Comments Thread For: Murat Gassiev Could Make Heavyweight Debut in June

[Dempsey19]

You don't have be 250 to be successful! Just look at Wilder! I'm not sure he's been over 225 in his last 2 fights! Glad to see the HW division growing!

He hasn’t even been 215.

Heck in his last fight he wasn’t even 210 !

[Citizen Koba]

Big mistake. he could rule the light heavy for years, now that Usyk moved up. He was the 2nd best.. bad move.

Cruiser. And Gassiev's a young dude still - at 25 he's still filling out and the guy's a damn tank already. Reckon he's gonna be struggling to boil down to 200 before long if he ain't yet.

Problem he got, big though he is, he ain't gonna have the size or strength to outslug the dudes at HW but he hasn't got the mobility and speed to beat 'em that way either.

Mind you - what else is he supposed to do?

[Citizen Koba]

GGG card maybe, but Vlasov moving down to 175 is the most interesting thing here to me after he basically skipped that weight class to go to 200 and had a lot of success there. Very curious to see how he looks at LHW

Gaunt, I would imagine.

Seriously though it's a mystery to me how he was still making 168 (or rather 170ish) 4 years ago and the cut only gets harder. I'm curious too, but won't be at all surprised if we see him back at Cruiser after a coupla fights.

[Ray*]

Am shocked he is moving up, i understand the money is better at HW but with Usyk going to HW and all the belts now vacant i would have expect Gassiev to try and win them all. He is very young too (25). He can always move up at 27/28 years old.

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Eh I don't see him ever being a force, would love to be wrong though

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Finally! I've been wondering about when this guy would return. Looking forward to seeing what he can do at heavyweight although I do wish he'd done a little more at cruiser. He could reign supreme with Usyk gone imo. But they all go to heavy eventually. He's got youth on his side for sure...

[MulaKO]

Definitely would of liked him at Cruiserweight
Don’t think he has enough power , and once he bulks up don’t see him being agile as he can be
Lots of time for him to move up

[j0zef]

I like watching Gassiev box, he's entertaining. Wish him lucky at HW.

[LetOutTheCage]

Am shocked he is moving up, i understand the money is better at HW but with Usyk going to HW and all the belts now vacant i would have expect Gassiev to try and win them all. He is very young too (25). He can always move up at 27/28 years old.

Yeah, same. He could be champ his current weight for a while, seems a bit rushed to move up to heavy, especially given his age.

[Laligalaliga]

Hez an amazing guy to watch especially his left upper cut and straight right.
Beautiful combinations.
Let's see how he does in HW.