Heavyweight Otto Wallin of Sweden upset the odds and scored a minor surprise by edging ex-unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev of Russia over twelve razor-close rounds with a split decision in a fight that could have gone either way.
52-year former WBA cruiserweight king Firat Arslan (54-9-3) now has an opponent for his farewell fight on October 21 in Goeppingen (Germany) and it will be Bosnian Edin "Iron Puky" Puhalo (23-1, 22 KOs). At stake is the vacant WBA Gold title.
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Otto Wallin finally found another credible heavyweight willing to fight him. The Swedish southpaw told BoxingScene.com on Friday that he will face former unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev on September 30 in Antalya, Turkey. Their 12-round...
While it was announced today (August 8) that Robert Helenius will replace Dillian Whyte and fight Anthony Joshua on Saturday August 12, Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat reports that negotiations for the fight began Saturday morning before Helenius fought M...
Former unified cruiserweight world champion Murat Gassiev is scheduled to return to the ring on March 3 in Yerevan. Gassiev will face American heavyweight contender Mike Balogun in the main event of a card taking place at the Demirchyan Arena.
In a shocker, Maxim Vlasov, a two-time world title challenger, who had never ever been stopped before, was both stopped and announced his very unexpected retirement after the shocking upset loss to quite unheralded compatriot Dilmurod Satybaldiev on...
The process to secure an opponent for Filip Hrgovic is creeping closer to the one heavyweight on record who is willing to accept the assignment. BoxingScene.com has learned that former titlists Murat Gassiev and Andy Ruiz Jr. are the latest to dec...
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The IBF has doubled its pleasure in hopes of moving forward with a heavyweight fight to determine its next mandatory challenger. BoxingScene.com has learned that Murat Gassiev and Andy Ruiz Jr. were both offered an invitation by the New Jersey-based...
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