Comments Thread For: Murat Gassiev: After Usyk Fight - I'm Going To Heavyweight!

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IBF, WBA cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev is a few months away from the biggest fight of his career - but he has a bigger goal in mind. Last Saturday night in Sochi, Gassiev knocked out undefeated Cuban puncher Yunier Dorticos in the twelfth round to unify the WBA, IBF world titles - and in the process he reached the World Boxing Super Series finals.
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[PsychoPat]

Yes yes Gassiev you can do it mate! I'd like to see him do a sweet chin music on aj midfight

[_Rexy_]

hasn't Usyk made the same claim too? Could be interesting to see them rematch at HW

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

A lot of Cruserweights been saying this lol. It’s a good marketing tool for the fans. It means nothing until they actually do it. Wilder and Joshua probably brutally KO both

['b']

Do boxers get taller when they move up in weight or do they stay the same height? What about reach? I heard they punch a but harder too in some cases, but if the get taller as well that will make up for some of the height disadvantage.

[Evil_Meat]

Gassiev is going to be a force at cruiser. He will prob come in at ~225 lbs and be strong as ****. Very excited to see him at hw.

[Johnston]

Really don't see the point in rushing to heavyweight, he's still very young. If he has trouble getting to 200 I can understand, but he relies a lot on size and power and that's not gonna translate to hw. Rather see him defend the belts for awhile and gain some experience before he makes the move

[landotter]

Gassiev is going to be a force at cruiser. He will prob come in at ~225 lbs and be strong as ****. Very excited to see him at hw.

Yes, I am with you. I totally can see Gassiev make a very good HW. He is quick, talented, and powerful. He may lose a bit of hand speed at HW, but most fighters are slow in that class anyways.

An Usyk win may send him to 210+ as well, but I do not think his skills translate as well. He is a volume puncher and a skilled performer whose talents might be better moving down to Light Heavy. Not up. He is just not powerful enough naturally in my humble unimportant opinion.

[TheCell8]

He's 6'4, so he's got the height for HW.

[Califire209]

Nice vision and goal but keep that crap to yourself focus on the fight and reveal it after you win,, if you do..