Muhammad Ali Cup semi-final fight schedule. Usik, Gassiev, Briedis and others. What is the World Boxing Super Series tournament? Nine months of boxing

The World Boxing Super Series 2017 has already begun! 16 of the best boxers from around the world will meet in the rings to compete for a mind-blowing trophy - the Muhammad Ali Cup! We advise you to study the schedule of fights of the World Series of Boxing, as well as the standings of knockout fights, and of course, we share information on where you can watch each fight live.

The World Boxing Super Series 2017 is an annual professional boxing tournament. The prize fund of the tournament is $50 million, and the winner will receive 4 belts and champion titles according to WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO.

The fight of the World Boxing Super Series will take place - 1/4 finals - in September-October 2017, 1/2 finals - in January-February 2018, final - May 2018. For now, we are watching the quarterfinal matches.

Participants in the boxing super series are represented by eight people in two weight categories - the first heavy weight (up to 90.7 kg) and the second middle weight (up to 76.2 kg).

Heavyweight participants:

Participants - super middleweights:

Schedule of fights in the World Boxing Super Series - date and time, as well as live broadcast of fights:

September 23, 6:00 local time: Dmitry Kudryashov - Yunier Dorticos, heavyweight The fight will take place in the USA, Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas. The broadcast was announced on the Match! channel. Time - 4:30 am on September 24, Sunday.

September 30: Mike Perez - Mairis Briedis, cruiserweight. The meeting will take place in Riga, at the Riga Arena of the same name. According to the Match! broadcast schedule, the meeting will take place at 00:00 local time. Time in Riga coincides with Moscow.

October 7: Chris Eubank - Avni Yildirim, super middleweight. The fight will take place in Stuttgart, Germany.

October 14: fight George Groves - Jamie Cox, second middleweight. The fight will take place in London, at the Wembley Arena.

October 21: Murat Gassiev - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, first heavy weight. The two heavyweights will meet in Newark, New Jersey, USA.

October 27: Jurgen Bremer - Rob Brant, super middleweight. Bremer and Brant will fight in the ring in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

It is reported that all fights for the Muhammad Ali Cup will be broadcast by the Match! TV channel. The poster will be updated in the future, the exact time of the super series fights will be published, taking into account Moscow time, as well as forecasts for the fights at “YuF”.

Results of the first fights of the World Boxing Super Series:

On September 9, a fight took place in Berlin between Ukrainian Alexander Usik and German Marco Huck in the first heavy weight category. The result is Usik’s victory in the 10th round: technical knockout. Hook leaves the tournament.

On September 16, a fight took place in Liverpool between Briton Callum Smith and Swede Erik Skoglund. The result is the victory of Calum Smith by decision of the judges.

According to the standings, Oleksandr Usik’s next opponent will be determined in a duel between Briedis and Perez, while Smith will get either Bremer or Brant.

The quarterfinal stage of the WBSS (World Boxing Super Series) tournament has ended, which determined the four boxers in the 1st heavyweight division who will determine the absolute leader of the division and the winner of the super prize in the form of a large cash reward and the “Mohammed Ali Cup”.

The ½ finals are scheduled for January-February 2018. Let's take a look at the list of remaining participants. There are four battles left behind, in which victories were won Alexander Usik, Murat Gassiev, Yunier Dorticos And Mairis Briedis.

Alexander Usik

Ukrainian world champion according to WBO Alexander Usik in September he fought against the German Marco Huck on his territory in Germany, and was able to demonstrate everything so that the audience understood that he was the No. 1 favorite in this tournament.

Usyk literally crushed his opponent by technical knockout in the 10th round, clearly dominating throughout the entire distance of the fight. Now, the Ukrainian will face a semi-final meeting with the WBC title holder Latvian Mairis Briedis.

Murat Gassiev

IBF world champion 24-year-old Russian Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) conducted the final fight of the quarterfinal stage on October 21 in Newark (New Jersey, USA), where he cleanly knocked out the Polish ring veteran with a blow to the liver without any problems Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-4-1, 37 KOs).

Together with Ukrainian Alexander Usik, Murat is also considered one of the favorites of the tournament. If both boxers perform successfully in their next fights, they will be able to determine the best cruiserweight fighter of today in a head-to-head bet.

In the semifinal match, Gassiev will fight against the formidable Cuban Yunier Dorticos, who in turn managed to upset another Russian in the quarterfinals - Dmitry Kudryashov.

Mairis Briedis

WBC champion Latvian Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) Before the tournament, he was considered one of the main candidates for victory. But, after his not very convincing victory on points over the championship outsider, Cuban Mike Perez (22-3-1, 14 KOs), who withered into the cruiserweight category from the super heavyweight category - Briedis faded into the background behind Usik and Gassiev.

Let us remind you once again that Briedis will fight Usik in the semifinals.

Yunier Dorticos

One of the main discoveries of the tournament was the undefeated Cuban knockout artist Junior Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs), who at the end of September in San Antonio (Texas, USA) very quickly dealt with the Russian Dmitry Kudryashov (21-2, 21 KOs) labeled himself as a "dark horse".

Dorticos will have to fight his semifinal fight with IBF champion Murat Gassiev, but now no one is putting the Cuban in the place of a clear underdog.

World Boxing Super Series: statistics calculation results

Yunier Dorticos who will meet with Murat Gassiev in the highly anticipated World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semi-final, averaged 26.5 punches per round in his knockout win over Dmitry Kudryashov. In total, Dorticos threw an average of 75 punches per round (20% higher than the CompuBox average), and 35% of them landed. Dorticos showed a balanced attack, landing 9.5 jabs per round (twice the CompuBox average) and landing 17 power punches per round (52.3%).

Murat Gassiev landed a countable number of punches in his knockout win over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, giving out only 35.7 per round, and Wlodarczyk - only 4 punches in 8 minutes of fight.

Alexander Usik who meets with Mairis Briedis in the other World Boxing Super Series semi-final, averaged 75.8 punches per round in his knockout win over Marco Huck. Usyk landed 6.7 jabs per round with a landing percentage of just 12.9%.

Briedis averaged 45.8 punches, but landed just 38.6% of them in his decision win over Mike Perez.

The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in May 2018, in accordance with an agreement signed in London between World Boxing Super Series organizer and owner Comosa AG and the Saudi Arabian General Sports Authority. The date and location of the final will be announced later.

The Muhammad Ali Trophy will be presented to the winner of the tournament at the final event of the first-ever season of the World Boxing Super Series, which has recently attracted increasing attention in 60 different countries since it began at the Gala Draw in Monaco in July.

Turki Al Alsheikh, President of the General Sports Authority stated:

“This agreement is part of our commitment and work to develop boxing in Saudi Arabia. The first final of such a high-profile tournament in Saudi Arabia will be a key development milestone for us and one of many major sporting events that will take place in our country next year.”

The first fights in the World Boxing Super Series took place in September, and four quarterfinals have already taken place. 2012 Olympic gold medalist and current WBO world champion Alexander Usik started the tournament by knocking out Marco Huck, himself a record-breaking world champion. This happened in the 10th round in Berlin.

WBA World Champion Yunier Dorticos defeated the holder of the first rating Dmitry Kudryashov with a sensational knockout in the second round in San Antonio. And finally, a hero who distinguished himself in his hometown, Mairis Briedis won on points against the Cuban Mike Perez in Riga, as a result of which he retained his WBC world title and reached the semi-final fight with Alexander Usik. Russian IBF world champion Murat Gassiev defeated former world champion from Poland Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Newark, New Jersey.

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IBF world boxing champion in the weight category up to 90.7 kg Murat Gassiev knocked out Cuban Yunier Dorticos in the 12th round and won the WBA title that belonged to him. The Russian made it to the final of the first season of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS): on May 11 in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) he will meet with the Ukrainian Alexander Usik, who watched the evening’s fights from the front row of the Bolshoi Ice Palace in the Adler Olympic Park.

Referee Eddie Claudio stopped the fight eight seconds before the end of the 12th round: in the last three minutes, Dorticos found himself on the canvas three times, and Gassiev’s final blow sent him over the ropes.

By the end, the Russian was in the lead on points on the cards of all three judges: 105-104, 106-103, 106-103.

The champion, who combined two titles, dedicated his victory to his brother, who celebrated his birthday on February 1.

“I want to say thank you to the Yunier team. They did a very serious job, he is a very strong boxer with a very hard punch.

It's a tough weight and you won't know who won until the last moment. This fight ended in my favor, but it could have ended in his.

I hope Dorticos is ok and no injuries. I hope he comes back and is even stronger. I hope this is just the beginning, and we will move forward together,” Gassiev said at the final press conference.

The Cuban could not hold back his tears at this event, believing that he had disappointed his fans. The moved Russian responded by presenting his defeated opponent with a WBA belt.

Abel Sanchez, Gassiev's star Mexican mentor, also had words to console the upset Dorticos.

“I don’t agree with Yunier, he didn’t disappoint anyone. His fans should be satisfied, he showed a great fight.

He showed what we were waiting for. Everything went according to our plan. I told Murat that sooner or later he would catch him. This is what happened, although in the first rounds Dorticos caused some damage,” the specialist noted.

The Cuban himself, who brutally knocked out another Russian Dmitry Kudryashov in the WBSS quarterfinals, expressed hope for a rematch with Gassiev.

“Murat is a strong fighter, we would like to fight him again. Thanks to Sochi for the wonderful reception, it was a great fight. It’s a tough loss, but I’ll be back,” Dorticos added.

His coach Eric Castanos agrees with his ward: the semi-finalist of the super series has not yet said the last word in professional boxing, despite a crushing defeat after 22 victories in a row.

“This is a very emotional fight, it’s very difficult to lose such fights. Still, I wanted to congratulate the whole team, they deserve it.

Dorticos showed his strength today and he will definitely return,” he stated.

After the fight, Usik entered the ring and arranged an unplanned duel of glances with Gassiev. After a short procedure, the boxers laughed and discussed something emotionally. In Jeddah, they will compete for the main trophy of the tournament - the Muhammad Ali Cup and a cash prize of $10 million.

The WBO and WBC title holder from Ukraine defeated Latvian Marijs Briedis on points in the semi-finals.

“Two guys who have dedicated their lives to boxing will show off all their skills. Two guys will delight their fans, it will be a great fight. I assure you,” Usyk said.

One of the key functionaries in Russian boxing, Andrei Ryabinsky, admitted that the semi-final match in Sochi made a great impression on him.

“One of the best fights I've seen in my life. Both are handsome. Awesome boxing,” he said. — Murat has gained a lot from a strategy point of view, Sanchez’s work is still visible, he is a great coach. A well-developed strategy: they let Dorticos go wild at first, Murat lost the first three or four rounds, but it was not in vain. The plan worked."

Gassiev will begin preparations for the fight with Usik in early spring, and his representatives have plans to achieve the holding of the final on Russian territory.

“We were all worried, the first rounds were difficult, something didn’t work out, but Murat didn’t miss any serious blows.

Maybe it was a tactic, I don’t know, he and Abel are building it together, and no one knows about it.

Now Murat will begin preparing for the fight with Usik in March. We are confident of victory,” summed up the winner’s manager Alexey Vasiliev.

An important fight took place in the preliminary program. Russian boxer of the same category Maxim Vlasov, not invited to the WBSS, defeated the famous Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodola by technical knockout: he refused to enter the 11th round. A bonus for the victor was the vacant WBS Silver title, which potentially opens the way to a meeting with the future absolute world champion.

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Worldwide The 2017 World Boxing Super Series has already begun! 16 of the best boxers from around the world will meet in the rings to compete for a mind-blowing trophy - the Muhammad Ali Cup! We advise you to study the schedule of fights of the World Series of Boxing, as well as the standings of knockout fights, and of course, we share information on where you can watch each fight live.

The World Boxing Super Series 2017 is an annual professional boxing tournament. The prize fund of the tournament is $50 million, and the winner will receive 4 belts and champion titles according to WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO.

The fight of the World Boxing Super Series will take place - ¼ finals - in September-October 2017, ½ finals - in January-February 2018, final - May 2018. For now, we are watching the quarterfinal matches.

Participants in the boxing super series are represented by eight people in two weight categories - the first heavy weight (up to 90.7 kg) and the second middle weight (up to 76.2 kg).

Heavyweight participants:

Participants - super middleweights:

Schedule of fights in the World Boxing Super Series - date and time, as well as live broadcast of fights:

23 September, 6:00 local time: Dmitry Kudryashov – Yunier Dorticos , first heavyweight The fight will take place in the USA, Alamodome, San Antonio, in Texas. Broadcast announced on the channel"Match!" . Time - 4:30 am on September 24, Sunday.

September 30th:Mike Perez – Mairis Briedis , first heavy weight. The meeting will take place in Riga, at the Riga Arena of the same name. WITH according to the “Match!” broadcast schedule , the meeting will take place at 00:00 local time. Time in Riga coincides with Moscow.

October 7th: Chris Eubank – Avni Yildirim , second middleweight. The fight will take place in Stuttgart, Germany.

October 14: fight George Groves – Jamie Cox , second middleweight. The fight will take place in London, at the Wembley Arena.

October 21:Murat Gassiev – Krzysztof Wlodarczyk , first heavy weight. The two heavyweights will meet in Newark, New Jersey, USA.

27th October: Jurgen Bremer – Rob Brant , second middleweight. Bremer and Brant will fight in the ring in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

9th of September in Berlin there was a fight between a Ukrainian Alexander Usik and German Marco Huck in the first heavy weight category. Result - #Casino Pobeda Usik in the 10th round: technical knockout. Hook leaves the tournament.

16 of September a battle took place in Liverpool Briton Callum Smith and Swede Erik Skoglund . Result - #Casino Pobeda Calum Smith by decision of the judges.

According to the standings, Oleksandr Usik’s next opponent will be determined in a duel between Briedis and Perez, while Smith will get either Bremer or Brant.