And yet meaningless. The only ratings that matter are the ones that are going to get him to a title shot.
1) Breidis has domnated the crusiers. 2) Usyk and Gassiev have been injured. 3) None of it is relevant. A lot of Holy's greatness came out of a bottle. Really that simple, and it is time to face it.
Gassiev was promising. Had it. His KO over Dorticos was a fantastic finish. But the Usyk fight was bad for him. Since then he has fought 1 cab driver. Put him up against someone like Frank Sanchez, see where he is at
Way too small imo. Usyk has a large frame and doesn't look massively undersized in this division. Gassiev will look tiny against the big heavies.
No, Google some pics of him standing next to Kkitschko. He doesn't look small at all. https://images.app.goo.gl/4nagkYqyUaDHm5rw5
Gassiev is 6'3½'' and weighed 230½lbs for his last fight. He's a tank but his optimal weight is probably about 220 This content is protected This content is protected
If Gassiev is 6'3 and a half that makes Usyk 6'4 and a half. There's no way he's that tall. I'd estimate 6'1, maybe 6'2 at a push. He won't be the shortest guy in the division but he's going to be one of the smallest.
There’s no way on God’s green earth that Gassiev is that tall. I’m a shade under 6’4” myself and weigh around 230lbs and I’m a lot leaner built than him. With his thickset frame at his billed height he should weigh something like 250-260lbs. Usyk who himself is 6’2”-something is noticeably taller than him.
That's his listed height which easily could be incorrect I'd say he's definitely 6'2'' though and at 230lbs of brick excrement house and hitting hard enough to punch holes in castle walls he's more than big enough to do serious damage to even the giants of the division. He has a short reach for the division but so does Povetkin who has the most spectacular KO HL reel at the weight. This content is protected This content is protected
It’s kinda like with Dubois recently who was being advertised as this 6’6” titan but when he faced off with a true big man in Joe Joyce we all saw how small and short he really was.
Yeah they have similar dimensions but Sasha has a much better boxing brain imho which is what enabled him to smash his bigger foes. Gassiev is still surprisingly young though so maybe he hasn’t quite reached his ceiling yet. We’ll see.
