Oleksandr Gvozdyk (The Nail) pugile

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Gvozdyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Гвоздик, IPA: olekˈsɑndr serˈɦijowɪtʃ ˈɦwɔzdɪk; also Hvozdyk; born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. He held the WBC and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur, Gvozdyk won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade.Nicknamed "The Nail" as the Russian translation of Gvozdyk is nail, Gvozdyk's knockout-to-win ratio stands at 82.4%. He is part of the Ukrainian golden generation of boxing along with Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk.Gvozdyk began boxing when he was 10, at the encouragement of his friends. As an amateur, he won gold in the light-heavyweight division at the 2008 World University Boxing Championship. He was a three-time national Ukrainian amateur champion, winning the title for the first time in 2009, beating Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in the final. He won the national title again in 2010, against Ivan Senay, and 2011, against Dmitro Buglakov.At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Gvozdyk beat two opponents before being edged out by German boxer Rene Krause. He also was eliminated in the third round at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Gvozdyk won the EUBC Europe Cup in 2011, by stopping Ainar Karlson of Estonia.At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships Gvozdyk beat three fighters before falling to the 2009 world champion Egor Mekhontsev of Russia. By reaching the quarterfinals, Gvozdyk qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Gvozdyk was a bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He defeated Belarusian Mikhail Dauhaliavets 18–10, Nicaraguan Osmar Bravo 18–6, and Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla 19–17 before losing very controversially to Kazakh Adilbek Niyazymbetov on countback in the semifinals.