Murat Gassiev (Iron) is a 31-year-old Russian professional boxer. He is a former cruiserweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. 13 years, 3 months, and 22 days into his career, Gassiev's record stands at 31-2, which includes 24 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Murat Gassiev was born in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia on October 12, 1993. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on September 21, 2011 against Roman Mirzoev. Gassiev defeated Mirzoev via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Gassiev became a world champion at the age of 23 after 24 professional fights. He challenged Denis Lebedev for the IBF cruiserweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round split decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the WBA cruiserweight world title as well.
Gassiev's latest fight was a 5th-round KO victory over Kem Ljungquist at age 31, on October 26, 2024.
Some of Murat Gassiev's best fights so far have been against Denis Lebedev, Yuniel Dorticos, Krzysztof Włodarczyk, Mike Balogun, and Nuri Seferi. For a complete list of Gassiev's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Murat Gassiev".
Gassiev has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Murat Gassiev Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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34 | Oct 26, 2024 | 31 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
33 | Sep 30, 2023 | 29 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
32 | Mar 03, 2023 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
31 | Aug 26, 2022 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
30 | Jul 22, 2021 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
29 | Oct 31, 2020 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
28 | Jul 21, 2018 | 24 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
27 | Feb 03, 2018 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 12 |
26 | Oct 21, 2017 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
25 | Dec 03, 2016 | 23 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
24 | May 17, 2016 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
23 | Dec 18, 2015 | 22 | ![]() | nc | NA
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22 | Jun 13, 2015 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
21 | Apr 17, 2015 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
20 | Jan 23, 2015 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
19 | Oct 31, 2014 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
18 | Aug 30, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
17 | Jun 25, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | RTD 1 |
16 | May 14, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Feb 01, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
14 | Dec 13, 2013 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
13 | Sep 13, 2013 | 19 | ![]() | win | RTD 3 |
12 | Jun 26, 2013 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
11 | May 26, 2013 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
10 | May 11, 2013 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
9 | Mar 16, 2013 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
8 | Nov 24, 2012 | 19 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
7 | Oct 13, 2012 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Jul 24, 2012 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
5 | May 31, 2012 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
4 | Apr 08, 2012 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
3 | Mar 16, 2012 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 4 |
2 | Nov 26, 2011 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Sep 21, 2011 | 17 | ![]() | win | UD 4 |
Murat Gassiev has won 2 world championships in two world-title fights at the cruiserweight weight division.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Won | Method | Round |
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1 |
Feb 03, 2018 | Yuniel Dorticos | Cruiserweight | WBA (Unified) | TKO | 12 |
2 |
Dec 03, 2016 | Denis Lebedev | Cruiserweight | IBF | SD | 12 |
Gassiev has successfully defended his cruiserweight world titles 2 times.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Defended | Method | Round |
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1 |
Feb 03, 2018 | Yuniel Dorticos | Cruiserweight | IBF | TKO | 12 |
2 |
Oct 21, 2017 | Krzysztof Włodarczyk | Cruiserweight | IBF | KO | 3 |
Gassiev has lost 2 world championships in 1 title-defense fight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Lost | Method | Round |
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1 |
Jul 21, 2018 | Oleksandr Usyk | Cruiserweight | WBA (Unified), IBF | UD | 12 |
Gassiev has unsuccessfully fought for 3 cruiserweight world championships in 1 world-title fight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | For | Method | Round |
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1 |
Jul 21, 2018 | Oleksandr Usyk | Cruiserweight | WBC, WBO, The Ring | UD | 12 |