Bivol commented on the victory over Beterbiev

Dmitriy Kel Feb. 23, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

New absolute world light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has spoken out about his win over Artur Beterbiev in a rematch.

On the night of February 23, Bivol defeated Beterbiev by majority decision in the main event of an evening of boxing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

"In the end I got the rematch, got my belt back, earned the other belts, became the absolute champion. When they called me all week ] former champion, I didn't really like it very much actually. But when I was already signing the gloves with "undisputed" - it felt good.

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After the fight, I felt like I won. When I heard that one judge gave a draw, I thought: nothing depends on us, but thank God I won!" - Bivol said at the press conference.

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