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

[HanzGruber]

Dumb move. He has plenty of time

[Vlad_]

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.

[fourtheboys96]

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.

Gassiev is deceptively tall. I was surprised he was taller than Usyk who I believe is listed at 6'3".

I mean 6'3" is not tall at today's HW standard but it is a decent enough height.

[Boksfan]

Not enough power or size for heavyweight but good luck.

[BigZ44]

Sign me up for Gassiev vs Povetkin from Red Square with Mikhail Buferov in da house!

[JK Boxing]

Gassiev height is 6.3 and he is big muscular guy. I'm sure, he walks around 230lbs or more, so he can be very competitive at heavy weights ...

[sammybee]

Murat should fight Bellew if he wins his fight against Usyk.

[Andre_parker1]

he can make it as a heavyweight but the likes of Joshua and wilder might be too powerful for him but let's see,its a great addition to the dwindled heavyweight division

[Citizen Koba]

Dumb move. He has plenty of time

Dude's only 24 which means he's probably still filling out - hard as that may be to believe from looking at the fekker's neck. At 6'3.5" and built like tank I think his days of boiling down to 200 are numbered... a year or two at most I'd guess.

[Cutthroat]

He reminds me a lot of Arthur Abraham, style and build wise, very similar fighters, and just like Abraham I think he'll lose that big size advantage when he moves to HW.

I don't like how stationary his head is, Dorticos is like a really really really really really poor man's midget version of Wilder and he was landing quite a bit of punches, I see his head getting tee'd off on by someone with reach.