WBA light heavyweight champion trainer Dmitry Bivol Gennady Mashyanov told that the Russian boxer’s next fight is scheduled for April.
Bivol, thanks to his victories over the Mexicans Saul Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez, has been recognized as the best boxer by many publications and organizations, including the WBA. Moreover, the Russian was named the best by pundits. Bivol has 21 victories in the professional ring.
– Who would you like to see Bivol’s next opponent?
– It’s not up to me or Dima depends. Of course, I wanted to unify the belts, but Artur Baterbiev has a fight at the beginning of the year (January 28 in London with Anthony Yarde), so he will need a break. And we don’t want to wait for anyone. We are planning a fight sometime in April. Moreover, Canelo wants a rematch in September. And the light heavyweight unification bout only adds up at the end of the year. If you manage to negotiate with Canelo at 76 kg, where he is the absolute champion, then it will be very good.
There are names for April… For example, Joshua Buatsi, Callum Smith. Maybe someone else. But it will be a pure title defense. Yes, these guys are high in the ratings. They are worthy opponents, you need to prepare seriously.
Source : MatchTV
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