His rival will be American Joey Daveiko.
The debut fight of Russian boxer Murat Gassiev in heavyweight against American Joey Daveiko is planned for October, TASS reports citing the Secretary General of the Boxing Federation of Russia Umar Kremlev.
The duel between Gassiev and Daveiko was supposed to take place in the United States at the end of July, but the Russian was injured.
“We met with Murat. As he said, his fight is planned for October. The opponent is the same. Their fight was simply postponed,” Kremlev said.
In total, the former World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion in the first heavyweight, a 25-year-old Gassiev won 26 victories (19 by KO) and one defeat.
