{"id":70184,"date":"2018-02-02T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70184"},"modified":"2018-02-02T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:59:58","slug":"murat-gassiev-yunier-dorticos-hit-the-scales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70184","title":{"rendered":"Murat Gassiev &#038; Yunier Dorticos Hit the Scales!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70184\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=70184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70185 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4e27b3ae-54c2-4f0e-af96-75eb66071a98-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>IBF World Champion Murat Gassiev (90,3 kg) (25-0, 18 KOs) and WBA World Champion Yunier Dorticos (90,7 kg) (22-0, 21 KOs) made weight ahead of Saturday\u2019s Ali Trophy semi-final at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank every who came to the weigh-in,\u201d said Gassiev. \u201cI don\u2019t feel any pressure at all. I am looking forward to fighting in front of my family, friends, and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stare down was intense, but that is normal. I see a future in the tournament after this fight. I will do my job.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Said Cuban Dorticos: \u201cI will end the fight before the fifth round. I will kick his ass in front of his own fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Saturday the Russian fans and boxing fanatics all over the world will learn what the \u2018KO Doctor\u2019 is about!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s winner will face Ukraine\u2019s Aleksandr Usyk in the final of the cruiserweight edition of the World Boxing Super Series. The final takes place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in May.<\/p>\n<p>27\/01\/2018 Cruiserweight Semi-Final:<br \/>\nAleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis (WBO World &amp; WBC World) &#8211; Usyk won MD<br \/>\nRiga Arena, Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n<p>03\/02\/18 Cruiserweight Semi-Final:<br \/>\nMurat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos (IBF World &amp; WBA World)<br \/>\nBolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi, Russia\u200b<\/p>\n<p>17\/02\/18 Super Middleweight Semi-Final:<br \/>\nGeorge Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr (WBA Super World &amp; IBO World)<br \/>\nManchester Arena, Manchester, UK<\/p>\n<p>24\/02\/18 Super Middleweight Semi-Final:<br \/>\nCallum Smith vs. Juergen Braehmer (WBC Diamond Belt)<br \/>\nArena N\u00fcrnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany<\/p>\n<p>WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES AT A GLANCE<br \/>\nNumber of participants: 16<br \/>\nNumber of belts: 7<br \/>\nNumber of world champions: 6<br \/>\nNumber of former world champions: 3<br \/>\nNumber of undefeated fighters: 9<br \/>\nCombined Record of participants (at start): 423 wins, 17 losses, 294 KOs<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_q-YtRVcZOw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBF World Champion Murat Gassiev (90,3 kg) (25-0, 18 KOs) and WBA World Champion Yunier Dorticos (90,7 kg) (22-0, 21 KOs) made weight ahead of Saturday\u2019s Ali Trophy semi-final at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi. \u201cI would like to thank every who came to the weigh-in,\u201d said Gassiev. \u201cI don\u2019t feel any pressure at all. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17688],"class_list":["post-70184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-murat-gassiev-yunier-dorticos-hit-the-scales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70184"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}