Who won Gvozdyk vs Chilemba?

Oleksandr Gvozdyk beat Isaac Chilemba by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 19th November 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Gvozdyk vs Chilemba stats

Oleksandr Gvozdyk stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Isaac Chilemba made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Gvozdyk had a massive power advantage over Chilemba, boosting at 82% knock out percentage over Chilemba's 42%.

Oleksandr Gvozdyk was the same age as Isaac Chilemba, at 35 years old.

Gvozdyk had 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Oleksandr Gvozdyk & Isaac Chilemba fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gvozdyk was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 8 year and 5 months later than Chilemba, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 168 less professional rounds, 98 to Chilemba's 266.

Oleksandr Gvozdyk went into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBC, 9 by the WBO and 10 by the IBF at light heavyweight.

Isaac Chilemba was ranked number 10 by the WBC in the 175lb division.

Gvozdyk vs Chilemba form

Oleksandr Gvozdyk had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Tommy Karpency on 23rd July 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Nadjib Mohammedi on 9th April 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mike Snider on 13th February 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at Sportsmans Lodge, Studio City.

Before that, he had won against Cleiton Conceicao on 20th November 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.

He had beat Francisco Sierra on 19th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Sportsmans Lodge, Studio City.

Isaac Chilemba had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dmitry Bivol on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, New Jersey, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Blake Caparello on 16th March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The Melbourne Pavilion, Victoria, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Oleksandr Gvozdyk on 19th November 2016 by unanimous decision in the 8th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Sergey Kovalev on 11th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight, IBF World Light heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

He had been beaten by Eleider Alvarez on 28th November 2015 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Isaac Chilemba had been fighting more than Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

Going to this contest, Oleksandr Gvozdyk had last fought 6 years, 6 months and 8 days ago, while Isaac Chilemba's last outing had been 4 years, 5 months and 27 days ago.

Gvozdyk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Chilemba's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

Who broadcast Gvozdyk vs Chilemba?

Gvozdyk vs Chilemba was broadcast on HBO PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports 1.

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