Two-time Olympic boxing champion Oleg Saitov, in a conversation with , expressed hope that the Russian’s fight Murata Gassieva and the Swede Otto Wallin will last more than one or two 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. For Gassiev, this fight will be the fifth in the heavyweight division, the Russian had already won ahead of schedule and his longest fight lasted three and a half rounds.
— I don’t know much about Murat’s opponent, but I hope this fight will be interesting. When Gassiev enters the ring, it is always the strength, power, energy and beauty of boxing. Yes, the last fights were like that… Everything ended very quickly, but I would have liked the opponents to be a little stronger. I hope now we will watch more than one round,” Saitov 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.
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