Bob Arum Reacts to IBF Ordering Artur Beterbiev vs. Michael Eifert
Promoter Bob Arum is furious about the IBF ordering undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev to defend his IBF belt against little-known mandatory Michael Eifert next.
Promoter Bob Arum is furious about the IBF ordering undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev to defend his IBF belt against little-known mandatory Michael Eifert next.
Dmitry Bivol’s filed a protest with the four governing bodies, hoping to get a rematch ordered with Artur Beterbiev after losing to him by a 12-round majority decision last Saturday night on October 12th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Trainer Robert Garcia is confident Dmitry Bivol can win the rematch with Artur Beterbiev if he finishes strong on the last three rounds from the 10th through 12th.
Commentator Tim Bradley says he went back and rescored last Saturday night’s clash between light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol and said the judges got it right, giving the victory to Beterbiev by a 12-round majority decision.
Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) could permanently damage his career by taking an immediate rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) after losing a 12-round majority decision last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dmitry Bivol has already been told by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh that he wants to make a rematch with Artur Beterbiev next.
Andre Ward thinks Dmitry Bivol is making a mistake by openly revealing that Artur Beterbiev’s punches were affecting him, even when he blocked them on his gloves.
Ryan Garcia Says he now thinks Canelo Alvarez would defeat unbeaten Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) after watching him labor to a 12-round majority decision win over Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) to capture the undisputed light heavyweight championship last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Artur Beterbiev said after the fight that he felt he had hurt Dmitry Bivol, but he says he didn’t hurt him enough during their undisputed light heavyweight championship fight last Saturday night.
IBF/WBC/WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beteriev (21-0, 20 KOs) looked like he was hunting down WBA champion Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) like he was his prey on Saturday to defeat him by a 12 round majority decision to win the undisputed champion at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.