Murat Gassiev vs. Mike Balogun - March 3, 2023

[joshj909]

Balogun did not like the power

[DrDuke]

Another first decent punch of the fight ended the contest. The dreadful opposition.

[watsupdoc87]

Nice shot but was looking forward to afew rounds

[joshj909]

Nice shot but was looking forward to afew rounds

That's what Gassiev needs in order to find out what he can do at this weight. A big, durable heavyweight. Someone like Rice.

[Ruthless-RKO]

He was just waiting for the count to be over.

Then shoots up.

Didn’t want that power.

[gregregegg]

I was so excited for Gassiev to go to heavyweight after the usyk loss. he has wasted nearly 5 years, but if he makes moves now he can have a legit run at heavyweight.

I want to see him in with wilder, parker, ruiz, joyce, whyte ect... but in order to get that i guess he probably needs to chin an efe or otto or bakolie...

what he really needs is a governing body to back him and put him in eliminators. im guessing this win puts him top 15 WBA?

[margaret thatcher]

would like to see gass vs joe parker, wallin, ajagba,

rice would be good if he's looking for some rounds before a step to that level. basically gass's 3 fights of his hw campaign, the guy is ko'd as soon as he starts throwing punches

[margaret thatcher]

btw, gass still had abs and definition at 238. more cut than a lot of career hws. joe parker around the same weight and height is more soft for example. these guys coming up from cruiser arent even that small

[funso banjo baby]

Looked like a good right, but really poor performance by balogun

[Las Vegas boxing guy]

Here (below) is the full card from Yerevan, Armenia. Main Event starts at the 3:07.00 mark.

[steve689]

I don't say this lightly but Balogun flunked that fight. I'm getting a fix vibe. Not even joking.

[margaret thatcher]

i dont think it was a fix, i think he just got hit with a good shot, didn't like it, and kept himself down voluntarily, more a lack of heart than anything. he'd never boxed near that level before and was prob shocked by the power

gassiev would have no rreason to arrange a fix with a guy that overmatched

[Ruthless-RKO]

BoxRec have changed Gassiev’s nationality to Armenia. Am I mistaken? Was it always Armenia?

[Las Vegas boxing guy]

BoxRec have changed Gassiev’s nationality to Armenia. Am I mistaken? Was it always Armenia?

Professional boxer Murad Gassiev acquires Armenian citizenship
https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/01/profe ... tizenship/

“I hope that in the near future you will also fight as a representative of Armenia and raise the Armenian flag as a winner,” said Karen Giloyan. Gassiev, in turn, confirmed the possibility of entering the ring under the flag of Armenia in the future.

[goose 5]

Thanks for that link-was looking for it. Imo, not a dive-he quit.