On October 12, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) will face off in opposition to Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) for the undisputed mild heavyweight crown in a stacked Riyadh Season occasion. This combat is among the most extremely anticipated bouts in latest reminiscence, with these massively gifted pugilists going face to face. The undercard for this occasion has now been revealed, and it’s a formidable assortment of gifted fighters. I feel it’s what some folks prefer to name stacked.
Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev on October 12
Bivol vs. Beterbiev to Headline Stacked Undercard
These two undefeated mild heavyweight champions have been because of meet on June 1 earlier than Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus in coaching. Regardless of the damage to his opponent, Bivol elected to remain lively and nonetheless fought on the 5v5 card in opposition to Mailk Zinad, successful by sixth-round stoppage.
Earlier than the unique combat date, each fighters opened the press convention for the 5v5 reveal, with Bivol saying: “[It’s] an awesome combat not just for me, however for boxing followers.” He added: “Saudi Arabia will make this combat and thanks for this. Once I signed a contract to be a professional boxer, I had a aim to be undisputed champion.”
Its tough to envisage Beterbiev having way more to say than he did on the authentic press convention: “I’m completely satisfied to be right here, it’s not the primary time… I see one other belt…. I’m gathering belts and I want yet another,” mentioned the WBC, WBO and IBF champion.
Undercard Revealed
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