It's finally landed. Now, only injuries can prevent this glorious encounter... https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/wba-approves-pulev-vs-gassiev-winner-must-face-itauma
Prediction: GASsiev is going to GAS out and PULev is gonna PULL himself up by the bootstraps to become the NEW and only FECARBOX champion from Bulgaria!!! Gooooooooooaaaaaaaallllll!
This is the type of fight you watch when you didn't plan on watching boxing that day but had some free time, log onto ESB, see that there's a RBR, turn it on on whatever weird one-production-then-collapse outfit is broadcasting it, immediately realize there's a reason you weren't going to watch this fight, and watch it anyway.
WBA regular world title, I think Gassiev will win. But I also think the winner of this fight could then face Itauma, who I think will beat Franklin quite comfortably. Itauma is the number 1 in the WBA ranking (Wardley is the interim champion).
I hope Charr and Fres Oquendo get into the ring afterwards and some how have an injunction for the winner to fight both
The absolute king names of me reading a thread title with them in it and assuming it was an accidental bump but being wrong.
The thing about the WBA regular heavyweight belt is that the mandatory isn't decided in an eliminator or box off, it's decided in a court of law!
Because Gassiev is experienced and hits like a mule. They wouldn't want a road accident and destroy the hype about Itauma.