Trainer of the WBA and IBO light heavyweight champion Dmitri Bivol Gennady Mashyanov in an interview with said that the Russian boxer and his compatriot Artur Beterbiev are neutral towards each other.
The fight for the title of absolute light heavyweight world champion between the undefeated Bivol and Beterbiev will take place on October 12 in Saudi Arabia. Bivol has 23 victories in his career and holds the IBO and WBA light heavyweight belts. Beterbiev has 20 victories and holds the IBF, WBO and WBC belts.
– In my opinion, they have a neutral attitude towards each other. How can one have a friendly attitude towards a future adversary? People are preparing to fight. Dima is a human being and treats his next opponent with respect. He treated everyone that way. Dima has never been known for his contempt for his opponents. Dima is calm, prepares for battle and knows what to do in this fight. It’s another opponent, a fight like a fight, only the title of absolute champion is at stake.
— For a long time the parties could not agree on holding the fight, but it finally happened and the fight was supposed to take place on June 1, but due to Beterbiev’s injury it was postponed. Are you afraid now that the fight will ultimately not take place?
— Honestly, I didn’t even think about it. Everything seems to be fine. Arthur is there too, we arrived in Saudi Arabia the same day. If we talk about the past, the battle was postponed or could not be organized neither at our request nor because of us. I have explained this several times. It’s professional boxing, everything essentially depends on the organizers, and little depends on the boxers. “It all depends on the promoters who have the boxers under contract,” Mashyanov told .
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