WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev does not give a great chance to his compatriot, IBF champion Murat Gassiev to reach the finals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS). October 21 Gassiev figured out Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in three rounds and went to the semifinals, where he will meet with the WBA champion Yunier Dorticos.
IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev after a knockout victory over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk admitted that his main goal is to unite all belts in his division. If everything goes according to plan, then an undefeated Russian will seriously consider the possibility of switching to heavyweights.
In the fourth and final quarterfinal of the World boxing super series in the cruiserweight divisio undefeated IBF champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) successfully defended his title via spectacular knockout victory in the third round over former world champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-4- 1, 37 KOs) in the main event of the evening at the arena of the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
A live broadcast of the boxing event from the arena of the Prudens Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, in the main event of which IBF champion Murat Gassiyev (24-0, 17 KOs) will defend his title in a fight against former world champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53- 3-1, 37 KOs). This duel will also be a quarterfinal of the World Boxing Super Series, and the winner will face WBA champion Yunier Dorticos early next year.
If you want to buy the original Rocky Balboa sculpture from "Rocky III, it's not for sale. But the backup statue is about to hit the auction block. The artist behind the piece, A. Thomas Schomberg, made two versions of the iconic sculpture for the 1982 flick and #1 was used in the movie and #2 was a backup in case anything bad happened.
Silver Olympic Games medalist of Rio Briton Joe Joyce made his professional debut via TKO victory. October 20 in London, Jones stopped the experienced Ian Lewison (12-4-1, 8 KOs) in the eighth round. Lewison’s corner threw in a towel when their ward began to miss the blow after blow and was on the verge of knock out.
The result of weigh-in for Sunday’s world title tripleheader in Tokyo was as follows:
Middleweight Dmitri Mitrofanov will hold its debut fight in the professional ring on October 27 in the suburbs of Chicago, in the town of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA. The opponent of the Ukrainian for the 6-round fight is unbeaten American Brandon Maddox (7-0, 5 KOs).
Former world heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev talks about his return to the ring and wants to fight in winter. Maskaev’s last fight happed in 2013, after which he took a break in his career due to injury. As the sportsman himself reported earlier, he healed the back injury and is ready to return to the ring.
Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says that he will give his best in the most important fight in his career against the Ukrainian WBO super featherweight champion Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs).
