The first heavyweight ex-champion Murat Gassiev, is preparing to debut in the heavyweight on July 27 at the College Park Center in Arlington. His rival will be Joey Daveiko. The coach of Gassiev - Abel Sanchez, considers the best party for this, writes Ossetia News.
However, for the athlete, this fight is rather warm-up, before a really desired fight. Gassiev's team is waiting for revenge with Alexander Usik.
The final match will take place on June 9, at 17.00, at the central stadium named after Stepan Shaumyan in Stepanakert.
Our team will be confronted by the Western Armenia team, the press service of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism reports.
In the semifinal match, the footballers of Western Armenia beat the team of Abkhazia on penalties.
The final match of the tournament will take place on June 9th.
The South Ossetian national football team has reached the finals of the European Football Championship under the auspices of ConIFA, which takes place in the Artsakh Republic.
On Thursday, the South Ossetian team played for the right to reach the final with the national team Chameria.
The South Ossetian national team won 2-1 in the match against the team of Padania at the European Football Championship under the auspices of ConIFA - 2019, held in Artsakh Republic. The game was tense. In the first half, there were attempts by both teams to score a goal, but they failed.
The second half passed under the onslaught of the South Ossetian team. Already in the first half of the half-time, the South Ossetian footballer, 20-year-old Batraz Gurtsiev scored a goal against his opponents, later another goal came from our footballer Ibrahim Bazzaev.
Armwrestler of South Ossetia Soslan Gassiev became the silver medalist of the European Championship, which was held in the city of Loutraki (Greece).
As the coach of the athlete Valery Dzhioev noted, Gassiev had 12 bouts in the championship.
“He won an athlete from Georgia for reaching the semifinal, and won the European champion of last year David Daviktyan in a stubborn and very strong fight for reaching the final. In the final, he unfortunately lost the victory to his opponent,” the coach said.
The South Ossetian national team will take part in the European Championship, - said Sergei Zasseev, chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism, at a press conference. A press conference for South Ossetian journalists was devoted to this sports forum, and the head coach of the RSO national team Soslan Kochiev also answered questions from the media.
The European Championship is organized by the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA). It will be held in Nagorno-Karabakh from June 1 to 10.
The South Ossetian arm wrestlers held their first bouts at the European Championship, which is taking place in Greece, and won the first medals. More than a thousand participants from 30 countries of the world are performing at the competitions.
Arsen Khabalov, an athlete of the Tskhinval section of arm wrestling, ascended the highest podium of honor, he became the champion of Europe, - said the coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev.
Former IBF and WBA world champion in the first heavyweight Russian Murat Gassiev, most likely, will hold his first heavyweight fight on July 27, media reports referring to ESPN.
Gassiev will perform on the undercard of the tournament, which will lead the fight with the participation of WBO world junior welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. The venue and the opponent of the Russian boxer have not yet been determined.
The national team of South Ossetia in arm wrestling leaves on Monday for the European Championship in Greece.
As noted by the coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev in his interview with the IA Res, the team has included four strongest fighters: Soslan Gassiev, Arsen and Eduard Khabalov and Milena Doguzova.
“We have been preparing hard for these competitions and will do everything to take the first places. We are waiting for a great sporting event with the participation of the strongest arm wrestlers. The competition will be serious,” said the coach.
South Ossetiaт professional boxer Murat Gassiev has become the WBC world junior champion. The match took place in Chelyabinsk (Russia) within the frames of the International Festival of Martial Arts "For Russia».