WBC will not sanction the fight between Bivol and Beterbiev while there is war in Ukraine

Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the WBC, said his organization would not sanction a fight between Artur Beterbiev And Dmitry Bivol as long as there is a war going on in Ukraine.

“The WBC would not have accepted this fight, it would have been without our title on the line. The WBC cannot sanction the fight with Bivol because of our position on Russia and its war with Ukraine. This is the position of the WBC today. As long as there is no boxing in Ukraine, we will not accept boxing in Russia,” the functionary said.

Earlier, information appeared that the teams of Bivol and Beterbiev could not agree on the fight due to financial disagreements.