President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev admitted that he was not happy after the official announcement of the fight for the title of absolute world light heavyweight champion between the Russians Dmitri Bivol And Artur Beterbiev .
The unification fight between WBA super lightweight champion Dmitry Bivol (22-0, 11 KO) and WBC, IBF and WBO champion Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KO) will take place on June 1 in Riyadh (Saudi Saudi Arabia). The fight was officially announced on Monday.
– Of course, my reaction to this fight is not very good, because I respect both Beterbiev and Bivol. I would like them to continue to win. But here it is still the strongest who must decide, I wish them both good luck, may the strongest win, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Kremlev’s words.
Beterbiev, 39, has 20 early victories in 20 fights. Bivol, 33, has 22 victories in 22 fights.
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