On October 18, 2019, Artur Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs), the light-heavyweight IBF champion, and the light-heavyweight WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-0, 14 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Artur Beterbiev is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round KO victory over Radivoje Kalajdzic, 5 months and 14 days ago. Oleksandr Gvozdyk is on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Doudou Ngumbu, 6 months and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Artur Beterbiev at 99-1 winning odds. Oleksandr Gvozdyk really doesn't have much to present against Beterbiev.
Artur Beterbiev stopped Oleksandr Gvozdyk via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the IBF and WBC light-heavyweight titles. Beterbiev improves his record to 15-0 (15 KOs), while Gvozdyk adds a loss to his record at 17-1.