Light-heavyweight Artur Beterbiev shows off frightening power in new footage and fans are concerned for his upcoming opponent Dmitry Bivol
Artur Beterbiev has been forced to postpone his undisputed light heavyweight title fight against Dmitry Bivol due to injury.
The two champions, both considered among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, were due to face off in aHowever, Beterbiev has suffered a ruptured meniscus and now requires knee surgery, pushing the fight back to later this year. Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, said: "After receiving today’s news about Beterbiev’s injury, we will be postponing the Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight scheduled for June 1st until later this year. Wishing my brother Artur a speedy recovery. However, the 5v5 event is still on for June 1st.", Beterbiev is expected to be out of action until September and Bivol could still fight on the June 1 card against a replacement opponent.
The two champions in the division hold all the belts between them with Beterbiev boasting the IBF, WBC and WBO titles and Bivol the WBA crown.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Deontay Wilder returns to fight Zhilei Zhang on Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol billDeontay Wilder will fight Zhilei Zhang in a heavyweight contest on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undisputed championship fight.
Read more »
– Eddie Hearn told Dmitry Bivol what he hopes to see him do to Artur Beterbiev wh...Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn responds to Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom telling him to ‘sit down and make some fights’
Read more »
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol officially announced and fans are overjoyed to see ‘best fight in boxing’ f...Light-heavyweight Artur Beterbiev shows off frightening power in new footage and fans are concerned for his upcoming opponent Dmitry Bivol
Read more »
Deontay Wilder claims ‘killer’ is back ahead of Zhilei Zhang clash on Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev und...Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn stuns fan with 5v5 speech that's gone viral with Deontay Wilder and Filip Hrgovic
Read more »
Alexei Navalny: Russian Orthodox priest Dmitry Safronov demoted after holding memorial service for Vladimir Putin criticThe cleric signed a public letter calling for Mr Navalny's remains to be returned to his family, following the opposition leader's death in an Arctic penal camp in February.
Read more »