Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol

Date
Sat 12th October 2024 (UTC)
Sat 12th October 2024 (Local)

Timestamp
2024-10-12T16:00:00

Time

16:00:00 UTC (19:00:00 Local)

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League
Boxing

Season
2024

Round
120

Status
Match Finished

Location
Kingdom Arena

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Description

The undisputed light heavyweight showdown between WBC/IBF/WBO unified champion Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) and WBA king Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs)— Saturday, Oct. 12 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S.

This can’t-miss matchup features two of the world’s best pound-for-pound practitioners, a long-awaited duel between a master boxer and a battering ram with a 100 percent knockout ratio.

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Result List

01	Artur Beterbiev	WIN
01	Dmitry Bivol	LOSS

02	Jai Opetaia	WIN
02	Jack Massey	LOSS

03	Fabio Wardley	WIN
03	Frazer Clarke	LOSS

04	Chris Eubank Jr.	WIN
04	Kamil Szeremeta	LOSS

05	Skye Nicolson	WIN

06	Liam Cameron	DRAW

Result Description
Bivol and Beterbiev went head to head for the undisputed championship, and the fight would go all 12 rounds making Bivol the first fighter to go the distance with Beterbiev. Beterbiev beat Bivol by majority decision, winning his titles when one judge scored it 114-114, whereas the other two judges gave the fight to Beterbiev with scores of 115-113 and 116-112, and Beterbiev became the first undisputed light heavyweight Champion in 22 years. The fight was described as a tactical chess match. Bivol began his fight behind a strong jab. Beterbiev struggled with Bivol's hand speed earlier on, but was able to get through his guard many times. Where Bivol was landing combinations, Beterbiev was coming forward and landing one punch at a time. The tide changed slightly in fifth round which saw Beterbiev getting the better of Bivol, landing his own combinations and in the next round he connected with body shot. Bivol stood toe-to-toe with Beterbiev in round 7, at one point landing five unanswered punches. Beterbiev began switching stances depending on Bivol's movements. Bivol's eye began to swell in round 8 and he spent most of round 9 moving around avoiding Beterbiev's power. The boxers began to clinch in round 10. This was one of the first times either clinched in the fight, otherwise, the referee barely got involved. Referee Taylor was then forced into action again in round 11, warning Bivol for pushing Beterbiev's head down. Beterbiev finished the fight stronger of the two. After the fight, Bivol’s team stated that they wanted an immediate rematch, and Beterbiev’s team stated that they were happy to do it.

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