Gassiev proceeds to WBSS final at Bolshoi Ice Arena (photos)

In an extremely spectacular battle at the arena of the Ice Palace "Bolshoi" in Sochi, Russian Murat Gassiev got a TKO victory in the twelfth round over the previously undefeated Cuban Yunier Dorticos. Now Gassiev is the world champion in the cruiserweight division in two versions - IBF and WBA - and on May 11 in Saudi Arabia he will participate in the World Boxing Super Series final, where he will meet WBO and WBC champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Thus, in May, the world of boxing will receive the first in the history the owner of four championship belts in the cruiserweight division and only the fourth in the history of boxing the absolute world champion, who held four titles, after Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor and Terence Crawford.