July 11th in Russia the 2 will face one another for the WBA title.
Glad Yoka has been given this opportunity although this is in Moscow.
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Yoka gets knocked out.
expect tony to be ranked in the wba’s top 15 in their next update, strange moses went really quite after calling out kubrat pulev when he held the belt
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like clockwork the wba moves tony into #14
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You called it. How did you know?
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they had to if tony was going to be sanctioned to fight for their belt
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Gassiev is by no means overlooking Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Yoka.
“I watched the Olympic Games, [when] he won the gold medal,” Gassiev added.
"He is a big fighter with good boxing skills.
"This is a very very hard fight for me. He beat the best fighters in the world as an amateur.
"He is a warrior and he is coming to beat me, so I am ready for this…
“Right now, all I care about is this fight.”
Gassiev was ready and willing to take on Itauma next, the Brit opted to go another route.
“[In February] I said, 'Ok, let’s talk,” Gassiev told talkSPORT.com of his failed negotiations with Itauma’s team.
"Some negotiations, some talks, some promoters, managers, teams, no problem, just give me the location, time, date, and let’s fight.
"But it’s boxing - this is a serious business. Maybe it’s not the perfect time for this fight right now.
"Maybe after we will fight, or maybe next year.
"Moses has a good team, a good promoter, a good manager, and a good coach.
" [I think] his team makes this fight [with Hrgovic] because it is the best for him right now, because he’s young, maybe he doesn’t have the experience.
“Maybe for his career this fight with Hrgovic is perfect.”
Thought we’d see Moses v Gassiev right off for some reason, but this should be a smash job for him at this point. Either way it’s a ‘regular’ wba version so it needs to be sorted out quick. Division feels like it’s still full of guys waiting around for someone else to move.
Glad to see Joe Joyce back but this is a challenge against an unbeaten Russian in Russia. Hope he has something left to pull off this upset.