Gvozdyk retains light heavyweight title
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Unbeaten Oleksandr Gvozdyk retained his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title on Saturday with a fifth-round technical knockout of Doudou Ngumbu, who was halted by a right-leg injury.
Ukraine’s Gvozdyk, making his first defense of a title he won with a devastating knockout of Adonis Stevenson in December, improved to 17-0 with 14 knockouts. Although Gvozdyk had some trouble with Ngumbu’s awkward style, he connected with a hard right in the first round and a left hook in the fourth. The champion was leading on the cards when the proceedings at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia came to an anti-climactic ending as Ngumbu suddenly pulled back in the fifth round and limped into a corner.
The bout was paused for a few minutes before referee Eric Dali finally called a halt at 58 seconds of the fifth round.
A distraught Ngumbu, with his first world title challenge in ruins, wept in his corner after falling to 38-9 with 14 knockouts. “It definitely didn’t happen what I expected,” Gvozdyk said. “I just tried to do my best. I don’t know what happened actually.”
Gvozdyk’s previous fight against Stevenson had near-tragic consequences as the 31-year-old Canadian, who was making his 10th title defense, suffered traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for several weeks.
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