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Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing brutally axe former world champion after just one fight

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Zuffa Boxing have terminated Oleksandr Gvozdyk’s contract after the Ukrainian came up short in his promotional debut. Gvozdyk was knocked out by Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic in February at Zuffa Boxing 2. Gvozdyk was cut by Zuffa after his come-from-behind defeat to Kalajdzic Zuffa Boxing Up until the stoppage, which came courtesy of a dynamite right hand in the seventh stanza, Gvozdyk had been on top of the action. The 39-year-old decked Kalajdzic in rounds one and four and led on all three scorecards by wide margins of 60-52, 60-52 and 59-53. Given his impressive early showing and illustrious body of work, the expectation was that Gvozdyk would be given another shot by Dana White ‘s upstart promotion. However, that proved not to be the case. While Kalajdzic has been booked against Craig Richards on the upcoming September 26 Zuffa Boxing 11 card, Gvozdyk must now navigate the choppy waters of free agency. Gvozdyk finds out Zuffa contract has been terminated via email Revealing the new

First report: Zuffa Boxing cuts ties with former world champion after just one defeat — boxingnewsonline.net, 2d