Former WBA regular champion, former WBC interim heavyweight champion and 2004 Olympic champion Alexander Povetkin in a conversation with , he admitted that he would support Dmitri Bivol in a duel with Artur Beterbiev but does not undertake to predict the winner.
Earlier, Beterbiev, 39, and Bivol, 33, spoke several times about their willingness to fight face-to-face. On Thursday, Bivol’s manager Vadim Kornilov told that the tentative date for the fight for the undisputed light heavyweight world champion in Saudi Arabia was June 1.
“It’s not for me to say how real this encounter is.” But Bivol and Beterbiev are two of the best boxers, and the fight between them is very interesting. It’s hard to say who will take it. But I will support Bivol, because I know him well. But I don’t know who will win. But that’s the beauty of this fight, there will be a meeting of styles,” Povetkin told .
Beterbiev’s statistics are 20 early victories in 20 professional fights. Bivol has 22 victories in 22 fights.
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