The fate of the battle of Usik-Gassiev will be determined by the judge

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Saturday, July 21, in the sports complex "Olimpiyskiy "in Moscow, will be the most boxing match of the year. The Ukrainian Oleksandr Usik, 31, and the Russian Murat Gassiev, 24, will compete in the World Boxing SuperSeries final in the first heavyweight of Mohammed Ali's trophy. Both have 40 victories in 40 battles. Usik won 14 fights at 11 KOs. Gassiev – 26, 19 KOs. Telecasting of the battle will be on the channel "Inter", the text will be gazeta.ua

Each rival has league titles in two major versions. The winner of the unifying battle will become the absolute champion of the world. Previously, there were three Americans with Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor and Terence Crawford in the four main belt owners

On the way to the final, the Ukrainian Crimea won the German knockout in the 10th round by the # Mark Hook and the decision of the majority of Latvian judges of Maurice Briedis. The Russian Ossetian eliminated Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in the third round of Poland, and the 12th, the Cuban Junior Dortikos

The final battle of superstition was originally scheduled to take place on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. However, in mid-April, Usik is injured at the elbow. The duel has been postponed. For two months, the fight for the right to take the final has continued. The battle was scheduled for July 21 in Moscow. Announced at the venue a little more than a month before that date. The Ukrainian team accepted a duel in the Russian Federation. Although he has already said that if the final is organized there, it will be without Usik.

Eight days before the final, the director of Alexander Usik Igiks Climmas expressed doubts about the fact that the fight will take place

. "Until the middle of the week, some issues remained unresolved, including financial.A team of Ukrainians has already arrived in Russia.Tuesday, Usik refused to open an exercise.It is n & # 39; 39 did not give an affirmative answer to the question of whether a fight would be fought or not.

The duel promises to be extremely interesting and tense.Two top athletes – really the strongest in the categories of weight – will be set up with radically different styles

Asik has reached all the tops of the amateur rings.This is technical, fast, ingenious, in series, with high intelligence boxing. Long distance, punish mistakes and, above all, not to miss.

Gassiev had virtually no amateur career, made his pro debut before the 18th birthday. physically, dominating Ukrainian in the f shock and accentuate. In the corner – one of the strongest coaches in the world, the Mexican Abel Sanchez.

Alexander Usik recently refused the services of his coach Serhiy Vatamanyuk – with him he stopped growing as a boxer. According to some reports, Anatoly Lomachenko, the father and trainer of one of the world's best boxers Vasyl Lomachenko, led him. This nuance equates the finalists' confrontation in a tactical sense.

Probably, the rivals will pass all the distance of 12 rounds, and the battle will be competitive and will close with a slight advantage of the Ukrainians. The winner will be judged by the winner. If they are objective, the welder must win. "Domestic" and commitment will favor Gassiev