Unified World Light Heavyweight Champion Arthur Beterbiev criticized the choice of opponents for the WBA title holder Dmitry Bivol.
On December 23, at a boxing evening in Riyadh, Bivol will defend his belt against Briton Lyndon Arthur. The Russian approaches the upcoming fight with the status of an undisputed favorite - the coefficient for his victory is 1.03.
“Somewhere there was information that Bivol said that Lyndon Arthur is currently his best opponent. I don’t know, maybe he dreamed that this was his best opponent?! Bivol chooses his opponents; almost all of his fights are voluntary defense.
I don’t even know if Bivol even had a mandatory belt defense fight?! Probably, such options are possible in WBA. But when I won the WBO championship belt, for example, I immediately had a mandatory defense against Anthony Yarde. That is, I don’t have such “walking” fights as Bivol,” Beterbiev said.