The Ukrainian light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk is to fight Anthony Hollaway at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California on Saturday on the undercard of Gabriela Fundora-Marilyn Badillo Amaya.
Their eight-round contests represents Gvozdyk’s first since his defeat in June by David Benavidez, and the start of his attempts to rebuild as his weight division perhaps enters a new era following successive fights for the undisputed title between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.
“Light heavyweight is one of the most exciting divisions right now in boxing,” said Gvozdyk, 37 and an Olympic bronze medallist. “There was a time right after Roy Jones Jnr when there wasn’t a lot of super interest. But then, during my early time, we had Sergey Kovalev, [Adonis] Stevenson, Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins in the light-heavyweight division.
