Artur Beterbiev became the undisputed lithe heavyweight champion, adding the WBA and IBO belts to his collection after a thrilling majority decision victory over Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia.

Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KO) entered this fight on the back of 20 straight wins, winning a slew of world titles along the way, with the last one coming in January, beating Callum Smith in seven to Bivola (23-23-KO). 1, 12 KO) in his last fight in June, he stopped Malik Zanid in six rounds.

Bivol landed some decent counters and combinations in the first round, and after a serene second, the Russian was successful again, scoring more combinations in the third round.

However, Beterbiev moved forward and the fourth one increased the pressure, but his rival remained behind a tight guard.

39-year-old he was busy, but many of his punches were landing on Bivol’s gloves, though the sheer amount of work he was doing was starting to get him a few rounds.

Beterbiev began to apply pressure in the seventh set, landing several solid punches, but the 33-year-old WBA champion responded matter-of-factly, wobbling the unified champion with his left hand.

Beterbiev was told in his corner that he needed a knockout in the championship rounds and he responded to that advice as he had a very robust penultimate frame, landing several shots that troubled the tiring Bivol, but both boxers made it to the final bell in an extremely absorbing contest.

The 114-114 draw was broken by scores of 116-112 and 115-113 in favor of Beterbiev, who received the nod and walked away with all the belts.

Wardley destroys Clarke in the rematch

The long-awaited rematch between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke ended emphatically as Wardley defended his British heavyweight title in less than a round.

The pair played at the O2 Arena in March in a thriller that ended in a draw, but Wardley (18-0-1, 17 KO) let the judges off the hook this time, defeating Clarke (8-1-1, 6 KO) with a barrage of weighty punches. that put him on shaky ground and he finished in style.

The right-hand hammer struck the Burton man’s senses and the referee waved his hand to end the fight.

Opetaia sails from Massey

Jai Opetaia did almost everything he wanted in his fight against Jack Massey, defending his IBF cruiserweight title for the first time in his second term as champion after the Briton threw in the towel in the sixth round.

Opetiaia (26-0, 20 KO) was in dominant form and although Massey (22-3, 12 KO) put up a brave challenge, he never actually took part in the fight and after being broken by punches to the head and body after the sixth hour, coach 31 -year-old Joe Gallagher found it necessary to withdraw his charge from the battle.

Eubank Jr burns Szeremeta

Chris Eubank Jr won the vacant IBO middleweight title against Kamil Szeremeta, scoring four knockouts in a seventh-round victory.

Szeremeta (25-3-2, 8 KO) landed a right hand in the first round, and in the sixth round he knocked him out with the same shot.

In the seventh round, the Pole lost twice more, and the referee wisely ended the action.

Eubank Jr (34-3, 25 KO) faced Conor Benn after the fight, with both hoping to reschedule the fight after it was infamously postponed to fight week in October 2022.

The Whittaker-Cameron fight ended in a strange draw

There was a controversial and bizarre ending in the lithe heavyweight division as Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron (23-6-1, 10 KO) there was a technical draw after five rounds.

In the fifth set, both started aggressively clinching on the ropes and both fell out of the ring on the top rope.

Whittaker (8-0-1, 5 KO) performed worse, injured his leg and was unable to continue competing, and the fight was deemed an accidental foul.

The score of 58-57 for each fighter was deemed redundant as the third judge scored it 58-58 after five completed rounds.

Nicolson defeats Chapman

Skye Nicolson successfully defended her WBC featherweight world title for the second time, winning half the distance and scoring points over Raven Chapman (9-1, 2 KO).

Nicolson (12-0, 1 KO) defended her belt by two points 98-92 and third by a score of 99-91 in the historic first women’s world title fight in Saudi Arabia.

Super featherweight debutant Mohammed Alakel (1-0, KO0) started a winning four-round fight against Jesus Gonzalez (3-3, KO0) by scoring points.

Carl Froch has shared his predictions for this weekend’s undisputed lightweight heavyweight world title clash between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

Froch will be one of millions of viewers as Russian compatriots Beterbiev and Bivol finally settle the score and decide who is the best 175-pound fighter in the world.

The fight has been described by many as the best in the sport, and the boxing world is seemingly split down the middle.

And two days before the evening’s fight, “The Cobra” revealed that he supports WBA champion Bivol, who will emerge with all his might in Riyad.

In a recent message to Froch on the fightThe 47-year-old explained:

“I think Bivol will do business.

“I just think that Father Time waits for no one and Beterbiev is approaching 40 years ancient.

“Bivol is 33 years ancient. I would expect 33-year-old Bivol to outwork and outlast 40-year-old Beterbiev.

“It will be a tough fight because Beterbiev will not stop trying. He will continue to come forward and throw massive bombs.

“But if I had to have a massive wedge in the bet, I would say that Bivol will beat Beterbiev on points, but there is always a chance that he will manage to win.

“This is boxing and Beterbiev is a powerful puncher.

Beterbiev and Bivol were scheduled to fight in June, but the fight was postponed after the former suffered a torn meniscus and required surgery.

“Anyone can get knocked out.” 💀@ABeterbiev There is NO reason to doubt your strength before the game @bivol_d on Saturday evening 🔥#Box #BeterbievBivol #ArturBeterbiew pic.twitter.com/GnNImVca5D

— Professional boxing fans (@ProBoxingFans) October 8, 2024

This is not the first injury suffered by “King Arthur” and some believe that he may play a key role in the clash with Kyrgyzstan Saturday night.

Bivol is the bookmakers’ slight favorite, but it would be foolish to write off Beterbiev, who has stopped all 20 of his opponents and is considered perhaps the most feared fighter in boxing.

Frank Warren has stated that Anthony Yarde has turned down fights against both Dmitry Bivol and Joshua Buatsi.

Warren and Yarde appear to be at odds regarding their contract situation, with Yarde now scheduled to fight on the BOXXER card next Saturday, with an opponent yet to be announced.

Warren, who has promoted the Londoner since his professional debut, has remained coy about the situation but now claims the 33-year-old has turned down fights against Joshua Buatsi and Dmitry Bivol, who is scheduled to face Artur Beterbiew on Saturday in Riyad for the undisputed airy heavyweight championship.

“Like I said, he had to live up to his contract and he did,” Warren said Box Nation.

“And if they fulfill their contract, there will be no problem.

“It will take time.

“He was offered two really good fights. One against Buatsi, which we agreed with him at the time, and also against Bivol, but he refused to accept them.

Yarde is set to end a 10-month period out of the ring when he returns on the super lightweight fight card in between Adam Azim and Ohara Davies at the Copper Box Arena.

Yarde will be following the outcome of Saturday’s fight closely, considering he is the main challenger to Beterbiev’s WBO crown.

Chairman of the match room Eddie Hearnwho, like Warren, is in Riyad during the Beterbiev vs Bivol fight, claims that he believed the “Beast from the East” was not a free agent and therefore did not contact him.

“Contractually, our interpretation of the contract was that he was not a free agent,” Hearn said A place of stomping.

“Others are interpreting the information they received from Queensberry to say they should go out and sign him.

“He couldn’t sign ours, according to the law.”

BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom and Yarde manager Tunde Ajayi did not respond to messages from proboxing-fans.com I’m looking for a comment.