Light Heavyweight Champ Alexander Gvozdyk Interview + Discussion on Past Fights (Thurman, Davis, & Cancio), Upcoming Fights (Joshua/Miller, Porter/Ugas, Spence/Garcia, Bivol/Smith)
Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout record this episode from Oxnard, CA where Teddy is in training camp with his fighter Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, the WBO Light Heavyweight Champion. Teddy shares a look at what training camp entails with Alex (7:00) and the stresses that come with it (16:29). He and Alex are six weeks out from a March 30 ESPN title defense against French boxer Doudou Ngumbu. Teddy and Ken then discuss the recently announced Joshua v. Miller fight (24:15) before diving into the past fights of Thurman v. Lopez (31:05), Davis v. Ruiz (38:53), and the massive upset in Machato v. Cancio (45:00). Upcoming fights of Porter v. Ugas (1:03:52), Spence v. Garcia (1:06:25), Bivol v. Smith Jr. (1:13:30) are covered. Then, Alex Gvozdyk joins for an interview at the end (1:16:50). He shares how he got into boxing, his Bronze Medal win at the 2012 Olympics, and his victory over Adonis Stevenson to win the WBO Championship on Dec 1. All this and more... like Micky Ward stories (52:45). Big thanks to VHS collection for intro music. More on VHS Collection here: https://www.vhscollection.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.