Murat Gassiev provides Derek Chisora shot at his WBA heavyweight title, if he beats Deontay Wilder

Murat Gassiev would welcome a struggle with Derek Chisora or Deontay Wilder.

Gassiev holds a WBA ‘common’ heavyweight title whereas Oleksandr Usyk, who beat the Russian of their 2018 cruiserweight conflict, is that sanctioning physique’s ‘tremendous’ or main world heavyweight champion.

Chisora and Wilder have lined up a heavyweight conflict in London for April 4, and Gassiev could be open to defending his belt in opposition to the victor.

“It’s a good fight. Before my last fight, at the weigh-in, I saw them face off. But I thought it was like a joke,” Gassiev informed the Toe2Toe podcast.

“Deontay, a few years in the past I sparred with him. He is an excellent man, nice individual, good fighter. He had good energy, a tough warrior and it is a good struggle.

“My opinion, I feel Derek wins this struggle by knockout. If after this struggle, he isn’t retired, why not? Or Deontay Wilder, if he wins. It does not matter.

“It’s just we need to find the best for all boxing fans.”

There are different British fighters that Gassiev would relish boxing, Fabio Wardley, the WBO champion, and Daniel Dubois amongst them.

“Fabio, he’s world champion, he’s one of the best heavyweights in the world right now,” Gassiev mirrored. “A unification fight is always an interesting fight.

“Proper now is an efficient time for UK boxing,” he continued. “Daniel, once more, an enormous title for boxing, a former heavyweight champion. You by no means know what’ll occur.”

He added: “I’d like to struggle Tyson Fury.

“Big showman, I like his style inside the ring, outside, a lot of respect for him.”

Although Gassiev famous: “Before a fight you have plan A, plan B, plan C, a lot of game plans. But when you take some punches, everything changes. One punch can change all.

“With any opponent I attempt to do my greatest and do every thing to win.”