Former world light heavyweight champion Alexander Gvozdik defeated Latvian Richards Bolotniks during the boxing evening, which took place on the night of May 7 in Guadalajara (Mexico). The duel with the participation of the 36-year-old Ukrainian became part of the undercard of the championship fight between Saul Alvarez and John Ryder. Ukrainian boxer won by technical knockout in the sixth round. From the very beginning of the fight, Gvozdyk dominated the ring and inflicted many accurate blows on the opponent. In the sixth round, Alexander carried out a series of powerful attacks, holding the opponent against the ropes.. Bolotniks could not withstand such pressure and knelt down, after which the referee stopped the fight and awarded the Ukrainian an early victory.

This was the second fight for Gvozdik after returning to boxing..

In June 2020, Alexander announced his retirement, but after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he decided to return to the ring. In the first fight after the resumption of his boxing career, Alexander in February of this year won a unanimous decision over the Mexican Josue Obando. Now Gvozdyk has 19 wins (15 by knockout) and one loss on his track record.. In October 2019, he lost the WBC title to Russian Artur Beterbiev.. As for Bolotniks, he had 27 fights during his career, won 19 victories (8 by knockout), lost seven times and ended the fight once.