By Jim Dower: On May 11th, Oleksander Usyk and Murat Gasiev will have the RING Magazine cruiserweight title on the line for their unification fight in the World Boxing Super Series final in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The unbeaten Gassiev (26-0, 19 KOs) will bring his IBF/WBA cruiserweight belts in facing WBC/WBO champion Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs).
By Jeff Aranow: Yunier ‘The KO Doctor’ Dorticos (22-1, 21 KOs) found out the hard way how hard Murat Gassiev (26-0, 19 KOs) can punch last Saturday night in getting stopped in round 12, and now it’s Oleksandr Usyk’s turn to test his power.
By Jim Dower: defeated previously unbeaten WBA cruiserweight Yunier ‘The KO Doctor’ Dorticos (22-1, 21 KOs) by a 12th round knockout after knocking him down 3 times in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) tournament at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Adler, Russia.