On June 15, 2024, a 37-year-old Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) and a 27-year-old American boxer David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Gvozdyk came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 16 days. Benavidez was on a 28-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 21 days.
David Benavidez defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk via unanimous decision in the 12-round light-heavyweight fight. Benavidez improves his record to 29-0, while Gvozdyk adds a loss to his record at 20-2.
On October 18, 2019, the 32-year-old WBC light-heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-0, 14 KOs), and the 34-year-old IBF light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Gvozdyk came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 18 days. Beterbiev was on a 14-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 14 days.
Artur Beterbiev stopped Oleksandr Gvozdyk via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBC and IBF light-heavyweight titles. Beterbiev improves his record to 15-0 (15 KOs), while Gvozdyk adds a loss to his record at 17-1.