Murat Gassiev, the current WBA world heavyweight boxing champion, is set to defend his title against Germany’s Peter Kadiru in Moscow on July 11.
Gassiev won the secondary WBA ‘regular’ title last December when he beat Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev and is now the top heavyweight listed in the world body’s rankings after ‘super champion’ Oleksandr Usyk relinquished his belts and fragmented the division.
The 32-year-old Russian has a record of 33 wins and two defeats — one to Usyk in the cruiserweight division in 2018 — with one no contest. Kadiru, 29, has fought 24 times with one defeat.
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