The undefeated Olympian Oleksandr Gvozdyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (12 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson). He fought twice last year beating Yunieski Gonzalez (Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Yunieski Gonzalez) and Craig Baker (Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Craig Baker).
His opponent, Mehdi Amar, has a record of 34-5-2 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He lost to Robert Stieglitz in 2016 (Robert Stieglitz vs Mehdi Amar) but he came back to win in 2017 with Otar Gogoberishvili. Gvozdyk vs Amar is valid for the interim WBC World light heavyweight title; undercard of Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Amir Imam. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-03-17
Where: Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, USA
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Title: interim WBC World light heavyweight title
Gvozdyk’s previous fight: Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Craig Baker
Gvozdyk’s next fight: Adonis Stevenson vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Gvozdyk vs Amar fight video:
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Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbrzH6XoMKE