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Russia\u2019s Murat Gassiev, centre, celebrates after defeating Germany\u2019s Peter Kadiru during a WBA Heavyweight world title boxing match as part of the IBA Pro 19 event in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July. 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Pavel Bednyakov)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

MOSCOW \u2014 Murat Gassiev marked the first defense of his WBA world heavyweight title by stopping Peter Kadiru in the sixth round Saturday.<\/p>

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Kadiru\u2019s corner threw in the towel after a sustained attack by the champion, who took his career record to 34-2.<\/p>\n

Gassiev was originally meant to face Tony Yoka for the WBA\u2019s secondary heavyweight crown but got an upgrade to the full title, and a new opponent, after unified champion Oleksandr Usyk vacated his belts<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

Yoka pulled out with a back injury and Kadiru (23-2), a German with a record of fighting largely unheralded opponents, was made a surprise replacement challenger at short notice.<\/p>\n

Gassiev has followed Usyk in holding titles at both cruiserweight and heavyweight.<\/p>\n

Usyk beat Gassiev in 2018 to take the two belts he held at the time and unify the cruiserweight division, before moving up to heavyweight a year later.<\/p>

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Nicknamed \u201cIron,\u201d Gassiev\u2019s career at heavyweight suffered a setback in 2023 with a loss to Otto Wallin, before he knocked out repeat title contender Kubrat Pulev in Dubai last year to win the WBA\u2019s \u201cregular\u201d title.<\/p>\n

At the age of 32, Russian fighter Gassiev could be a presence in the division for years to come.<\/p>\n

Kadiru was a surprise opponent, arguably best known for winning a Youth Olympics gold medal as a 17-year-old amateur in 2014. Of his 24 professional fights before Saturday, most were against obscure opponents and all but three were in Germany.<\/p>\n

The one previous loss on his record was a knockout in less than a minute against the similarly unheralded Marcos Antonio Aumada in 2022.<\/p>

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AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/sports<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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