heavyweight world title in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one light-heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 1, 2018 | Adonis Stevenson | Light-heavyweight | WBC | KO |
Oleksandr Gvozdyk had two light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 30, 2019 | Doudou Ngumbu | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Oleksandr Gvozdyk lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 18, 2019 | Artur Beterbiev | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Gvozdyk fought a total of 21 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
November 19, 2016: Oleksandr Gvozdyk puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Isaac Chilemba via 8th round RTD.
April 8, 2017: Oleksandr Gvozdyk beats Yunieski Gonzalez via 3rd round TKO.
December 1, 2018: Gvozdyk wins his first world title by defeating Adonis Stevenson via 11th round KO. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.
March 30, 2019: Gvozdyk successfully defends the WBC light-heavyweight title against Doudou Ngumbu, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
May 6, 2023: Oleksandr Gvozdyk beats Ričards Bolotņiks via 6th round TKO.
Gvozdyk knocked out 16 of his 21 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 76.2%. Of his total 20 wins, 16 of them were via KO (80%).
Gvozdyk's first world-title win was the WBC belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Adonis Stevenson via 11 round KO to win the title.
Gvozdyk won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Gvozdyk had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.