Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-08-19, fight not so exciting between Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Craig Baker: it gets two stars.The undefeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (11 KOs=85%) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Andre Ward). In his last two bouts he has beat Isaac Chilemba (=Gvozdyk vs Chilemba) and Yunieski Gonzalez (=Gvozdyk vs Gonzalez).
His opponent, Craig Baker, has an official record of 17-1-0 (13 KOs=76%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 12, 2016 when he defeated Steve Lovett; before this bout he had lost to Edwin Rodriguez (=Rodriguez vs Baker). Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Craig Baker is valid for the NABF light heavyweight title; undercard of Terence Crawford vs Julius Indongo. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2017-08-19
Where: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Title: NABF Light Heavyweight Title
Gvozdyk’s previous fight: Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Yunieski Gonzalez
Gvozdyk’s next fight: Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Mehdi Amar
Gvozdyk vs Baker Fight Video:
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm6DLW2wBfA
Another beautiful, clean, and effortless performance from Gvozdyk. In every fight that I’ve seen of him, he makes it look like a sparring session, while winning all the small battles against his opponents. I’m a big fan of his style.
Nice fight between two boxers with similar fighting style and punching speed. Baker put a good fight and a quite bit of pressure but was subdue by Gvozdik who has a better jabbing technique complemented by a very good punching combination. Also, he shown that within his skills moving around the ring was one of them.