Belgrade, Serbia. In the main event of the show, Russian heavyweight (over 90.7 kg) Murat Gassiev (29-1, 22 KOs) decided to try again to restart his career, which had stalled back in 2018 after losing to Alexander Usik in the final superseries.
For this purpose, he was brought a frank sack fighter, and also an old one – 42-year-old veteran from the USA Carlows Welch (21-3-1, 18 KOs), who made a nice record with victories over sacks in Colombia and Panama.
But there is nothing surprising in this, since it was a show from the cycle “Fight Club Ren TV”and even not without the participation of a local odious promoter Vladimir Khryunov. The product was served to the fans under a patriotic-political sauce, and therefore the “Russian hero” was obliged to beat the American quickly and confidently. And so that everything does not accidentally happen the other way around, a veteran bag fighter was chosen as an opponent.
It’s funny that at the same time, the commentators did not say a word to the fans about the age and level of Welch’s opposition. Well, OK…
By “duel”…
For 75 seconds, the fighters slowly shifted from foot to foot, and then Gassiev threw a right hook and hit. Welch fell, with great difficulty got to his feet, but there was no question of continuing the fight.
Gassiev KO 1. A great victory!