Kubrat Pulev vs Murat Gassiev headlines on DAZN
In an enormous boxing double-header, combat followers will be capable of witness true fifty-fifty fights in a showcase of elite novice {and professional} boxing stay on DAZN.
Followers can tune in to Friday’s IBA Professional 13 card, topped by the WBA World Heavyweight title showdown between defending champion Kubrat Pulev and challenger Murat Gassiev, from 2pm GMT on Twelfth December; adopted by Saturday’s IBA 2025 Males’s World Boxing Championship Finals from 1:30pm GMT on Thirteenth December.
Umar Kremlev, IBA President, mentioned: “The IBA 2025 Males’s World Boxing Championships have been a convincing success, and to have the finals proven stay on DAZN is testomony to the tireless work and dedication of each the competing athletes and the IBA crew. IBA is not only a boxing organisation, it’s a household that appears after its personal – from the grassroots of the amateurs to the best ranges of the skilled code. Our record-breaking prize-pool has attracted the world’s best worldwide expertise to Dubai, and it offers me nice pleasure to companion with DAZN and have our spectacular finals showcased all over the world.”
Al Siesta, Director Basic of IBA Professional, mentioned: “I’m proud to ship the historic WBA Heavyweight championship bout between Kubrat Pulev and Murat Gassiev to IBA Professional 13. This broadcast partnership with DAZN additional solidifies our place as business leaders – reinforcing our dedication to offering well-matched, aggressive bouts to followers all over the world, with out the necessity for pay-per-view. Pulev and Gassiev are each able to placed on a present for DAZN’s subscribers, whereas a number of of our undercard bouts have the potential to steal the present. Anticipate fireplace from Dubai – the IBA Professional means!”
Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs), enters the bout on the again of a three-fight win streak, together with a dominant resolution win to seize the WBA crown in opposition to Manuel Charr in December 2024. The 44-year-old veteran combines a stellar novice pedigree with a longtime skilled ledger, having shared the ring with fashionable giants Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua. Recognized for his thudding jab, superior ring IQ and granite chin, Pulev’s technical fashion and 6’4” body make him a risk for anybody within the division.
His opponent, Russian power-puncher Murat Gassiev boasts a fearsome 32-2 file with 25 KOs and a knockout price over 78%. A former unified IBF and WBA World Cruiserweight champion, ‘Iron’ rose to prominence within the inaugural World Boxing Tremendous Collection in 2018 with a collection of dazzling knockouts, together with his demolition of Cuban danger-man Yuniel Dorticos and Polish warhorse Krzysztof Wlodarczyk.
Since shifting to heavyweight in 2019, the 32-year-old has racked up a number of eye-catching stoppage wins; together with a fifth-round KO of Kem Ljungquist in 2024 and a current TKO over American Jeremiah Milton in August. A brutal body-puncher with dynamite in each fists, the 6’3” wrecking ball now has his sights set on turning into the primary Russian heavyweight champion since Alexander Povetkin, who held the identical WBA title between 2011 and 2013.
Elsewhere on the stacked IBA Professional 13 card, a collection of tantalising championship bouts additional reinforces promoter Al Siesta’s imaginative and prescient of delivering compelling, fifty-fifty match-ups. Britain’s Maxi Hughes (29-7-2, 6 KOs) faces undefeated Tajik expertise Bakhodur Usmonov (11-0, 5 KOs) in an eliminator for the WBA World Light-weight title, whereas reigning IBO World Welterweight champion Tulani Mbenge (22-2, 16 KOs) defends his title in opposition to undefeated Vadim Musaev (13-0, 8 KOs).
The IBA 2025 Males’s World Boxing Championships has seen over 400 boxers from 108 nations enter the competitors over a two-week event, in a bid to assert a share of the record-breaking $8.32 million prize pool.
The unprecedented prize-pool might be break up between athletes, coaches and Nationwide Federations in a bid to reward the complete ecosystem behind the game – and additional assist and incentivise grass roots participation. Gold medallists in every weight class will obtain $300,000, Silver medallists earn $150,000, Bronze medallists taking residence $75,000 and fourth and fifth-place finishers securing $10,000. Every prize might be break up, with 50% allotted on to the boxer, 25% to their coach and 25% to the Nationwide Federation.
The event options standout novice boxers together with two-time Olympic Gold medallist Hassanboy Dusmatov, two-time Olympic Gold medallist, Julio La Cruz, and Olympic Gold medallist Abdumalik Khalokov – who’re all set to succeed in the televised finals stay on DAZN.
IBA Professional 13 and Epic Sports activities & Leisure, with assist from the Dubai Sports activities Council alongside the finals of the IBA 2025 Males’s World Boxing Championships will broadcast from Twelfth-Thirteenth December stay on DAZN.
