BBC Sport asks the boxing world for their predictions for Artur Beterbiev v Dmitry Bivol on Saturday.
Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will finally step in the ring opposite each other on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.All four titles will be on the line in Riyadh, with 39-year-old Beterbiev holding the WBC, WBO and IBF belts and 33-year-old Bivol the WBA champion.You can follow live text commentary of the main event and undercard, which includes two Britons in world title fights, from 19:00 BST on Saturday on the BBC Sport website and app.
"You can tell what a good fight it is because so many people are finding it hard to pick a winner, and I'm one of them. If I'm really pushed, I just don't think Bivol will have the firepower to keep Beterbiev off. I see Beterbiev will wear him down and maybe get a stoppage around the ninth or 10th round.
"When you fight Beterbiev, it's like a ticking time bomb. The speed of that time bomb depends on the opponent. Dmitry has the ability to make that tick really slow. How slow can he make it tick? The boom point is 12 rounds.
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