WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 17-0, 14 KOs, made a successful first defence of his championship last night with a curious Tko Victory over unheralded French challenger Doudou Ngumbu 38-9 (14 Ko’s) in the fifth round at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.. Gvozdyk, leading comfortably on the scorecards was dictating the fifth round, when Ngumbu backed up and along the ropes, before bizarrely crouching down in pain, holding his right calf.. The referee halted the action momentarily while the ringside physician inspected the injured challenger. Amidst the confusion between corner, referee and doctor, several moments passed before referee Eric Dali waved the event off, with Ngumbu unable to continue.. The time 58 seconds of the 5th.
The nature of the stoppage along with the tame approach of the challenger wasn’t exactly the way Gvozdyk would have wanted to complete his first successful defence, but in his own words, “Sometimes boxing is like that.” Gvozdyk wishes to unify the titles and leaves his next move down to his teams discretion..
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