The fight for the title of absolute world light heavyweight champion between the Russians Dmitry Bivol And Artur Beterbiev will be discussed for the winter, and now Beterbiev will meet the mandatory challenger according to British WBC Callum Smith. About this “” said Bivol manager Vadim Kornilov.
Bivol has 21 wins in the professional ring (11 by knockout). In November last year, the Russian beat Mexican Gilberto Ramirez, and before that in May, Saul Alvarez. Beterbiev, 38, has 19 first wins in 19 fights in the professional ring. In his last fight, the Russian knocked out British WBO mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde in September, then the WBC ordered Beterbiev to face another boxer from the UK, Callum Smith.
– Now Beterbiev’s team has won the auction and Arthur will have to fight WBC mandatory challenger Callum Smith. As far as I know, this fight will take place in July-August. And after that… The option of a fight between Dmitry and Artur will be discussed again, but for the winter. And, in my opinion, this fight will be more feasible by then. Now Dmitry is keeping fit, we don’t have a strong rush,” Kornilov told .
Watch live broadcasts of boxing tournaments on the federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. Now the men’s world championship is held in Tashkent, which is broadcast in full on “Match! Fighter”.
Source : MatchTV
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