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This duel would have been one of the best clashes in the history of boxing. The Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and the Russian Murat Gassiiev were to offer the Moscow audience an unforgettable spectacle. Usyk on the way to the final defeated Marco Hucka and Mairisa Briedis, in turn Gasijew Krzysztof Włodarczyk and Yunier Dorticos
The winner had to leave the ring with four championship belts in the junior heavy category (90.7 kg) – and in professional boxing, which is extremely rare. Usyk, 31, defended the unified WBO and WBC titles in the WBSS semifinal, and the Gasijew IBF and WBA belts under 25, also combined in the last match.
The first towers belonged to Usyka, more active and more violent. They did not seem to make much impression on Gasijew, calmly waiting to counter the rival. In the fourth round, the Russian hit hard the opponent, but at the last moment Usyk managed to clinch and survive the final gong.
Gasijew clearly sought a blow to end the fight, but the boxing technique of the Ukrainian boxer and his great work on his feet Quietly survive the next rounds, and even take the initiative, using the fatigue of Russian.
Gasijew tried to hit the opponent with a violent blow from his right hand, he also tried to hit the body, but for each attack, Usyk responded. Finally, after twelve rounds, they scored 120-108, 119-109, 119-109. This can be described in one word: pogrom
What next? After unification of all the titles in the junior heavyweight category, he did not want to explicitly declare if he would win the trophies and go to the heavyweight. On the other hand, the Ukrainian announced that he would face Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KO), who mentioned earlier the fight against the WBSS tournament winner.
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