Murat Gassiev (33-2, 26) was born in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia on October 12, 1993. At the age of 17 years on September 21, 2011, he made his professional boxing debut against Roman Mirzoev, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
On his 25th career fight at 23 years old, Gassiev became a cruiserweight world champion on December 3, 2016 after defeating Denis Lebedev via 12-round split decision to win the IBF title.
He then went on to become world champion at the heavyweight weight class as well, winning the WBA (Regular) title against Yuniel Dorticos via 12th-round TKO on February 3, 2018.
Gassiev's last fight was a heavyweight world-title fight against Kubrat Pulev for Pulev's WBA (Regular) title on December 12, 2025. He stopped Pulev via KO and was crowned the new heavyweight world champion. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
Some of Murat Gassiev's best fights have been against Denis Lebedev, Krzysztof Włodarczyk, Yuniel Dorticos, Mike Balogun, Kubrat Pulev, Nuri Seferi and Michael Wallisch. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Murat Gassiev".
Gassiev has 2 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Murat Gassiev Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36  | Dec 12, 2025 32 years, 2 months 33-2 (26) | 44 years, 7 months 32-3 (14) | HW | 6 | KO | Win Won WBA (Regular) |
35 | Aug 23, 2025 31 years, 10 months 32-2 (25) | Jeremiah Milton | HW | 7 | TKO | Win |
34 | Oct 26, 2024 31 years 31-2 (24) | Kem Ljungquist | HW | 5 | KO | Win |
33  | Sep 30, 2023 29 years, 11 months 30-2 (23) | 32 years, 10 months 25-1 (14) | HW | 12 | SD | Loss |
32  | Mar 3, 2023 29 years, 4 months 30-1 (23) | 39 years, 5 months 20-0 (16) | HW | 2 | KO | Win |
31 | Aug 26, 2022 28 years, 10 months 29-1 (22) | Carlouse Welch | HW | 1 | TKO | Win |
30  | Jul 22, 2021 27 years, 9 months 28-1 (21) | 35 years, 8 months 22-4 (15) | HW | 4 | TKO | Win |
29  | Oct 31, 2020 27 years 27-1 (20) | 43 years, 10 months 41-9 (23) | HW | 1 | TKO | Win |
28  | Jul 21, 2018 24 years, 9 months 26-1 (19) | 31 years, 6 months 14-0 (11) | CR | 12 | UD | Loss Lost WBA (Unified), IBF For WBC, WBO, The Ring Vacant |
27  | Feb 3, 2018 24 years, 3 months 26-0 (19) | 31 years, 10 months 22-0 (21) | CR | 12 | TKO | Win Won WBA (Unified) Defended IBF |
26  | Oct 21, 2017 24 years 25-0 (18) | 36 years, 1 month 53-3-1 (37) | CR | 3 | KO | Win Defended IBF |
25  | Dec 3, 2016 23 years, 1 months 24-0 (17) | 37 years, 3 months 29-1 (22) | CR | 12 | SD | Win Won IBF |
24 | May 17, 2016 22 years, 7 months 23-0 (17) | Jordan Shimmell | CR | 1 | KO | Win |
23 | Dec 18, 2015 22 years, 2 months 22-0 (16) | Isiah Thomas | CR | 3 | NC | NC |
22 | Jun 13, 2015 21 years, 8 months 22-0 (16) | Rodney Moore | CR | 2 | KO | Win |
21 | Apr 17, 2015 21 years, 6 months 21-0 (15) | Felix Cora Jr. | CR | 9 | TKO | Win |
20 | Jan 23, 2015 21 years, 3 months 20-0 (14) | Terrance Smith | CR | 4 | TKO | Win |
19 | Oct 31, 2014 21 years 19-0 (13) | Engin Karakaplan | CR | 1 | TKO | Win |
18 | Aug 30, 2014 20 years, 10 months 18-0 (12) | Leon Harth | CR | 4 | TKO | Win |
17 | Jun 25, 2014 20 years, 8 months 17-0 (11) | Daniil Peretyatko | CR | 1 | RTD | Win |
16 | May 14, 2014 20 years, 7 months 16-0 (10) | Giorgi Tevdorashvili | CR | 2 | TKO | Win |
15 | Feb 1, 2014 20 years, 3 months 15-0 (9) | Ismail Abdoul | CR | 12 | UD | Win |
14 | Dec 13, 2013 20 years, 2 months 14-0 (9) | Ivica Bacurin | CR | 10 | UD | Win |
13 | Sep 13, 2013 19 years, 11 months 13-0 (9) | Roman Mirzoev | CR | 3 | RTD | Win |
12 | Jun 26, 2013 19 years, 8 months 12-0 (8) | Levan Jomardashvili | CR | 2 | TKO | Win |
11 | May 26, 2013 19 years, 7 months 11-0 (7) | Igor Pylypenko | 4 | TKO | Win | |
10 | May 11, 2013 19 years, 6 months 10-0 (6) | Farruh Madaminov | 2 | KO | Win | |
9 | Mar 16, 2013 19 years, 5 months 9-0 (5) | Denis Solomko | 3 | TKO | Win | |
8 | Nov 24, 2012 19 years, 1 months 8-0 (4) | Ivan Serbin | 6 | UD | Win | |
7 | Oct 13, 2012 19 years 7-0 (4) | Ruslan Semenov | 3 | TKO | Win | |
6 | Jul 24, 2012 18 years, 9 months 6-0 (3) | Peter Hegyes | 2 | TKO | Win | |
5 | May 31, 2012 18 years, 7 months 5-0 (2) | Teymuraz Kekelidze | 1 | TKO | Win | |
4 | Apr 8, 2012 18 years, 5 months 4-0 (1) | Igor Pylypenko | 6 | UD | Win | |
3 | Mar 16, 2012 18 years, 5 months 3-0 (1) | Daniil Zakharenko | 4 | UD | Win | |
2 | Nov 26, 2011 18 years, 1 months 2-0 (1) | Vladimir Chuklin | 4 | TKO | Win | |
1 | Sep 21, 2011 17 years, 11 months 1-0 (0) | Roman Mirzoev | 4 | UD | Win |
