Former WBA and IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev faces tough Philadelphian Joey Dawejko in his heavyweight debut on July 29 at The College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
Gassiev has opted to make the move up in weight after fulfilling most of his goals at Cruiserweight, holding versions of the championship for 2 and a half years before running into the exceptional Oleksandr Usyk last July in the final of the WBSS.. Murat won the IBF title in 2016 from tough Denis Lebedev, then grabbed the WBA by stopping Yuniel Dorticos 14 moths later..
The Russian born Gassiev is now based in California and makes the move up after signing co-promotional deals with Matchroom USA, Ural Boxing Promotions and Florida based Warriors Boxing.
The 29 year old Dawejko is no push over, the short deceptive knockout artist will provide decent resistance to the ambitious Russian, having proven himself at a respectable level
having shared the ring with capable names, Charles Martin, Sergey Kuzmin, Bryant Jennings and Amir Mansour..
Joeys name was on the lips of many of the boxing world recently following Anthony Joshua’s upset defeat, having allegedly dropped the former champion in the weeks leading up to the disastrous loss.. The Dawejko fight will be Gassiev’s first appearance in over a year and should see the rugged Russian put in a convincing eye catching performance..
The bout will be broadcast live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
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