Yunier Dorticos vs. Murat Gassiev - 3 February 2018

[Ruthless-RKO]

Dorticos and Gassiev show a combined record of 46 wins 38 by KO and zero defeats. On paper, it seems that the winner of this fight has a wide chance of winning the tournament. However, in the other match Briedis and Usyk also seek their chance, with a combined record of 36 wins 29 by KO and zero defeats. Gassiev and Dorticos reach an impressive 82.6% in knockouts while Briedis and Usyk achieve 80%.

At the beginning of this tournament, few boxing fans gave Yunier Dorticos a chance. Today, he emerges as a serious contender to win the tournament. His impressive victory via KO in two rounds against Kudryashov gave Dorticos the favor of many fans.

There are still 3 fights to complete this tournament, Murat Gassiev remains the logical winner of the tournament. Others believe that Usyk defeat Briedis and the final could be a Gassiev-Usyk fight. Could an unexpected surprise arise from the hands of Briedis?

[jamamb]

who the f@ck wrote that? the winner will be the wide tournament favourite? gassiev is the logical tournament winner?

lol a hell of a lot more positive about these two then the article about the other fight is about those guys

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I.picked dorticos before the tourney and saw nothing to change my mind.

[jamamb]

think gasdiev will beat him tbh. not sold on dorts chin as hes been down, was kod in amateurs, and was obviously bothered by kalenga. gassiev took shots from lebedev like nothing and i think hell outlast dort. also think gassiev has tighter punch technique, though he is more one paced.

[Ruthless-RKO]

who the f@ck wrote that? the winner will be the wide tournament favourite? gassiev is the logical tournament winner?

lol a hell of a lot more positive about these two then the article about the other fight is about those guys

Yeh, it was a copy/paste job mate.. It does say 'on paper'.

[jamamb]

btw not giving dort much of a chance before the tournament but then giving him a big chance because he beat that overrated, recently knocked out sloth kudryashov is just stupid.kalengas better than kudryashov and much tougher.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I could see that if it's the first time somebody saw him fight. Which I think would account for the last majority.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Should be a very good scrap! I expect a KO.. Then week later, we have Usyk vs. Briedis.. I like back to back weeks on boxing. And it's all related.

[Oiky]

Should be tasty

I expect gassiev to stop dorticos

[Andrew]

I think Dorticos is knocking Gassiev out. Gassiev is a plodder with a ridiculous chin and power. Anyone putting Lebedev down can well and truly bang.

But the Lebedev fight was close a 115-112 or 114-113 fight. Gassiev shown he can be out boxed and easy to hit. I just think Dorticos is a more well rounded fighter.

Think this will be a barnstormer though.

[jamamb]

kalenga gave dort hell and hes a plodder with far less power and worse technique and chin than gassiev. and what about dorts chin?are you convinced in it?

winning over lebedev is far better than anything the cubans done.lol at going after gassiev cus he 'only' beat leb by those margins

[Andrew]

kalenga gave dorst hell and hes a plodder with far less power and worse technique than gassiev. and what about dorts chin?are you convinced in it?

winning over lebedev is far better than anything the cubans done.lol at going after gassiev cus he 'only' beat leb by those margins

Still unsure but he dealt with the biggest puncher in the division easy enough

[jamamb]

he hardly got hit because kud sucks.wow!durodola must be a beast too!he kod kud in 2 before dort did!

but eric fields put him on his ass and he had hell with kalenga, but you single out gassiev beating lebedev?its like ppl rate dorticos too highly now because he beat by far the worst fighter in the tournament

[SaadOffTheDeck]

If they do, you certainly balance it out by downgrading him Everytime he's mentioned and never mentioning that Denis had seen much better days.

[jamamb]

im just keeping it real. ppl act like theyve only ever seen the kud fight and then overrate that. leb had just unified and hadnt shown much if any decline.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Many of them probably only have seen that fight. That's not a criminal offense.

[jamamb]

sure aint

[Ruthless-RKO]

Let me just say.. i can't wait for this 1.. like I said.. i expect a knockout!

[DrDuke]

This fight is pretty hard to predict. Both of them are fast and hard-hitting. I just expect a good showdown.

[Ruthless-RKO]

A very even poll right now. Wonder who will come out on top. I think we're all agreeing it will not go the distance. The question now is, how many rounds does this go?

[Tanzio]

I (also) cannot see it going the distance. I am leaning toward Gassiev wearing him down and taking him out mid to late.

[Oiky]

Gassiev will stop dorticos

[jamamb]

seen the fight will prob be in russia. dorticos won on road in europe before when he came back from down on points to stop kalenga late.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I thought it would be USA. Both tend to figh there.

[Stuarty]

Leaning towards Gassiev slightly because from what I've seen he looks the more adaptable of the two but the only outcome that would surprise me is that if this goes the distance! Someone is gonna get hurt here man!

This fight and the other semi final are both top class! Great way to start the year!