Yerevan, armenia, October 27, 2024 – it only sanctioned less than five rounds for Murat Gassiev to drop out his rival, previously invincible Danish boxer Kem Ljungquist on IBA Champions’ Night held in Yerevan, Armenie.
Gassiev took his record of 31 straight wins to his name with 24 knockouts. Ljungquist had 18 of his professional wins, and this was the first loss in his career.
‘I am very pleased that I could came back after my fight and win the fight, I am grateful to my team. That is why I expect to fight more often and entertain my fans with my bouts. According to experience, Scandinavian people are real Vikings who have thick skin. Ljungquist got lots of punches and although this did not seem to effect him, he continued to box. Specifically prior to this match we made some changes in the previous things we did, and we had excellent opponents. I think we were able to achieve what has been trained purpose throughout the training process. We will continue to progress and establish ourselves, and with any luck, start coming up with more victories. What’s next? It takes one week to prepare, then it is 2 weeks of no training at all for me, and then I went back to training. ‘Then I’ll get back to camp and wait for new offers,’ Gassiev stated.
The co-main bout of the evening saw Davit Chaloyan get a TKO win against his rival Taimoor Khan of Pakistan in just two rounds in the +92kg division.
The 86kg match of Armenia’s Rafayel Hovhannisyan against Georgia’s Otari Gogoberishvili was another local win with a 3-0 decision in favor of the Armenian boxer.
60kg pugilist Artur Bazeyan got another TKO when triumphed against Moldova’s Victor Vacula in the last of six rounds.
Armenian team suffered only one defeat 48kg category, where Baregham Harutunyan was defeated for three judges’ unanimous decision by Kyrgyzstan’s Anvarzhan Khodzhiev.
In the first bout, Russia’s David Dzukaev beat Uzbekistan’s Rakhmatullo Biymatov by unanimous decision.
The next IBA Champions’ Night is on 4 November 2016 in Samara, Russia with IBA Pro Welterweight World Champion title.
