David Benavidez’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, says he’s up for a rematch against David Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) if “the people wants to see it” after their exciting 12-round brawl last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
David Benavidez says he wants his fight against the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 winner to be staged in the U.S.
If Saudi money-man Turki Alalshikh gets his way – and he usually does as far as being able to make the big fights he wants to make – we will see the two winners from the upcoming 175 pound fights between David Benavidez and David Morrell and Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol fight each other on what would be a big card later this year.
Dmitry Bivol says he wants “revenge” in his rematch with Artur Betebiev more than his four light heavyweight belts in their second fight on February 22nd in Riyadh.
WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell vs. David Benavidez’s fight on February 1st will be for the WBC’s mandatory slot.
Former Artur Beterbiev knockout victim, Callum Smith, is picking Dmitry Bivol to defeat him in their rematch on February 22nd in Riyadh.
Fans are divided about who they see winning the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol rematch on February 22nd in Riyadh. Some believe that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) will duplicate his early success in the first fight last October but continue to outwork and outbox Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) for the 12 rounds to get the decision.
Dmitry Bivol says he can be better in his rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd. He knows what he did wrong last time in his 12-round majority decision defeat on October 12th, and he’s used this training camp not to repeat the same mistakes.
Dmitry Bivol’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, denies that he was ever hurt in his loss to unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in their previous fight on October 12th.
Shakur Stevenson says former WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol should have won his previous fight against unified 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev, and he’ll win the rematch on February 22nd if he “stays focused” the entire fight when they meet in the headliner in Riyadh.