Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-18, disappointing finish between Murat Gassiev and Isiah Thomas: we want to see a rematch.Both undefeated, the Russian Murat Gassiev entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 22-0-0 (16 KOs=73%) and he is ranked as the No.19 cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, the American Isiah Thomas, has an official record of 15-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. Gassiev has already fought three times in 2015 beating Rodney Moore in his last bout while Thomas has fought twice winning over Brad Austin and Jordan Shimmell. Gassiev vs Thomas is on the undercard of Rances Barthelemy vs Denis Shafikov. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-12-18
Where: Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Thomas’ next fight: Michael Hunter vs Isiah Thomas
Gassiev’s next fight: Murat Gassiev vs Jordan Shimmell
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Official video:
It was a nice fight with pretty bad finishing with an unsatisfactory result for the public and boxers involved. Hopefully, it will be a rematch. Thomas is pretty good, technically better than his opponent, with a nice jab but a mild one that frustrated the Russian boxer. He has also other good assets as the reach advantage, accuracy,and being a gifted southpaw. Anyhow, the Russian is all power.
nice fight . different styles. thomas a pure boxer gassier an aggressive fighter. looks to me thomas understands how to maximise his own style better than gassier knows how to maximise his.
ther is a major difference bertween a tapping right, and one that actually hits you with some force as shown by the Russian. Over more rounds the frustrating right of Thomas would be just that whereas the jab of the Russian was applied with force and I believe that it woukd have taken its toll on Thomas. From what I saw of the fight he would be lucky to have knocked any opponents out!