Murat Gassiev vs. Yuniel Dorticos was a professional boxing match contested on 3 February 2018, for the WBA and IBF cruiserweight championship.

[1] Immediately after Gassiev's win over Włodarczyk in the last of the WBSS quarter finals, WBA "Regular" champion Yuniel Dorticos, who had stopped Dmitry Kudryashov in September, entered the ring.

"[2] On 29 October, Gassiev's trainer Abel Sanchez stated the fight could take place on 20 January 2018.

The last knockdown drove Dorticos through the ropes, forcing referee Eddie Claudio to end the bout at 2 minutes and 52 seconds.

[8][9] After Gassiev's victory, unified WBO and WBC cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (who had beaten Mairis Briedis the previous week) entered the ring and congratulated him, setting up the final of the tournament, set to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 11 May.