On the night of June 16, a boxing match took place between Alexander Gvozdyk and David Benavidez for the interim WBC light heavyweight title. The Ukrainian lost to the American by decision of the judges.
This is reported by Xsport.
How the fight between Gvozdyk and Benavidez went
The fight took place at the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas.
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The first half of the fight was in favor of David Benavidez. The American struck Gvozdyk’s body more often. Although the Ukrainian also responded with jabs.
However, Gvozdyk subsequently began to lower his hands and received blows to the body and head.
Following the results of the fight, the judges gave victory to the American Benavidez: 116-112, 117-111, 119-109.
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What is known about Alexander Gvozdyk
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Alexander Gvozdik — former world light heavyweight champion. He held the WBC belt from 2018 to 2019, losing to Russian Artur Beterbiev. And after that he announced his retirement.
However, in 2023, Alexander Gvozdyk decided to return to the ring — He fought three fights and won each one. Now he got a chance to get the WBC light heavyweight title, for this he had to defeat the American Benavidez.
For Gvozdyk this is the second defeat in his career.
