"I just received a cold and impersonal notice from Dmitry Bivol's lawyer, Patrick English, with arguments so ridiculous I'd rather not even discuss them, informing the WBC that Dmitry Bivol has decided to relinquish his WBC world flyweight title. We wish Bivol success and hereby confirm that David Benavides is the new WBC world heavyweight champion," Suleiman wrote in social network X.
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Recall that Bivol became the absolute champion in February, defeating Artur Beterbiev in a rematch.