In Quebec, Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) deposed the WBC light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson (29-2-1, 24 KOs). The unbeaten Ukrainian in the third round sent the champion to the floor, but the referee ruled it as a slip. Stevenson returned to the game and had his good moment in the ninth round, when he clearly hurt his rival.
Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KO) and Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KO) fight in Los Angeles ended as a draw. So Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title. The American was a more active boxer, but Fury was more accurate. Fury was down in rounds 9 and 12.
Alexander Gvozdyk defeated Adonis Stevenson in the eleventh round and took away his light heavyweight title in the main event of boxing evening in Quebec, Canada. At the time of the stoppage Stevenson was leading on two scorecards 96-94 (Guido Cavalieri, Italy) and 98-92 (Jack Woodburn, Canada), while the third was scoring the meeting as a draw 95-95 (Mike Ross, USA).
The WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) and former champion Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) battled to a draw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles before 17,698 spectators. The scores were: 115-111 Wilder, 114-110 Fury and 113-113.
In the main event of the evening in Canadian Quebec, Alexander Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KOs) knocked out in the 11th round Adonis Stevenson (29-2-1, 24 KO) and took away his WBC light heavyweight title. Stephenson was knocked down in the third round, but the referee ruled it as a slip. In the tenth round, Stevenson was able to visibly hurt Gvozdyk, which had to desperately clinch to survive. However, in the next round, the Ukrainian was able to send the opponent to the floor and the referee waved it off. The time was 2:49.
The California State Athletic Commission provided the official boxers’ purses for the main fights in the Los Angeles this Saturday, on December 1. The main event of this evening will be the fight of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) against Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs).
Just one fight into his professional career and welterweight prospect Lee Reeves is already catching the eyes of the right people. In this case, the eyes of the person the world will be watching this weekend.
The Irish standout, who recently signed a promotional deal with Lee Baxter Promotions in Canada, caught the eye of lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury with his scintillating third round knockout victory over Benito Aburto on November 17 in Toronto.
"Looks like Ireland has a new boxing star," said Fury, who has also made stops in Canada throughout his career, defeating Zack Page in 2010 in Quebec City, and holding his training camp for his breakout victory over Steve Cunningham in the nation’s capital of Ottawa.
Reeves is unquestionably one of the best Irish amateurs of his era, having collected eight Limerick championships and eight Munster championships to go along with his pair of Irish national titles. During his years as a competitive boxer, campaigning mostly as a light welterweight, he never failed to appear in the national final at year’s end.
In his first professional contest, he made a seamless transition, looking like the accurate, powerful counterpuncher the scouting report promised he would be. A laser accurate left hand eventually mounted enough punishment for the referee to stop the contest in the third frame, to the delight of the raucous Irish contingent present in Toronto.
"He’s fast, talented and super sexy. Actually He reminds me of someone--me," he said. "I’ll definitely be following his career and tuning in to his next fight December 15th in Toronto."
Reeves will return on the 15th on the LBP event at the Coca-Cola Coliseum, headlined by Samuel Vargas vs. Gabriel Pereiro.
Live broadcast of two boxing evenings, both of which will be broadcast in the USA on Showtime, in the UK on BT Sports, and in Ukraine on Inter TV channel. In the first of these, to be held in Quebec, Canada, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will defend his title against the mandatory challenger Olexandr Gvozdyk. In the second, which will be held in Los Angeles, USA, the WBC heavyweight champion and former "linear" world champion Tyson Fury will meet in "fight of the year".
Adonis Stevenson, the longest running world boxing champion and undefeated mandatory challenger for his title, Olexander Gvozdyk met on Thursday at the final press conference before Stevenson’s 10th defense of his WBC light heavyweight title, which will be broadcasted on American television channel Showtime, 1 December at the Videotron Center arena in Quebec, Canada.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has frozen plans for a boxing tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This was informed by the official website of the IOC.
