Mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and former champion Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) will run it again tomorrow on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Their first struggle was ridiculously shut – so shut {that a} rematch was demanded by nearly everybody.
Combat one was a showcase of method and talent. Beterbiev pressed the struggle, whereas Bivol used wonderful footwork and hand velocity to offset his fellow Russian. Beterbiev upped the ante within the later rounds – Bivol hung robust, however the judges noticed Beterbiev the winner by scores of 116-112, 115-113, and 114-114.
The struggle may have gone both means.
Will it’s repeat or revenge?
Weigh-in outcomes:
WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF and Ring Journal light-heavyweight titles
Artur Beterbiev 175lbs
Dmitry Bivol 174.1lbs
Joseph Parker (267)
Martin Bakole (didn’t weigh in) Combat nonetheless on
WBO World Light-weight title
Shakur Stevenson 134.1lbs
Josh Padley 134lbs
WBC World Middleweight title
Carlos Adames 158.1lbs
Hamzah Sheeraz 159lbs
Vergil Ortiz Jr 153.1lbs
Israil Madrimov 152.1lbs
Zhilei Zhang 287.5lbs
Agit Kabayel 241lbs
Joshua Buatsi 175lbs
Callum Smith 174.1lbs