Nuri Seferi is defeated by knockout in the first round by Russian Murat Gassiev

Murat Gassiev while hitting Nuri Seferi with his right

 Albanian boxer from Gostivar Nuri Seferi has been defeated tonight by the Russian Murat Gassiev by knockout in the first round.

With less than 2 minutes before the finish of the first round, Gassiev managed to knock down Seferi with a powerful right. Although Seferi managed to get up, however, the judge assessed that he was not able to proceed further.

Heavyweight debut for Murat Gassiev (27-1, 20 KO's) is a quick one as he destroys Nuri Seferi (41-10) with a single shot for a TKO-1 victory - in a debut he waited 2 years for - in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Seferi hadn't been stopped since 2001 pic.twitter.com/zCmCrAGDok

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For Sefer, this was the 10th defeat in professional boxing, while during his career he has scored 41 victories. Meanwhile, for Gassiev this was the 27th victory in professional boxing.