In his debut battle on the US soil in one of the main events of the evening in Corpus Christi, Texas, Filipino Jerwin Ancajas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) scored a TKO victory in the 10th round over Mexican Israel Gonzalez (20-2, 8 KOs) and defended his IBF super flyweight title.
According to the punch statistics of CompuBox, Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos threw out almost equal number of punches for incomplete 12 rounds, but the Russian turned out to be more accurate than his opponent. So on power punches Gassiev outlanded Dorticos 78-33 in the last four rounds.
Official notes of the judges of the fight Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos, which was held on February 3 in Sochi, and which culminated in the colorful TKO victory of the Russians in the final, 12th round. At the time of the stoppage, Gassiev was leading on the notes of the judges, in this case four of them, but Dorticos did everything possible to make this fight not an easy walk in the park. Three judges gave the Cuban 4 rounds out of 11, and the fourth - 5 rounds.
A live broadcast from the American Corpus Christi, Texas, in the main event of which WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez (36-0, 24 KOs) will defend his title in a fight against undefeated Habib Ahmed (25-0-1, 17 KOs) of Ghana. In the same event the increasingly popular Filipino star IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas (28-1-1, 19 KOs) will defend the title against Mexican Israel Gonzalez (21-1, 8 KOs).
Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos took part in a press conference after their fight, which took place on February 3 in Sochi, and ended with a colorful TKO victory of the Russian in the final, 12th round. Dorticos did not hide his tears at the press conference, and Gassiev was traditionally modest and respectful.
In the very spectacular battle Murat Gassiev (26-0, 19 KOs) scored an TKO victory in the 12th round over the previously undefeated Yunier Dorticos (22-1, 21 KOs). Gassiev added WBA cruiserweight belt to his IBF title and went to the final of the World Boxing Super Series, where he will meet WBO/WBC title holder Oleksandr Usyk on May 11 in Saudi Arabia.
WBO/WBC champion Oleksandr Usyk arrived in Sochi, where tonight, on February 3, the second semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series will take place in the cruiserweight division in which two unbeaten world champions - Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos will meet. The winner of this fight on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will meet Usyk in the final of the Super Series for the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
The International Association of Amateur Boxing (AIBA) named Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak, world champion of 2017 at middleweights, the best adult boxer of 2017. The best woman boxer of the past year was the silver medalist of the Olympics-2016 Dutch Nahka Fontaine (75 kg). Russians Anastasia Shamonova and Nikita Piskunov received awards to the best young boxers of 2017.
A live broadcast of the boxing evening from Sochi, Russia, in the main event of which IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) will meet WBA champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) in the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series. The boxers start to enter the ring at 10 pm UK time.
The meeting of the IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) and WBA champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) on February 3 in Sochi is an excellent example of almost equal opponents, who are heavy punchers, and have approximately equal chances of winning, even from bookmakers' point of view. A small favorite of this meeting is Gassiev - 1.5, while Dortikos is not too obvious underdog - 2.6.
