BOXING
Artur Beterbiev’s career boxing record: wins, defeats and KOs
The light heavyweight unification bout between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev goes ahead on Saturday, 12 October in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Top class boxing returns to Riyadh again this weekend with high profile Turki Al-Sheikh (Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia) delivering one of the most requested and anticipated fights by fans into a reality.
Dmitry Bivol (23-0-0, 12 KO) and Artur Beterbiev (20-0-0, 20 KO) will unify the light heavyweight division in an exciting duel of undefeated fighters at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The fight was originally scheduled for June 1st, but had to be postponed due to an injury to the Canadian. Bivol will put his WBA crown on the line and 39-year-old Beterbiev will put his WBC, WBO and IBF titles also on the line.
Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev fight card
Beterbiev’s record
The Russian born and current Canadian resident Beterbiev is the WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion with the veteran fighter holding at least one belt since November 2017, when he defeated Enrico Koelling to win the IBF title.
He added the WBC title with a win against Oleksandr Gvozdyk in October 2019 and the WBO strap by defeating Joe Smith Jr. in June 2022. Beterbiev also has notable victories over the likes of Anthony Yarde, Marcus Browne and Callum Smith.
The current light heavyweight champion has won all 20 fights with all bouts ending in knockouts with Saturday’s fight against the unbeaten Dmitry Bivol set to see one of the fighters lose their undefeated title.