Canelo is inspiration and cause for boxer to return out of retirement

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk confessed that Canelo Alvarez impressed him to return out of retirement after the Mexican invited him to his coaching camp as a sparring accomplice for the battle towards Dmitry Bivol.

Gvozdyk was a bronze medalist on the 2012 London Olympics within the semi-complete class, then had an vital step in skilled boxing, however it wasn’t what he anticipated and he retired till he received a name that modified his life.

“In 2019, I believed it was a superb time to attempt one thing apart from boxing, and begin my very own enterprise in Ukraine,” Gvozdyk stated in an interview with Unhealthy Left Hook. “However the lack of expertise, after which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put an enormous halt to my plans. With out having any understanding of what to do subsequent, I all of a sudden received an invite from Canelo to be certainly one of his sparring companions for his battle towards Bivol.”

“I spent the entire camp with him, and I used to be proud of my efficiency, so the concept to return again got here robotically,” Gvozdyk stated. “I nonetheless have rather a lot to attain in boxing. I need to be a two-time world champion,” he completed.

Gvozdyk has had a number of accidents in boxing.

Oleksandr Gvozdyk confronted Adonis Stevenson in December 2018, sadly the Canadian fighter had a stroke after the battle, because of the accident he didn’t battle once more.

Gvozdyk stepped into the ring towards Artur Beterbiev in 2019, the Ukrainian fighter misplaced by technical knockout in 10 rounds. On the finish of the battle he had a concussion and was taken to the hospital, thankfully it didn’t occur.