2016 Olympic champion, and now professional heavyweight boxer Yevgeny Tishchenko told that Swede Otto Wallin could have a chance to win a fight against Russian Murat Gassiev if he can hold on until the later rounds.
The fight will take place on September 30 in Belek, Turkey. The stakes of the meeting will be the WBA intercontinental heavyweight belt, owned by the Russian.
— Gassiev vs. Wallin is a very interesting matchup for me that I will definitely watch. Wallin has been in some big fights before – he boxed competitively with Fury, winning against Dominic Breazeale. Wallin can be called an experienced boxer. It will be interesting, especially if Gassiev does not win in the first rounds. But in the later stages it will be interesting to observe, first of all, Murat, his form and how he covers the entire distance (the last time Gassiev played 12 rounds was in July 2018 against Alexander Usik – .) My preferences on Gassiev’s side because of his punching power, but if the fight drags on, then Wallin will have a chance.
— Wallin boxed Fury in September 2019, and you were precisely in the Briton’s camp in preparation for this confrontation…
– Yes, I was in Fury’s camp during his preparation for Wallin. But at that point I didn’t even know who he was preparing for and who Wallin was. And Fury simply took the Europeans into his camp. There was me, a Dane and a Welshman. Fury just prepared, trained a lot, went 12 rounds, and it wasn’t that difficult for him. In general, I won’t tell you anything special about Wallin’s specific preparations,” Tishchenko told .
Former WBA and IBF cruiserweight champion Gassiev has 30 victories (23 by KO) and one defeat. The Russian has been competing in the heavyweight division since the fall of 2020 and has earned four debut victories during that time. During his last fight in March in Yerevan, the 29-year-old boxer eliminated the American Mike Balogun in the second round. Wallin has 25 victories (14 by KO) with a defeat in September 2019 against the current WBC champion, Briton Tyson Fury. After this fight, the Swede won five consecutive victories.
Gassiev is currently ranked 11th in the IBF and WBA heavyweight rankings. Wallin is ranked in the top 15 by the WBC (#11), WBO (#9) and IBF (#10). In the rankings of the BoxRec portal, Gassiev ranks 15th among all heavyweights, Wallin 30th.
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