Oleksandr Gvozdyk: A Cold Soul Piercing Wind Blows From The East-The Nail Of Kharkov.

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    Oleksandr Sergeyevich Gvozdyk is a 6'3 29 year old Light Heavyweight with a 10-0 8 KO's record, WSB record 9-0. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine and fighting out of Oxnard, California. He's the London Olympic Light Heavyweight Bronze Medalist who was robbed of his chance to continue only losing to Niyazymbetov on countback. Top Rank snatched him up the moment he turned pro, one of the most impressive prospects of the current crop of Eastern Europeans, unfortunately they have badly mismanaged him much like they have fellow 2012 prospects Mekhontsev, Murata and even Lomachenko. In my personal opinion Oleksandr is one of the very best prospects in the game, he's as well rounded a fighter as you're going to find alongside his amazing 2012 Ukrainian Olympic teammates Lomacheko and Usyk both friends of his, Gvozdyk has elite level skill his footwork is brilliant and very subtle constantly making little adjustments to get himself into the right position at the right time to land on his opponents and a half step back to get out of harm's way, which also aides in his ability to cut off the ring effortlessly, his smooth defense is as subtle as his footwork, he rolls and slips punches so quickly and seamlessly that the eye barely catches it unless you're really paying attention to it, much like Lomachenko or even Pirog be it in close or just out of range. His punch placement and accuracy is immaculate his piston like straight right is crisp, sharp and brutal, he controls distance quite well with his left jab which he also uses as a range finder with which to set up his straight rights and hooks to the head and to the body perfectly, his hooks to the body are quick and precise and purposeful aimed at doing the most damage possible similar to Loma's amazing body work that breaks down and eventually incapacitates most of his opponents. Gvozdyk's uppercuts are nasty and once again subtle but very effective, oh and he's also pretty heavy handed and a underrated counter puncher. All around he is an incredibly well rounded fighter who is in all probability already a top 5 Light Heavyweight who just hasn't been given the chance to prove it yet. And if he was he'd most likely soar to the top of the rankings, which is ironic for a promotion called Top Rank who should see what a talent they have before them and what he is truly capable of, and try allowing him to be their namesake. He's also a very handsome man, even Robert Garcia fawns over him and says what a chick magnet he is, so he'll be easy to market, add to that he speaks damn good English so he has a leg up on most of his EE counterparts already. Much is made of Usyk and rightfully so but... do yourself a favor and introduce yourself to truly one of the very best prospects in the game the other Ukrainian Oleksandr. Check Out the Brutal Light Heavyweight Nail Of Kharkov.:toney:toney:toney:toney







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    Gvozdyk vs. Ustembayev
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    Nikolay Manger Memorial - Kherson, Ukraine - May 15-19 2012

    2012-05-?? 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Enver Tuktarov UKR 18:3
    2012-05-18 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Mykola Burdyugov UKR AB 1
    2012-05-19 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Sergiy Lapin UKR 15:8

    World University Championships - Kazan, Russia - September 20-27 2008

    2008-09-22 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Don Shange RSA KO 1
    2008-09-25 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Sergey Korneyev BLR 11:7
    2008-09-27 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Daniyar Ustembayev KZK 14:6

    Sergey Dzindziruk Awards National Tournament - Brovary - January 28-31 2009

    2009-01-30 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Andriy Zelenyak AB 3
    2009-01-31 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Enver Tuktarov 11:2

    Summer Universiade
    Kazan, Russia
    July 5-10, 2013

    2013-07-07 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ainar Karlson EST 3:0
    2013-07-08 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Hyeong-Kyu Kim KOR TKO 3
    2013-07-09 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Mikhail Dauhaliavets BLR 3:0
    2013-07-10 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Dmitriy Bivol RUS WO.

    World Series of Boxing

    2013-05-11 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ukrainian Otamans Ehsan Rozbahani IRN Astana Arlans TKO 3
    2011-12-09 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Moscow Daniyar Ustembayev KZK Astana TKOI 3
    2012-02-17 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Moscow Ludovic Groguhe FRA Paris PTS
    2013-02-08 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ukrainian Otamans Vitalijus Subacius LTU Italia Thunder 3:0
    2013-01-11 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ukrainian Otamans Babacar Kamara SWE British Lionhearts 3:0
    2013-03-22 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ukrainian Otamans Vladimir Cheles MLD Azerbaijan Baku Fires KO 5
    2012-03-30 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Moscow Abdelhafid Benchebla ALG Astana PTS
    2012-05-02 85kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Moscow Imre Szello HUN Milan PTS

    Ukrainian National Championships - Kryvyi Rih - March 17-22 2009

    2009-03-17 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Olexandr Babanov RSC 2
    2009-03-19 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Vitaliy Merinov RSC
    2009-03-20 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Dmytro Smagula 12:4
    2009-03-22 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Vyacheslav Shabranskiy 12:3

    EUBC European Cup - Kharkov, Ukraine - October 22-23 2010

    2010-10-22 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Pavel Bykov RUS 10:3
    2010-10-23 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ainar Karlson EST RSC 3

    Ukrainian National Championships - Sumy - February 9-14 2010
    2010-02-09 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Olexandr Babanov ???
    2010-02-10 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Andriy Zelenyak 5:0
    2010-02-12 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Sergiy Lapin 3:0
    2010-02-14 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik Ivan Senay 6:5

    Nurmagambetov Memorial - Almaty, Kazakhstan
    - May 9-14 2011
    2011-05-10 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Gafurov UZB AB 1
    2011-05-11 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Levan Guledani GRG 13:6
    2011-05-13 81kg Anton Pinchuk KZK Olexandr Gvozdik UKR WO.

    Olympic Games - London, Great Britain - July 28 - August 12 2012

    2012-07-30 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Mikhail Dauhaliavets BLR 18:10
    2012-08-04 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Osman Bravo NIC 18:6
    2012-08-08 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Abdelhafid Benchebla ALG 19:17
    2012-08-10 81kg Adilet Niyazimbetov KZK Olexandr Gvozdik UKR +13:13

    World Cup of Petroleum Countries - Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia - December 17-20 2009

    2009-12-18 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Sergey Kuzmin BLR 8:2
    2009-12-19 81kg Nikita Ivanov RUS Olexandr Gvozdik UKR WO.

    Makar Mazay Memorial - Mariupol, Ukraine -
    July 5-9 2011

    2011-07-06 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Andrei Sari MLD AB 1
    2011-07-08 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Nikolay Afanasiadi UKR 20:13
    2011-07-09 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Elshod Rasulov UZB WO

    AIBA World Championships - Baku, Azerbaijan -
    September 26 - October 8 2011

    2011-09-28 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Jovan Young JAM RSCH 1
    2011-10-02 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Imre Szello HUN 25:11
    2011-10-04 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ramil Aliyev AZE 17:15
    2011-10-05 81kg Egor Mekhontsev RUS Olexandr Gvozdik UKR 27:21

    World Championships - Milan, Italy - September 1-12 2009

    2009-09-04 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Nikolajs Grisunins LAT 14:6
    2009-09-06 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Assane Faye SNG RSCI 3
    2009-09-07 81kg Rene Krause GER Olexandr Gvozdik UKR +2:2

    Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament - Ankara, Turkey - April 7-11 2010

    2010-04-07 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Iago Kiziria GRG 4:1
    2010-04-08 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Ramazan Magomedov AZE RSC 2
    2010-04-09 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Imre Szello HUN 6:3
    2010-04-10 81kg Olexandr Gvozdik UKR Vladimir Cheles MLD 9:1

    Ahmet Comert Tournament - Istanbul, Turkey - April 15-19 2009

    2009-04-15 81kg Artur Beterbiyev RUS Olexandr Gvozdik UKR AB 2
     
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    Amateur Matches
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    What happened to the other Gvozdyk thread?
     
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    A feature on him from The Ring June, 2015

    OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK

    Age: 28
    Hometown: Kharkov, Ukraine
    Weight class: Light heavyweight
    Height / reach: 6-foot-2 (188 cm)/ 75½ inches (192 cm)
    Amateur record: 220-30
    Turned pro: 2014
    Pro record: 5-0, 4 knockouts
    Trainer: Robert Garcia, Marco Contreras, Roger Anderson
    Manager: Egis Klimas
    Promoter: Top Rank Inc.

    Best night of pro career: Gvozdyk has won all five of his professional bouts so far, impressively beating steadily improving competition. “[It’s] too early to speak about my best night; I have only five fights in [the] pros.” he told RingTV.com in late May through manager Egis Klimas.

    He easily dispatched usually durable Cory Cummings in two-one-sided rounds in his most recent outing.

    Worst night of pro career: The heavy-handed Ukrainian has yet to be pushed in two years as a pro. He’s stopped all but one of his opponents and is happy with all his performances at this point.

    Next fight: He had been due to face Rowland Bryant in April, only for that to fall out at the last minute. Gvozdyk was then to meet Chris Henry but now meets late substitute Michael Gbenga at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, Calif. on this week’s edition of “Solo Boxeo” on UniMas. However his fight will not be televised.

    “I’m looking at Michael Gbenga, like a dangerous puncher,” he said. “I think its another step in my pro career.”

    The two met in Gvozdyk’s second outing a year ago and the durable Nigerian went the six-round distance. The 36-year-old is 20-20 with 20 KOs but has only been stopped on four occasions.

    Why he’s a prospect: Gvozdyk comes from an impressive amateur background. He represented his country at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships, though lost before the medal rounds. He was the Universiade world champion in 2008 and 2013 and Europe Cup winner in 2010. He also fought in two seasons of the World Series of Boxing, going 9-0.

    At the 2011 Worlds, he lost to fellow standout Egor Mekhontsev and, despite the loss, he qualified for the Olympics, in which he was part of the supremely talented Ukrainian Dream Team.

    In London, he lost on the countback system against Adilbek Niyazymbetov, at the semifinal stage and had to settle for a bronze medal.

    After the Olympics, he signed pro forms with renowned manager Egis Klimas, who took his client to Top Rank Promotions.

    He says the transition to the pros has been seamless: “I didn’t have problems with it; feel comfortable.”

    Since making the switch, Gvozdyk has gained invaluable pro experience sparring the likes of Cuban heavyweight Mike Perez, up-and-coming Mexican super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez and teak-tough Philadelphia native Gabriel Rosado.

    Top Rank’s Brad Goodman has matched the big Ukrainian for all of his fights and likes how he’s developed.

    “I give him and the team a lot of credit for stepping up and fighting top-notch opposition at such an early stage of his career,” explained Goodman. “He’s a very capable guy; he’s well advanced and each fight now I think he’s going to be on this Chris Henry-type of level. There’s no holding him back; there’s no grooming him. Their expectations, I think, are maybe fighting for a world title by the end of the year.”

    So how far is Gvozdyk from the likes of RING champion Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev?

    “I don’t think they’re gonna be fighting tomorrow,” explained Goodman, “but, at the end of the day, what we do at Top Rank is groom them to a certain level and then it’s up to them to step up to the plate. Guys like Kovalev and Stevenson, that’s going to take a little longer and that doesn’t mean he can’t beat certain guys now who are champions.

    Goodman believes Gvozdyk to be on par with uber-talented Artur Beterbiev and Mekhontsev: “He’s on that same level; if they can do it, he can do it.

    Klimas similarly sees considerable upside in his client: “I see him as a good fighter, smart with lots of patience.”


    Why he’s a suspect: The recently turned 28-year-old has breezed past the opposition to this point with minimal fuss. Like many Eastern Europeans, he’s very focused and dedicated to his craft and is constantly striving for perfection.

    “I think [all] boxers should try always [to] improve all areas, weaknesses and strengths.” he said.

    Goodman is unsure how the Ukrainian takes a shot: “The only thing is he has been dropped in the World Series of Boxing.

    ^^^^^^ THIS IS NOT TRUE. I REPEAT NOT TRUE. GVOZDYK WAS NOT DROPPED IN THE WSB. THIS CLOWN OBVIOUSLY HAS GOT A FACE LIKE A BABOON'S ASS AND IS BITTERLY ENVIOUS OF GVOZDYK'S GOOD LOOKS


    He hasn’t shown any weaknesses as of yet. Nobody has really got to his chin or anything like that. That’s probably the only thing we worry about. He may have a great chin for all we know about; that remains to be seen. Hopefully it’s not going to be something we have to find out.”


    Story lines: Gvozdyk became interested in boxing at a young age. He played a lot of sports; nothing changed and he progressed in boxing.

    Gvozdyk’s boxing hero is Vasyl Lomachenko. The two were on the Ukrainian national team together and now share the same manager.

    Gvozdyk’s nickname “The Nail” is the translation from Ukrainian to English.

    He’s married and has two children. Away from boxing, he likes to spend time with family and friends.


    Fight-by-fight record:

    2014

    April 12 – Mike Montoya – KO 1

    May 17 – Michael Gbenga – UD 6

    Sept. 20 – Lamont Williams – KO 5

    Nov. 15 – Otis Griffin – TKO 6

    2015

    Jan. 24 – Cory Cummings – KO 2
     
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    Usyk and Gvozdyk the Two Ukrainian Oleksandr's Sparring.
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    Feed Jean Pascal to The Nail after he disposes of Iron Nads in April.:deal
     
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    Kharkov looks nice, maybe I should move there.:think
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    A Cold Wind Blows From Kharkov Indeed.:deal

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    The inspiration behind my "Cold Wind Blows From The East" titles.

    Kharkov actually has its own Gorky Park, however the Gorky Park mentioned in the song is located in Moscow.
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