“We have received a notice of Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol planning to play with each other. They are completing the procedures by letting the men negotiate contracts. It is likely that the two boxers will play on June 1.
At the present time, Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are two boxers holding 5 world professional boxing belts in the Light Heavyweight weight class. Artur Beterbiev holds WBC, WBO and IBF belts. Meanwhile, BIVOL holds WBA (Super) and IBO belts. They all have the achievements in their career.
In terms of competition experience and achievement table, Beterbiev is somewhat better than Bivol. This boxer possesses a record of 20 knockout matches. When he was playing amateur boxing, he won the world champion. At the age of 39, he still showed the power of destruction before all his opponents encountered.
Meanwhile, Bivol's achievement table (22 wins, 11 no) impressed when he defeated Canelo Alvarez 2 years ago. In the last 9 matches, Bivol won the point instead of defeating the opponent. He is highly appreciated in the smart, agile competition.
In 2023, there was information that Canelo wanted to rematch Bivol, but Russian boxers refused. Canelo later confirmed that he wanted to fight, but the two parties did not reach an agreement because Bivol demanded to divide the bonus too high. On Bivol's side, the boss of this boxer affirmed that the information was false.