Artur Beterbavin will become the first defense of the undisputed lightweight lightweight championships in a rematch against Dmitry Bivol on Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Dazn PPV, 11 am ET).
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KO) defeated Bivol by the decision of the majority in October last year to add WBA belt to his WBC, WBO and IBF titles. For the first time, Beterbiev went a distance, ending with his 20-release KO street. Beterbiev took at least one of the lanes from November 11, 2017-imposing seven years of reign as a master. It will be the 10th defense of the IBF Beterbaview title, the seventh defense of the WBC title, the fourth title of WBO and the first WBA belt.
After victory against Bivol, Beterbiev said he was not elated with his performance and that he had to improve.
“I wanted to hurt with greater quality today,” said Beterbiev. “I don’t know why, but I didn’t like this fight. But one day I will be better. “
Bivol (23-1, 12 KO) suffered the first defeat of his professional career against Beterbaview. He landed more blows than Beterbiev (142–137) and was more effective, which is 34% of these blows to just 20% for the Beterbiewal, but that was not enough. He lost through results cards 113-115, 112-116 and 114-114.
“I have another chance,” said Bivol. “Few people have another chance. People like the fight they saw the first time and want to see her again, see me again in the ring. That’s good, I have to work on it. “
Beterbiev is a petite favorite to win a rematch on -120 for the ESPN plant, while Bivol is -105.
In the cooperation event, Daniel Dubois makes a second defense of his IBF heavyweight title against the former champion Joseph Parker. The winner of the fight could fight Oleksander Usyk for the unquestioned championships.
Dubois (22-2, 21 KO) comes out of the dominant victory in the fifth round over the former United Champion Anthony Joshua in September. Dubois knocked down Joshua in rounds 1, 3 and 4 before the end of KO.
Parker (35-3, 23 KO), former heavyweight champion WBO, rides in five fights, including victory in Deontay Wilder in 2023 and Zhilei Zhang in March last year.
According to ESPN Bet Dubois, he is a favorite to defeat Parker.
Let’s look at both fights with the title numbers with ESPN Research and Compubox data.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitriry Bivol
23: Combined number of title fights Beterbaview and Bivol (Bivol 13, Beterbav 10).
3: Boxers born in Russia to have at least three world titles (Beterbiev, Kostya Tsyzu and Sergeey Kovalev).
12: Unquestioned men masters in the era of four boxing strips.
1: The undisputed delicate heavyweight master in the era of four stripes. Beterbiev deserved this distinction thanks to the narrow victory over Bivol in October. With the victory in Saturday’s rematch Beterbiv would only become the seventh warrior in the era of four stripes, which effectively defended the unquestioned title.
50%: The percentage of total blows landed through Bivol against Beterbaiev in their first meeting (84 of 168), against only 29% for Beterbalwal (90 of 306). Bivol was also more effective in JAB, it landed from 23% (58 of 255) to just 13% for Beterbaview (47 of 376). Bivol landed 142 of its 423 total blows (34%), to 137 out of 682 (20%) Beterbiv. Beterbiev was a more vigorous warrior, throwing 259 more blows than Beterbiev and showed constant pressure.
33: Power Punches landed through Bivol in the first six rounds of his first fight, against only 23 for Beterbaview. But this was a different story in the last six rounds, in which Beterbiev landed 67 power beats. In the last two rounds, these numbers have been more impressive for Beterbaview, which landed 29 strokes of power 19.
13.8%: The percentage of landings hit Bivol in his 24 professional fights, including his defeat with Beterbieal. Bivol is one of the best defensive fighters in the world. Only the delicate master Shakur Stevenson allows for a lower percentage (13.7%). Bivol will also land on an impressive 8.4 JAB per round. Compare this with 6.0 for Beterbalwal and only 4.6 for Lightweight Heavyweight Division.
8 and 4: The number of rounds, out of 12 rounds that fought during the first meeting, in which Beterbiev and Bivol were separated by four or smaller blows.
30.1%: The percentage of total Beterbavie blows landed for a round – 18.2 of 60.5.
34%: The percentage of total Bivol blows landed at Beterbaiew in the first fight. Beterbiev’s opponents before the fight Bivol landed only 23.2% of their total blows.
65.2: Interest thrown by Bivol – the highest percentage among masters and pretenders to the title.
7: The number of fights for the title on the main card. The Beterbiv-Bivol 2 combat card contains four fights for the main world titles and three fights for momentary titles.
Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitriry Bivol, 12 rounds, Until the unquestioned lightweight heavyweight championships Beterbiv
Title fight: Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, up to the IBF Dubois heavyweight title
Title fight: Shakur Stevenson vs. Josh Padley, 12 rounds, for the delicate title WBC Stevenson WBC
Title fight: Carlos Adams vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, 12 rounds, for the title of Adames’ WBC Middle weighing
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov, 12 rounds, too ponderous momentary title WBC Junior Middle Wweight
Joshua Batsi vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Batsi’s WBO Lightweight Heavyweight Title
Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel, 12 rounds, too ponderous WBC massive title
95%: Knockout percentage for Beterbiev in his 21 professional fights, the highest among all current masters. After an outstanding amateur career, the Beterbavi changed the pro later than he is typical of a boxet when he moved to Montreal at the age of 28. He enters a rematch against Bivol at the age of 40, which makes him the second oldest, widely recognizable man’s champion. He has 1-2 in three amateur fights with Utyk, the current united heavyweight champion.
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker
3: Dubois’s next wins since his losing from Usyk in August. Dubois won seven (everything over space) of his last eight fights.
5: Parker’s winning series. He also won 11 of the last 12 fights. Parker, a former heavyweight master, comes to five wins, including 11 out of the last 12 years. His only loss at that time was against Joe Joyce in 2022.
5.3: Jabs landed through Dubois to Bivol 3.1 on the round.
38.7%: The percentage of Parker’s blow to the body that landed to just 21.2% for Dubois. The average compubex for heavyweight division is 29.5%.
9.3: Total blows landed by opponents of Dubois. He is also defensively responsible for the power of power landed by his opponents. Parker’s opponents land 28.7% of their blows, 35.3% of their blows. Dubois lands 14.3 strokes to the round (32.2%) compared to 12 for Parker (28.5%).
88%: Percentage of Ko Dubois in his 24 fights. Of his 22 wins, 21 were in space – 95% KO, the highest of all boxers in the ESPN heavyweight list.
Dmitriry Bivol avenged his loss in 2024 with Artur Beterbavier, defeating his rival with most of the decisions of the unquestioned lightweight heavyweight championship early morning at Anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The rematch was set 133 days after Beterbiev won a narrow decision in October, and the second fight was as good as the first, with a rush between a skillful tactic in Bivol and the striking Puncher power in Beterbaiew.
Two judges won the fight for Bivol, 116-112 and 115-113, and the third judge won a draw in 114-114.
Bivol said that this time he was able to fight more relaxed after losing the first fight with Beterbiv.
“I didn’t do it [feel] This time too much pressure, as before, and I just wanted to work from the first round to the end of 12 ” – said Bivol later in an interview with the ring.
He added: “I was better [this time]. I was pushing more, I was more confident, I was lighter and I just wanted to win so much today. “
After spending 36 minutes in the ring in the first fight, both fighters knew what the second had to offer. Bivol (24-1, 12 KO) made the first regulation, standing flat-stop before Beterbaiew (21-1, 20 KO), instead of staying on the fingers and navigating the ring. A slight change in the strategy brought early results, because Bivol was pointed after the stab and prevented Beterbaiev from releasing his power shots.
But 40 -year -old Beterbiev was still pushing forward and forced Bivol to fight at a feverish pace. Bivol was successful, combining combinations with a few shots piercing the guardian of Beterbavie. Although Bivol was more busy, Beterbiv’s body hit began to wear a pretender. Beterbiev laid his foot on gas in the fifth round and hit Bivol’s body and head, sliding it around the ring with each blow.
Bivol, 34, became in the seventh round and set up combinations for stab. A tiny left hook in the eighth round forced Beterbaview to resist and think twice about pushing forward. With the reduction of Beterbaview, Bivol used his tiring opponent and threw him with a pure combination of impact in the middle of the ring.
“To be candid, it was arduous to keep him outside through the first four rounds,” said Bivol. “And then I saw that he was tired. I was also tired, but I had to be smarter. I have to hit more with pure blows. And I did it. “
Because Bivol looked fresh in the rounds of the championship, Beterbiev had to find something that could change the course of the fight. BIVOL’s ability and precise impact stopped Beterbiev’s progress.
Unlike the first fight, in which Bivol issued his adhesion during the fight, bit the mouthpiece and was more busy to close the program. In the last effort, Beterbiev stunned Bivol with her right hand at the end of the 12th round and opened the cut on the left eye. But Bivol hindered the final Salva Beterbaview, combining and avoiding further damage.
“I don’t want to talk about this decision,” said Beterbiev after incurring the first loss in his career. “Congratulations to Bivol.”
Bivol barely turned Beterbiv 142-137 in total blows landed in their first fight, but he had a significant advantage in the rematch, landing 170 blows to 123. Bivol also Beterbiev in nine out of 12 rounds.
Two divide a pair of very close fights, it seems obvious that the rubber match will be next. However, there is a chance that a momentary, lightweight heavyweight title, David Benavidez, will have the opportunity to challenge Bivol of the unquestionable title after he secured his place in the queue after a unanimous decision victory over David Morrell at the beginning of this month.
Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the general entertainment authority of Saudi Arabia, was seen in the air of three fingers in the air, seemingly signaling that the trilogy is on the horizon.
Beterbiev said: “We are going to make a third fight.”
Martin Bakole (21-2, 16 KO) looked like a physical mess on Saturday evening, ending the simple victim of the WBO master, heavyweight master Joseph Parker (36-3, 24 KO) in the second technical knockout in his main support in the fight for support for support for support Subject of support on the main support of the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. What did I witness? Bakole looked like he belonged to the ring tonight because it was so poorly conditioned with over 300 pounds.
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Parker put an end in matters, landing with his right hand to the bacon, which sent him challenging on the canvas in the second round. The fight was detained after the bakole returned, which was a wise decision. Parker immediately knocked him down if he was allowed to continue.
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The WBC master of medium weight Carlos Adames, 24-1, defended his title belt on Saturday before 21-0 Hamzah Sheeraz in Saudi Arabia. The fight was scheduled for 12 championship rounds. The first was a process for every warrior, because both men were strategically patient. The higher Sheeraz was able to keep his man at a distance in the second. Adames tried to get to his man in the third. Sheeraz still did a good job, keeping his man’s range in the fourth.
Until the fifth it was worth wondering how long Sheeraz can consistently keep a distance from Adames, because the fight was scheduled for a full 12 rounds. Adames could finally get to his man in the sixth. Did Sheeraz leisurely down or did he just remove the round? Adames kept the pressure in seventh place. Adames caught his man in eighth place. Sheeraz landed well. Then he returned to the defensive movement.
Things remained close to ninth place. Together with the upcoming rounds of the championship, it could still be everyone’s fight. The tenth was intriguing because Sheeraz was able to keep Adamas on their reach. Sheeraz fought closely in eleventh. It may not be an exhilarating match, but it was definitely a high level. They were professionals conducting their trade and fascinating it was that the fight was developing. The twelfth and last round recorded a rather tempered performance of Sheeraz, which may not work in his favor.
After all that was said and made, the fight was recognized as the division by judges by the results 115-114, 118-110 and 114-114.
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