The fight between professional boxers, a heavyweight Murat Gassiev -"Iron" " and an American Phil Williams will be held on January 23 in Los Angeles, told the news agency "Res" a coach of the athlete, honored coach of South Ossetia and Russia Vitaly Slanov.
According to him, Gassiev will fight a bout with a strong rival.
"Earlier it was assumed that Murat will box with another athlete - Cuban, but then the plans changed," - he explained.
Gassiev is a WBC youth world champion, the IBF European champion, the IBF Intercontinental champion.
Murat Gassiev is one of the most promising Russian professional boxers. He is 22 years old. On a professional ring he held 19 fights and won all of them.
Gassiev is trained by the renowned coach Abel Sanchez, under whose direction also trains one the best boxers in the world Gennady Golovkin.
The rival of the athlete Phil Williams (37 years) is left-hander. In professional boxing he held 23 fights. He had 14 wins, seven defeats and two fights ended in a draw.
