On September 30, 2023, a 29-year-old Murat Gassiev (30-1, 23 KOs) and a 32-year-old Swedish boxer Otto Wallin (25-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Gassiev came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days. Wallin was on a 5-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 3 days.
Otto Wallin defeated Murat Gassiev via split decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight. Wallin improves his record to 26-1, while Gassiev adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On July 21, 2018, the 24-year-old WBA (Unified) and IBF cruiserweight champion, Murat Gassiev (26-0, 19 KOs), and the 31-year-old WBC and WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Gassiev came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 18 days. Usyk was on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Murat Gassiev via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Unified), IBF, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed cruiserweight world champion. Usyk improves his record to 15-0, while Gassiev adds a loss to his record at 26-1.