World Super Series of Boxing fight schedule. Boxer Gassiev reached the final of the World Boxing Super Series
World Boxing Super Series: statistics calculation results
Yunier Dorticos who will meet with Murat Gassiev in the highly anticipated World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semi-final, averaged 26.5 punches per round in his knockout win over Dmitry Kudryashov. In total, Dorticos threw an average of 75 punches per round (20% higher than the CompuBox average), and 35% of them landed. Dorticos showed a balanced attack, landing 9.5 jabs per round (twice the CompuBox average) and landing 17 power punches per round (52.3%).
Murat Gassiev landed a countable number of punches in his knockout win over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, giving out only 35.7 per round, and Wlodarczyk - only 4 punches in 8 minutes of fight.
Alexander Usik who meets with Mairis Briedis in the other World Boxing Super Series semi-final, averaged 75.8 punches per round in his knockout win over Marco Huck. Usyk landed 6.7 jabs per round with a landing percentage of just 12.9%.
Briedis averaged 45.8 punches, but landed just 38.6% of them in his decision win over Mike Perez.
The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in May 2018, in accordance with an agreement signed in London between World Boxing Super Series organizer and owner Comosa AG and the Saudi Arabian General Sports Authority. The date and location of the final will be announced later.
The Muhammad Ali Trophy will be presented to the winner of the tournament at the final event of the first-ever season of the World Boxing Super Series, which has recently attracted increasing attention in 60 different countries since it began at the Gala Draw in Monaco in July.
Turki Al Alsheikh, President of the General Sports Authority stated:
“This agreement is part of our commitment and work to develop boxing in Saudi Arabia. The first final of such a high-profile tournament in Saudi Arabia will be a key development milestone for us and one of many major sporting events that will take place in our country next year.”
The first fights in the World Boxing Super Series took place in September, and four quarterfinals have already taken place. 2012 Olympic gold medalist and current WBO world champion Alexander Usik started the tournament by knocking out Marco Huck, himself a record-breaking world champion. This happened in the 10th round in Berlin.
WBA World Champion Yunier Dorticos defeated the holder of the first rating Dmitry Kudryashov with a sensational knockout in the second round in San Antonio. And finally, a hero who distinguished himself in his hometown, Mairis Briedis won on points against the Cuban Mike Perez in Riga, as a result of which he retained his WBC world title and reached the semi-final fight with Alexander Usik. Russian IBF world champion Murat Gassiev defeated former world champion from Poland Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Newark, New Jersey.
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from Alexander Kolesnikov
The World Boxing Super Series is a new word in the art of promotion. The authors of the idea are the famous German promoter Kalle Saurland and his American partner Richard Shafer.
We can perhaps say that the WBSS is a kind of analogue of the football Champions League, in which the strongest clubs on the planet sort things out on a regular basis and for good money. Something like a global unification event that will somewhat streamline the chaos reigning in the world of boxing. After all, trying to figure out the number and quality of champions in the main professional versions (WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF), the devil himself will break his leg.
The starting WBSS season involves competition in two categories: the first heavy weight (up to 90.7 kg) and the second middle weight (up to 76.4 kg). And then we will see.
The total prize fund of the super series is $50 million. The winners, in addition to the championship belts stipulated by the regulations of each fight in one of the main versions, will receive a special trophy: the Muhammad Ali Cup.
Who and how?
The tournament format is as simple as possible. In each of the two weight categories, 8 boxers are entered, divided into 2 groups (“seeded” and “unseeded”). The “seeded”, that is, potential favorites, have the right to choose an opponent from the “unseeded” group.
The winners of the quarterfinal pairs advance to the 1/2 finals, the winners of the semifinals meet in the decisive match. Thus, the first season of WBSS consists of 14 fights (7 in each category).
First heavy weight. “Seeded”: Murat Gassiev (Russia), Mairis Briedis (Latvia), Yunier Dorticos (Cuba), Alexander Usik (Ukraine). “Unseeded”: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland), Mike Perez (Cuba), Dmitry Kudryashov (Russia), Marco Huck (Germany).
Second average weight. “Seeded”: George Groves, Chris Eubank, Callum Smith (all - Great Britain), Jurgen Bremer (Germany). Unseeded: Jamie Cox (Great Britain), Avni Yildirim (Turkey), Erik Skoglund (Sweden), Rob Brunt (USA).
Where and when?
A complete and final schedule of super series fights in nature does not yet exist, but it is known that 7 of them will take place in Europe, 7 in the USA. Quarterfinals are scheduled for September and October 2017.
First heavyweight
On September 9, Alexander Usik (12 fights in the professional ring - 12 wins) and Marco Huck (40 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw) meet in Berlin. The WBO world title will also be up for grabs in this fight.
September 23, San Antonio, USA. Junior Dorticos (21-0) - Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1). WBA world title fight.
September 30, Riga, Latvia. Mairis Briedis (22-0) - Mike Perez (22-2-1). WBC world title fight.
October 21, USA. Murat Gassiev (24-0) - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-3-1). IBF world title fight.
Second average weight:
September 16, Liverpool, UK. Callum Smith (22-0) - Erik Skoglund (26-0). The fight for the special WBC Diamond belt.
October 7, Stuttgart, Germany. Chris Eubank (25-1) - Avni Yildirim (16-0). The fight for the IBO world title.
October 14, London, UK. George Groves (26-3) - Jamie Cox (23-0). The fight for the WBA Super world title.
Date not determined. Germany. Jurgen Bremer (48-3) - Rob Brant (22-0).
Semifinal fights will take place in January-February 2018, the finals are tentatively scheduled for May. The exact dates and locations of the battles will be determined later.
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Russia is represented in the new tournament by two athletes. Both of them compete in the prestigious heavy category and both, according to experts, are quite capable of claiming the final victory.
Murat Gassiev, current IBF world champion:
“I’m very excited because this tournament provides an opportunity to become a unified champion. I'm ready for this moment and looking forward to winning. I think I was the first boxer to sign a contract to participate in this tournament. I immediately agreed. The opponent doesn't matter to me, I'm going to win this competition, so I'm ready for any challenge.
“The outcome of the draw turned out normal, in my opinion,” he believes manager of Dmitry Kudryashov(he is the holder of the WBC Silver championship belt) Vadim Kornilov.— The most important thing is that Dmitry got the opportunity to box for the world title. This is what he wanted. Kudryashov has a great chance of winning the Super Series.
Worldwide The 2017 World Boxing Super Series has already begun! 16 of the best boxers from around the world will meet in the rings to compete for a mind-blowing trophy - the Muhammad Ali Cup! We advise you to study the schedule of fights of the World Series of Boxing, as well as the standings of knockout fights, and of course, we share information on where you can watch each fight live.
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The World Boxing Super Series 2017 is an annual professional boxing tournament. The prize fund of the tournament is $50 million, and the winner will receive 4 belts and champion titles according to WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO.
The fight of the World Boxing Super Series will take place - ¼ finals - in September-October 2017, ½ finals - in January-February 2018, final - May 2018. For now, we are watching the quarterfinal matches.
Participants in the boxing super series are represented by eight people in two weight categories - the first heavy weight (up to 90.7 kg) and the second middle weight (up to 76.2 kg).
Heavyweight participants:
Participants - super middleweights:
Schedule of fights in the World Boxing Super Series - date and time, as well as live broadcast of fights:
23 September, 6:00 local time: Dmitry Kudryashov – Yunier Dorticos , first heavyweight The fight will take place in the USA, Alamodome, San Antonio, in Texas. Broadcast announced on the channel"Match!" . Time - 4:30 am on September 24, Sunday.
September 30th:Mike Perez – Mairis Briedis , first heavy weight. The meeting will take place in Riga, at the Riga Arena of the same name. WITH according to the “Match!” broadcast schedule , the meeting will take place at 00:00 local time. Time in Riga coincides with Moscow.
October 7th: Chris Eubank – Avni Yildirim , second middleweight. The fight will take place in Stuttgart, Germany.
October 14: fight George Groves – Jamie Cox , second middleweight. The fight will take place in London, at the Wembley Arena.
October 21:Murat Gassiev – Krzysztof Wlodarczyk , first heavy weight. The two heavyweights will meet in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
27th October: Jurgen Bremer – Rob Brant , second middleweight. Bremer and Brant will fight in the ring in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
It is reported that all fights for the Muhammad Ali Cup will be broadcast by the Match! TV channel. The poster will be updated in the future, the exact time of the super series fights will be published, taking into account Moscow time, as well as forecasts for the fights on “YuF”.
9th of September in Berlin there was a fight between a Ukrainian Alexander Usik and German Marco Huck in the first heavy weight category. Result - #Casino Pobeda Usik in the 10th round: technical knockout. Hook leaves the tournament.
16 of September a battle took place in Liverpool Briton Callum Smith and Swede Erik Skoglund . Result - #Casino Pobeda Calum Smith by decision of the judges.
According to the standings, Oleksandr Usik’s next opponent will be determined in a duel between Briedis and Perez, while Smith will get either Bremer or Brant.
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The World Boxing Super Series - the competition for the Muhammad Ali Cup has reached the semi-finals. What will the magnificent eight semi-finalists demonstrate in 2018? We publish the schedule of all WBSS fights - when, where, what time.
The winner of the World Boxing Super Series will become the owner of 50 million dollars (this is the amount of the tournament prize fund), the most valuable trophy - the Muhammad Ali Cup, and will also take possession of the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF belts.
We present the semi-finalists of the Boxing Super Series 2018 and the schedule of upcoming fights:
January 27, 23:30 Moscow time. Fight Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KO) – Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KO), fight in the first heavyweight division. The fight will also be a title fight: Briedis will defend his WBC title, and Usyk will make his fourth defense of his WBO title. The meeting will take place on the territory of Briedis – in Riga. Broadcast on TV channel "Match!". Let us remind you that Briedis reached the semi-finals, beating in September 2017 Mike Perez, and Usyk had previously successfully defeated Marco Huck.
February 3, 22:00 Moscow time. Fight Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KO) – Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KO), first heavy weight. One of the most anticipated meetings for the Russian public. The fight will take place in Sochi, during the international boxing forum. Gassiev made his way to the ½ finals, passing Krzysztof Wlodarczyk last October, and Dorticos beat the Russian Dmitry Kudryashov.
February 17, 00:00 Moscow time. Fight George Groves (27-3, 20 KO) – Chris Eubank Jr. (26-1, 20 KO), second middleweight. The rivals will meet in the UK, at the Manchester Arena. Earlier, Groves reached the semi-finals by punching Jamie Cox in October 2017, and sent Eubank back to Turkey Avni Yildirim soon after it.
February 24, time will be announced later. Fight Callum Smith (23-0, 17 KO) – Jurgen Bremer (49-3, 35 KO), second middleweight. The last meeting of the ½ finals, when the remaining finalists will already be known. Smith and Bremer will fight in the ring in Nuremberg, Germany. Bremer advanced further in the tournament, sending the young Rob Brant back to the States, and Smith sent Erik Skoglund to the buffet.
The quarterfinal stage of the WBSS (World Boxing Super Series) tournament has ended, which determined the four boxers in the 1st heavyweight division who will determine the absolute leader of the division and the winner of the super prize in the form of a large cash reward and the “Mohammed Ali Cup”.
The ½ finals are scheduled for January-February 2018. Let's take a look at the list of remaining participants. There are four battles left behind, in which victories were won Alexander Usik, Murat Gassiev, Yunier Dorticos And Mairis Briedis.
Alexander Usik
Ukrainian world champion according to WBO Alexander Usik in September he fought against the German Marco Huck on his territory in Germany, and was able to demonstrate everything so that the audience understood that he was the No. 1 favorite in this tournament.
Usyk literally crushed his opponent by technical knockout in the 10th round, clearly dominating throughout the entire distance of the fight. Now, the Ukrainian will face a semi-final meeting with the WBC title holder Latvian Mairis Briedis.
Murat Gassiev
IBF world champion 24-year-old Russian Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) conducted the final fight of the quarterfinal stage on October 21 in Newark (New Jersey, USA), where he cleanly knocked out the Polish ring veteran with a blow to the liver without any problems Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-4-1, 37 KOs).
Together with Ukrainian Alexander Usik, Murat is also considered one of the favorites of the tournament. If both boxers perform successfully in their next fights, they will be able to determine the best cruiserweight fighter of today in a head-to-head bet.
In the semifinal match, Gassiev will fight against the formidable Cuban Yunier Dorticos, who in turn managed to upset another Russian in the quarterfinals - Dmitry Kudryashov.
Mairis Briedis
WBC champion Latvian Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) Before the tournament, he was considered one of the main candidates for victory. But, after his not very convincing victory on points over the championship outsider, Cuban Mike Perez (22-3-1, 14 KOs), who withered into the cruiserweight category from the super heavyweight category - Briedis faded into the background behind Usik and Gassiev.
Let us remind you once again that Briedis will fight Usik in the semifinals.
Yunier Dorticos
One of the main discoveries of the tournament was the undefeated Cuban knockout artist Junior Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs), who at the end of September in San Antonio (Texas, USA) very quickly dealt with the Russian Dmitry Kudryashov (21-2, 21 KOs) labeled himself as a "dark horse".
Dorticos will have to fight his semifinal fight with IBF champion Murat Gassiev, but now no one is putting the Cuban in the place of a clear underdog.
