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Balogun did not like the power

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

Nice shot but was looking forward to afew rounds

watsupdoc87 wrote: ↑03 Mar 2023, 16:59 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.

He was just waiting for the count to be over.

Then shoots up.

Didn’t want that power.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Mar 2023, 11:06 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.

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