Pulev wins easily by comfortable decision. Gassiev is too slow at heavyweight which we saw against Wallin.
He re-injured himself. A lot of his post-Usyk career has been defined by injuries. He appeared healthy in his last fight, and Pulev was never exactly fleet of foot himself. I like Gassiev, but it will all depend of health and the shape he comes in.
The younger Pulev could win by decision, but this is a fight that I'm not really sure who could win...
I never figured it out, what kind of injuries did Gassiev suffer at Cruiser and later at heavyweight. But he is not that big of a guy to be slow at heavyweight ? Is he showing up overweight ? He was young vs Usyk and should have been an easy transition to heavyweight, big puncher and great chin. Pulev is ancient at this point and will not be able to take punches from someone like Gassiev, pointless fight.
He threw out his left shoulder and broken his right arm. Not sure subsequent to that. The years have not been kind.
pulev jabs him to a decision. the blueprint is out there to beat gassiev a long time ago. Even older pulev is a above him in terms off skills by a mile
The fight of the top gatekeepers really. Both are solid fighters but at best are weak contenders. I don't know how much Pulev has left in the tank as he is pretty old but I think his style is too tricky for Gassiev so I'm heading towards a tight Pulev points win here.
Gassiev decapitates the old man and puts him out of his misery. Pulev has nothing to keep Gassiev off of him, and isn't his traditional kryptonite, which are southpaws. Yeah, the jab will be problematic at first, but as we saw, even Charr was able to get inside and work him over at times. So will Gassiev, and Pulev won't be able to soak that kind of punishment up.
