35-year-old Ukrainian boxer does not consider Russian athletes guilty of the fact that the Russian army has been destroying the Ukrainian people for about five months.

In his opinion, only athletes who openly support the war deserve reproach.. At the same time, Gvozdyk noted that the removal of representatives of the aggressor country from international sports is quite logical for him..

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Sport seems to be out of politics, but it has always been so only for athletes. For my part, I see it as completely logical to ban Russian athletes from representing their state at competitions.

On the one hand, I understand athletes who have devoted their entire lives to sports and now they cannot compete in international competitions.. Except for those who openly support, as they say, "

Professional sport is not the Olympic Games, here the boxer first of all represents himself. On the other hand, do you still believe in justice " net.

Recall that in his last fight on October 19, 2019, Gvozdik lost the WBC champion title to Russian Artur Beterbiev.. Gvozdyk announced his retirement in June 2020. He has 17 wins (14 by knockout) and one loss..