Russian boxer Murat Gassiev naturally has a powerful punch, which no longer passes into the heavyweight division, but is otherwise untrained. This opinion was shared with by the trainer of WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, Gennady Mashyanov.
On Saturday, Gassiev lost to Swede Otto Wallin by split decision. The heavyweight fight took place in Belek, Turkey.
– Without a doubt, Murat lost, there are no questions to ask the judges. Specifically, there is a question for the judge, who gave 117:111 in favor of Gassiev. And the other two judges fairly awarded it to the Swede.
— Analyze Gassiev’s actions. Basically, what was wrong?
— The question is not about tactics. After all, tactics depend on what kind of arsenal the boxer has. And Gassiev’s technical arsenal is so poor… You could say he’s a beggar. He cannot move or… He only has two strikes: one to the left or one to the right. Well, there is also a half-direct and half-lateral straight line. There is nothing else in the arsenal. How to build a battle on this? Yes, Mother Nature rewarded Murat with a powerful blow. But that’s all! In the first heavyweight there were smaller people and Gassiev, basically, solved problems by force. He found one or two moments and condemned people. And now at heavyweight people are holding on, the opponents have different data. And people calmly tolerate these blows from Gassiev, it doesn’t bother them. But Murat fails to beat his opponent.
And Wallin’s not that big. I’m not talking about the height (197 cm), but the mass of this Swede. Wallin is also far from a strong boxer. But even compared to him, Gassiev looked like a child. The Swede calmly “ate” even the fleeting blows. Although there weren’t really any free kicks in Gassiev’s performance that could have shocked Wallin. And that’s how we saw Murat execute a blow, a two, a clinch, a save. It’s a lack of training and base,” Mashyanov said in an interview with .
Former WBA and IBF cruiserweight champion Gassiev has 30 victories (23 by KO) and two defeats. Wallin has 26 victories (14 by KO) with a defeat in September 2019 against the current WBC champion, the Briton Tyson Fury.
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