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Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol

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Date & Time
Sat 12th October 2024 7:00pm Local
Sat 12th October 2024 4:00pm UTC

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League
Boxing

Season
2024

Round
Round 120

Status
FT

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	Boxing Light Heavyweight	WIN
01	Dmitry Bivol	Boxing Light Heavyweight	LOSS
02	Jai Opetaia	Boxing Cruiserweight	WIN
02	Jack Massey	Boxing Cruiserweight	LOSS
03	Fabio Wardley	Boxing Heavyweight	WIN
03	Frazer Clarke	Boxing Heavyweight	LOSS
04	Chris Eubank Jr.	Boxing Middleweight	WIN
04	Kamil Szeremeta	Boxing Middleweight	LOSS
05	Skye Nicolson	Boxing Featherweight Women	WIN
06	Liam Cameron	Boxing Light Heavyweight	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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