Murat Gassiev

Murat Gassiev is the kind of heavyweight I love watching precisely because he says so little and hits so hard. Born in Vladikavkaz, Russia, the 189cm puncher unified cruiserweight belts, holding the IBF and WBA titles, before stepping up and later claiming a version of the WBA heavyweight crown. His appeal is the slow, grinding damage of those body shots, the way he wears opponents down rather than dazzling them. He's a quiet, businesslike fighter, and somehow that stillness makes him more menacing. A boxer who lets his fists do all the talking is exactly the kind of throwback hardness I find genuinely compelling.

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Name (English)

Murat Gassiev

Name (Japanese)

ムラト・ガシエフ

Reading

むらと・がしえふ

Born

October 12, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Vladikavkaz, Russia

Height

189 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• IBF World Cruiserweight Champion
• WBA World Cruiserweight Champion
• WBA World Heavyweight Champion (secondary)
• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/murat_gassiev/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat%20Gassiev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24175433

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.