«First of all, I want to become an absolute champion in the cruiserweight division and after that I’ll go up to the heavyweights. Now my thoughts are connected only with WBSS tournament, and then we will see what happens. I can’t say that I will become the next Gennady Golovkin or Mike Tyson, I need to be Murat Gassiev and that’s all,» Gassiev said.
Gassiev acknowledged that he was interested in high-profile bouts with champions in heavyweight division like Anthony Joshua, Deontey Wilder and Joseph Parker.