Trainer of the WBA and IBO light heavyweight champion Dmitri Bivol Gennady Mashyanov in an interview with said that the Russian boxer is well prepared to fight for the absolute champion title with his compatriot Artur Beterbiev .
The fight for the title of absolute world light heavyweight champion will take place on October 12 in Saudi Arabia. Bivol has 23 victories and no defeats. He holds the IBO and WBA light heavyweight belts. Beterbiev has 20 victories and not a single defeat. He holds the IBF, WBO and WBC belts.
— We arrived in Saudi Arabia early, as did the opposing team. Everything is fine. I’m talking about acclimatization. Here we add the final touches, preparing for the fight. The atmosphere within the team is working – everything is going as planned. Everything is fine.
— Does the status of this match put pressure on the Bivol team?
“It is clear that we understand the importance of the battle. This is a fight for the title of absolute champion, which distinguishes this confrontation from all others. But in general, everything goes as usual – a fight like a fight, an opponent like an opponent.
– There is one week left before the fight. Are you satisfied with the state of Bivol?
– Rather happy. The camp went well, we achieved all the plan and volume required. There is now preparation for battle. We went through all the preparation and everything is fine,” Mashyanov told .
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