WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitri Bivol in an interview with , he expressed hope that professional boxing fights will soon be seen as a confrontation between individuals, and not between the states they represent.
Bivol has 22 victories in the professional ring. The boxer has made 11 successful defenses of the WBA light heavyweight belt since 2017. Currently, organizers from Saudi Arabia are negotiating to organize a fight between Bivol and another Russian champion, WBC, WBO, IBF, Artur Beterbiev.
— Many are skeptical about the confrontation between the two Russians, but think in context: “Is there no one else to beat?”
— I really want sport and boxing… not to be a confrontation between countries, but a confrontation of personalities, of characters, of styles. It’s not amateur sport or the Olympic Games, it’s professional sport. And here, it’s one person’s professionalism versus another’s professionalism. I want it to be seen that way, so that it is not divided into nations. I want everyone to be able to find something in a boxer that they like personally: a style, a character trait. And not just because of the principle of the country he represents. I would like it to be a little more in-depth,” Bivol said in an interview with .
Beterbiev has 20 stoppage victories in 20 professional fights.
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Source : MatchTV
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