Gassiev vs Welch

Who won Gassiev vs Welch?

Murat Gassiev beat Carlouse Welch by knockout in the 1st round on Friday 26th August 2022 in Belgrade.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Gassiev vs Welch stats

Back in August 2022, Murat Gassiev stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carlouse Welch made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Welch had advantage in power over Gassiev, with a 86% knock out percentage over Gassiev's 75%.

Murat Gassiev was the older man by 30 years, at 29 years old.

Gassiev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Welch.

Both Murat Gassiev & Carlouse Welch fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gassiev was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years earlier than Welch, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 78 more professional rounds, 152 to Welch's 74.

Gassiev vs Welch form

Murat Gassiev had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Michael Wallisch on 22nd July 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had beat Nuri Seferi on 31st October 2020 by technical knockout in the 1st round at WOW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Oleksandr Usyk on 21st July 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Cruiserweight, WBA Super World Cruiserweight, WBC World Cruiserweight and WBO World Cruiserweight championship fight at Olimpiyskiy, Moscow.

Before that, he had won against Yuniel Dorticos on 3rd February 2018 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their IBF World Cruiserweight and WBA Super World Cruiserweight championship fight at Bolshoy Ice Dome, Adler.

He had beat Krzysztof Wlodarczyk on 21st October 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Prudential Center, New Jersey, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Gassiev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

What time did Gassiev vs Welch start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Belgrade, Serbia, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Gassiev vs Welch?

Murat Gassiev was a 0/1 (-INF) favourite going into the contest, while Carlouse Welch made his way into the ring at 20/1 (+2000) with oddsmakers.