Two of the four major light titles are put to be unified at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 18. Undefeated OleksandrThe Nail Gvozdyk is making his second WBC and lineal light heavyweight titles shield, while also undefeated Artur Beterbiev defends his IBF light heavyweight strap for the next time. Even the Ukraine indigenous, Gvozdyk, is now a -140 favored with all the Russian, Beterbiev, coming back in +110.
This is actually the battle to Gvozdyk out of the last four he has been favored by less than -250. The two spells came against Adonis Stevenson and Isaac Chilemba and ended by knockout. Meanwhile, this is the first time Beterbiev was an underdog because his nearest chances were -500 when he fought.
The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, Gvozdyk, is caught out of place, moving around the ring searching to let his thick hands move. As soon as the Ukraine native discovers his opportunities to land he does with 14 of the 17 wins ending by knockout. If he won the WBC and heavyweight belts in the round against Adonis Stevenson his knockout might have come last December. That struggle would be the final for Stevenson because he had been put into a coma on the following Monday and was in that condition for many weeks.
Maybe fitting Gvozdyk in punching power is Beterbiev as only one of his 14 professional battles have made past the round and all have ended by knockout. The Russia native is extremely competitive when he chooses to strike. Does he throw 1 punch at one time, rather, he puts up his opportunity and his foe with a flurry of punches seeking to place them away.
Both men have conditioning but go about their struggles in different ways. Beterbiev is like a pitbull, marching his opponents down looking to get into a phone booth and exchange hands, hes willing to consume a few shots when it means he could land.
Gvozdyk is a tech, while maintaining range with his jabs and straights moving like a cat quickly from risk. That having been said, when he smells blood into the water he goes on a attack. The big issue for this particular fight is will Beterbiev be in a position to corner Gvozdyk, or will be the footwork going to help keep him secure.
Odds at BetOnline as of October 9

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