Russian heavyweight, 2021 world champion Marc Petrovski in a conversation with , he said that it would be more interesting for him to see a meeting between his compatriot Murat Gassiev and Anthony Joshua, rather than a fight between the Briton and Swede Otto Wallin.
Joshua, a former WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion, will meet Wallin, ranked second in the IBF rankings (Joshua is third), on December 23 in Saudi Arabia. In late September in Türkiye, Wallin defeated Gassiev by split decision. The Swede has 26 victories with his only defeat against the British Tyson Fury in the fall of 2019. Joshua has 26 victories and three defeats, including two against Alexander Usik. Joshua “closed out” these losses with two victories over Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.
— When I saw the announcement of this fight, I thought: what an opportunity Murat Gassiev had. Imagine, Murat Gassiev versus Anthony Joshua. And against Otto Wallin… I think Joshua should win. I would be more interested in watching the Murat Gassiev-Joshua fight than the Wallin-Joshua encounter. Stylistically, it would be more interesting.
– Don’t you think that the fight with Gassiev might not be interesting for Joshua?
— He agreed with Wallin. Maybe I don’t understand some political aspects, but we believe that sport goes beyond politics. I think it would be possible to organize this fight,” Petrovsky, who will meet Australian Lucas Browne at the IBA Night of Champions tournament on December 9 in Dubai, told .
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