By Jim Dower: IBF World cruiserweight champion Murat ‘Iron’ Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) meets up with WBA cruiserweight champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) this Saturday night on February 3rd in what could be the best fight of the World Boxing Super Series [WBSS] tournament at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia.
By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) will have a little less than 4 months to wait to face the winner of the February 3 semifinals fight between Yunier “KO Doctor’ Dorticos and Murat Gassiev to meet one of them in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series [WBSS] tournament on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Jim Dower: IBF World cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) is highly motivated with his goal of unifying the division in 2018 by beating WBA Super World champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) on February 3, and then defeating the winner of this Saturday’s unification fight between WBO champion Aleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) and WBC champion Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs).
By Sean Jones: IBF World cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) could be making a move up to heavyweight if he defeats Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) on February 3, and then beats the winner of the January 27th fight between WBO champion Alexander Usyk and WBC champion Mairis Briedis.
By Sean Jones: In a fight that promises to be action packed from start to finish, IBF World cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) will be fighting WBA champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) on February 3 at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia.
By Marcus Richardson: The dates are ready to be announced for the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semifinals fights involving Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos and Oleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis.
By Jim Dower: IBF World cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) took care of his first opponent in the World Boxing Super Series last Saturday night in his 3rd round knockout win over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-4-1, 37 KOs), and he’s now heading towards a unification fight against WBA World cruiserweight belt holder Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) in his next fight in early 2018.
By Jim Dower: Battling in his quarter finals match, WBA World cruiserweight champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) scored a sudden 2nd round knockout victory over the powerful but very slow of Dmitry Kudryashov (21-2, 21 KOs) on Saturday night in the World Boxing Super Series at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.