Absolute Russian light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev on he explained what the plan was to fight against his compatriot Dmitri Bivol .
The fight for the title of absolute world light heavyweight champion took place on October 12 in Riyadh; Beterbiev, 39, won by majority decision.
— Tell us in detail, what was your plan for the fight?
— Come closer and strike hard (laughter). It’s simple. There was no final blow in the plans, we never planned it. We don’t talk about it. The coach surprised me when, during the fight, he said we needed a knockout.
—Did he think you were losing points?
“We haven’t discussed it yet; we separated the next day.” Then we’ll sit down and figure it out. In the final rounds, we had the feeling that we had to give 100%. I remember it well. In any case, I had to win them, even if I won the first rounds,” Beterbiev said on .
Beterbiev won 21 victories (20 by knockout) in the professional ring, Bivol had 23 victories and one defeat.
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