Libyan Malik Zinad can be praised for his courage, but he created no competition for the Russian WBA champion. Dmitri Bivol . The former WBC cruiserweight champion shared this opinion with Grigori Drozd .
On Saturday in Riyadh, Bivol defeated Zinad by technical knockout in the sixth round and defended the WBA and IBO light heavyweight belts.
— Congratulations to the team and Dmitry himself on this brilliant victory. Reporters latched onto the story that Bivol didn’t stop fighting for six years. And now he has succeeded in doing it.
From the first seconds, the class was visible. No matter how courageous Malik Zinad showed, after the first round it was all over. Zinad took risks in the first segment and tried to show that he was not afraid of his opponent. But Dmitry cooled it in three minutes. And Malik Zinad withered. Too different levels in boxing IQ.
Everyone noticed Bivol’s form, he was charged every round. Physical fitness was very good. And after the fight it was announced that Dima will meet Artur Beterbiev in October. It’s great that this fight is happening this year. Back to Saturday’s fight… Bravo Zinad for daring to take on such a challenge, but we saw no competition. We are waiting for October,” Drozd told .
Bivol won all 23 fights in the professional ring; Zinad had 22 victories and one defeat.
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