With only a few days left until the undisputed featherlight heavyweight championship between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, coach Marc Ramsey is already excited.

Ramsey, who trains three-belt 175-pound champion Artur Beterbiev, expects a very technical fight against champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday. Both dynamos are expected to provide the boxing world with a mouth-watering and invigorating encounter in a fight that is sure to cement the winner’s Hall of Fame status.

For Ramsey, the fight promises to be a thriller, especially since both fighters have such different styles in the ring.

“It’s a good challenge. He is a champion first and foremost,” Ramsey said of Bivol in an interview with Pro Boxing Fans. “He is very good at what he does, but it will be technical, mechanical and very edged work. Whatever he does, he does it well. But let’s see if he can do something different than what he’s doing now.

“We have a fighter who can box and we definitely have a fighter who can fight. We’ll see if the other side can do it.”

Ramsey told how he met Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KO) at the 2007 World Amateur Championships in Chicago, before taking the Russian to Montreal for a discussion. The Canadian coach revealed that Beterbiev was already an amateur world champion before Ramsey became his cornerman.

“At that time it was very hard for a Canadian promoter to contact a Russian fighter, but we had someone who knew both sides and at some point we connected,” Ramsey said. “Physically, he was already very talented, very powerful – but I knew that before he first came to my gym.

“I followed him a lot as an amateur fighter, and he was very technically trained in the Russian amateur boxing team. I just had to work on a few little details to make sure we had the right professional style.”

The duo has had a lot of success in the featherlight heavyweight division, winning Beterbiev’s first title in 2017 and adding further belts two years later when he recorded a 10-round stoppage in his fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk. On Saturday, Beterbiev will face the toughest test in his career against Bivol (23-0, 12 KO).

But Beterbiev, even at 39, is no slouch himself. Thanks to his spartan lifestyle, he stays in exceptional shape,” says Ramsey. Coach anyway debunked claims that Beterbiev knocked out and hospitalized sparring partners.

“When we have sparring partners in Montreal,” Ramsey said, “we try to protect them. We ask them [to spar]about two or three rounds in a row. We never ask them to go through 12 rounds or anything like that.

“But Arthur, of course, is powerful and hurts people. We don’t see any signs of slowing down in the gym at the moment – like metabolism, power or the like. You should know that Artur has never drank alcohol in his life. He goes to bed early every night and eats well.

“Every decision he made in his life had an impact on his boxing career and that’s why I think he’s still true at this age.”

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PHILADELPHIA, PA – In July, a week after 14,119 fans packed the Wells Fargo Center to watch Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ first IBF welterweight title defense against recent replacement David Avanesyan, Danny Garcia hosted his own boxing event in Philadelphia. Surprisingly and encouragingly, the event drew over 1,000 spectators to the 2300 Arena Shoebox for Garcia’s first-ever fight promoted under the Swift Promotions banner in his hometown of Philadelphia.

This Saturday at 6 p.m., Garcia will expand to a special 11-fight card featuring juvenile rising pros Dylan Price and Curmel Moton, one of the top juvenile stars in the sport today, in partnership with Susan G. Komen in the fight against breast cancer .

“It’s meant to benefit breast cancer, and we’re really having success,” Garcia said. “I was really cheerful with the first promotion we ran in July. It has always been my goal to give back to juvenile players, and with this card I have some of the best juvenile players in the world. Plus, we do something outside of boxing, and that’s to lend a hand fight breast cancer. Quincy Williams is a Pan American champion, Curmel Moton, a competitor of Floyd Mayweather and Dylan Price. This is actually my third card, the first one was in (Atlantic City) in January and now the last two are here in Philadelphia.

“This is by far the best card I have ever put together. I want to showcase the best juvenile talent in America and with this card I know I will.”

The 18-year-old Moton is 5-0 with four knockouts. It is powerful, speedy and grows quickly. The junior welterweight is training under his father, Curtis Moton, and this will be his first fight on the East Coast.

Moton will face 25-year-old Hilario Martinez Moreno (4-4, 4 KO) in a six-round fight.

“It’s amazing and I’m ready to put on a show,” said Moton, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in Las Vegas. “I am grateful to Swift Promotions for giving me this opportunity. I’m ready. Can’t wait. I approach every fight working on my game plan and trying to get better. I’m not looking for knockouts. I’m in a good place. I am juvenile, hungry and always ready to fight. I have a good team behind me who always tell me to be patient. Floyd always tells me to be brave and patient, it will come.

“I want to put on a great show and show the fans that all this hype is real.”

Tickets are now on sale at 2300Arena.com [2300arena.com].

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