Prime Artur Beterbiev vs Murat Gassiev @ CW

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Who wins ?

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  1. Beterbiev

    43.9%
  2. Gassiev

    56.1%
  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  2. rusev

    rusev Active Member Full Member

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    Difficult fight for both , no idea who wins but i like to see it.
     
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  3. DramaShow

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    Prime Gassiev is too-big, too-strong.
     
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  4. Dangerwood84

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    Beterbiev : what he hits, he destroys.
     
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  5. Unique Way

    Unique Way Active Member Full Member

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    Gassiev. He took Lebedev's punches like they were nothing, he also took Dorticos punches well, while Beterbiev was down/hurt from light heavyweights
     
  6. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beterbiev beats any CW including Usyk. That's why Hearn ignore Beterbievs offer to fight Usyk when he was undispited champion
     
  7. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gassiev until I see Beterbiev batter someone that size.

    Gassiev was an enormous CW, hell he's not even small as a HW. Beterbiev for his tankish dimensions is most assuredly a LHW. All things are relative here.
     
  8. Inevitability

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    Beterbiev's chin isn't good enough
     
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    Beterbiev is better but i reckon if Gassiew unscrews thar left hook on him, beterbiev sleeps.
     
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    Hearn was never Usyk's promoter. Take your meds.
    Not true. He was only a couple of pounds heavier than Usyk.
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  11. BCS8

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    I voted Beterbiev because I think he's the better boxer but really, if Gassiev sent Beterbiev to the twilight zone I'd not be surprised in the least. Beterbiev likes mixing it up and Gassiev is bigger and probably hits a fair bit harder than him too.
     
  12. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gassiev is what 6'4, 6'5? By no stretch of the imagination is that a huge CW.

    Also, Usyk was a big CW as well
     
  13. UniversalPart

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    And too hairy
     
  14. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Beterbiev beat Dorticos, Usyk and Hunter as an amateur while being massively outweighed.

    He was never over 83kg as an amateur but competed at HW.
     
  15. senpai

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    He was Usyks co promoter and was handling his career with Bellew and other brits. Beterbiev was ignored and that's a fact.