Murat Gassiev

YiR: Updating the S8C Pound for Pound Top 25

January 8, 2019

Let’s see where we are now… The Set Up Remember, this is a pound for pound ranking. That means it is largely subjective. As long as an argument can be reasoned and understood by a […]

YiR: S8C Top 25 Pound for Pound Rankings – Age 25 & Under Edition

January 7, 2019

The Year in Review continues with a look at the top 25 Pound for Pound fighters age 25 and under in the sport. If you’re interested in how this changed since it was last done, […]

What does it all mean? Looking back on Usyk’s big win, HBO’s results, and updating the S8C Top 25 Rankings

July 25, 2018

Welcome to What Does It All Mean, the weekly column where we use the benefit of hindsight to review the in ring action from the weekend that was and update the S8C Top 25 Rankings. […]

Results: Oleksandr Usyk brings home the Ali Trophy and all four belts from Moscow

July 21, 2018

Oleksandr Usyk is now both your World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament winner and your undisputed cruiserweight champion. The Ukrainian easily outboxed Murat Gassiev on the road in Russia this afternoon Oleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 […]

S8C Quarterly P4P Rankings – Summer 2018

July 3, 2018

Welcome to the quarterly S8C pound for pound rankings. The divisional rankings are updated weekly, but I only touch the mythical pound for pound list once a season. This is the summer 2018 update and […]

Bookings: Parker v Jennings, WBSS finals, Beterbiev, Bivol, and more

May 31, 2018

While there are no major fights this week and few major news stories even to discuss, we still do have some fights being made or worked on to report. There is a tentative date for […]

News: Usyk v Bredis postponed, Pacquiao-Roach Drama, Hearn’s offer to Wilder, and more

April 17, 2018

It has been a pretty slow week for the sport in terms of important news outside of one major fight postponement, so let’s take a look at some of the drama and more gossipy type […]

S8C Top 25 Update: What do the cruiserweight rankings look like heading into the WBSS finale?

February 8, 2018

Murat Gassiev’s highly entertaining twelfth round finish of Yunier Dorticos to advance to meet Oleksandr Usyk in the tournament finals didn’t have a huge impact in the rankings, but it does set up an amazing […]

Results: Murat Gassiev advances by dominating Yunier Dorticos in Russia

February 3, 2018

The finals in the World Boxing Super Series are set. All four belts will be on the line for complete cruiserweight unification. Murat Gassiev advanced today with a dominant 12th round finish over Yunier Dorticos […]

Preview: Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos are set to go to war in the WBSS semifinals

February 1, 2018

As good as Oleksandr Usyk’s extremely narrow win over Mairis Briedis was on the other side of the bracket, this one might be better. Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos are action oriented fights with excellent […]