World champion according to WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight Arthur Beterbiev believes that it is not entirely fair that the British Callum Smith received the right to a title fight with him, despite the fact that he changed weight categories relatively recently.
On January 13 in Quebec, Beterbiev defeated Smith by seventh-round technical knockout and defended his championship belts. Beterbiev’s statistics are 20 early victories in 20 professional fights.
“I don’t want to minimize its merits.” But this man rose from second middleweight to light heavyweight, scored two victories and immediately got the chance to compete for three trophies. I don’t think that’s very fair. Even if it’s a very good opportunity for him. In fact, you have just moved to a new category and in the shortest possible time you have the opportunity to take everything. In my opinion, I have already crossed paths with more serious opponents than Smith. And largely because he spent most of his career in another division and only recently moved up,” Beterbiev told RT.
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