Masternak lost every step up against the world class. If Dorticos has something left after the brutal beating he took from Gassiev, he will take Masternak out.
Would anyone honestly be surprised if it's close or dare I say it an upset occurs? I mean Dorticos took a hell of a beating last time out... The kind that can easily ruin or at the very least take something out of a fighter. Masternak has been competitive in every loss he's had(the Muller one not being a loss but one of the worst decisions in history of the sport). Personally I think he's an underrated dark horse at the weight. I'm picking Dorticos of course but just some food for thought.
This is another close fight that the bookies have wrong. The best win on both guys record is Kalenga. Dorticos just had a very bad loss so why is he the favorite? I'm betting on Masternak.
Bet on masternak if the value is there but if you ain’t got the power of a Gassiev or the movement to keep him resetting you ain’t gunna beat Dorticos like that.
Masternak's a good fighter and an underrated one as well. Two of his loses are SDs, one of which as UTF has explained was a scandalous robbery, and one of his other loses (against Bellew) would've been a draw if he'd won the last round. Only the excellent Drozd has beaten him convincingly and stopped him and that was in round 11 and he didn't go down it that one. In fact, I only recall seeing Masternak hit the canvas once and that was from a right hook counter against Sillakh. I do favour Dorticos to win though and via stoppage. But if it goes the distance I expect Masternak will likely win unless he suffers multiple KDs. One thing Masternak mentioned in the WBSS doc the other day is he's had a lot of problems with his spine throughout his career and even worse he had to adapt his style after the Bellew fight because he's had double vision ever since. Timestamped This content is protected
This. If Masternak has anything left he should easily outbox Dorticos, who I've never thought was that good to begin with.
Tabiti badly struggled with that undefeated russian who is far from being world level, lol he is even far from being russian level, he is not even top 5 russian cruiserweight, Tabiti should hurry up if he wants to do something in this tournament or if he wants to win a title