South Ossetian professional boxer Murat Gassiev won the match with the champion of Croatia and the Adriatic Sea countries, the 28-year-old Croatian boxer Lubomir Lyubobich.
This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"The fight took place yesterday, July 24, in Montenegro. We were confident in the victory of the young, promising boxer, but Gassiev exceeded all our expectations "- said Slanov.
According to him, from the very beginning of the first round, a boxer from South Ossetia managed to take the lead.
"Gassiev gained an obvious advantage over his opponent by using his telling blows. And in the second minute of the second round he was able to deliver a powerful blow from below on the head of Lyubobich with his left hand, - continued the coach. - This attack has shocked the Croatian fighter; in addition, he has broken his nose. In this regard, seeing a bad state of Lyubobich, the referee decided to stop fighting."
Slanov added that the referees awarded the TKO victory to Gassiev.
"We, the coaches, and President of the South Ossetian Boxing Federation Zurab Kabisov, who had specially flown to Montenegro to "cheer " for the South Ossetian fighter, were very pleased with the performance of Gassiev", - said the coach of the athlete.
It should be noted that this is the sixth victory of the athlete from the Republic of South Ossetia out of his six fights in the professional ring.
Murat Gassiev is 18 years old. He made his debut in the professional ring in September 2011. He represents the Russian promotional company "Ural Boxing Promotion. Gassiev trains in the Tskhinval branch of the boxing club "Ariana" under the direction of the honored coach of South Ossetia and Russia Vitaly Slanov and master of sports Alexander Tedeev.
