Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025

[funso banjo baby]

Hopefully this will be staged in a phone booth. Bivol can park his bike outside.

[keithmoonhangover]

Painful for Beterbiev.
Painful for Canelo.

Are you off your meds, Ricky?

[golden_labrador]

Bivol to win again in similar fashion against the avenging golem

[Ruthless-RKO]

Seen a lot of posts online. Not happy that this is a co-feature bout..

Who gives a shit.

The stacked the card the better

[Coco]

I hate these Saudi cards

[Ruthless-RKO]

I hate these Saudi cards

Why

[Coco]

I hate these Saudi cards

Why

Rubbish fights

[keithmoonhangover]

Seen a lot of posts online. Not happy that this is a co-feature bout..

Who gives a shit.

The stacked the card the better

Agreed. I thoroughly enjoyed the first fight, really looking forward to the rematch.

[Kilburn]

I’m picking Bert again on points. Can’t see Bivol topping what he did last time, whereas the champ may well bring even more pressure, even at his ripe old age.

[TheLeprechaun]

Close fight to call. Probably just looks like a replica of the first fight and you pays your money and takes your choice from a betting perspective.

[Coco]

If it does take place again in Feb, I'm going to go for Bert, in another razor width decision, in a similar fight.

If it was 6 months later I would fancy Bivol to squeeze by

[keithmoonhangover]

If it does take place again in Feb, I'm going to go for Bert, in another razor width decision, in a similar fight.

If it was 6 months later I would fancy Bivol to squeeze by

I think there's a lot in what you're saying Coco. Bivol will need to up his work rate if he's gonna win it. Would love to see him do it, he comes across as a really canny lad.

[mickey1975]

Artur and RJJ did a free personal appearance at a takeaway in Bradford yesterday.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Artur and RJJ did a free personal appearance at a takeaway in Bradford yesterday.

Mr T’s.

Seen some clips on Snapchat. Was rammed. Queues.

Didn’t see Beterbiev in the snaps. I saw RJJ.

They also advertised Shabaz Masoud lol

[Ruthless-RKO]

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... -bradford/

[mickey1975]

Artur and RJJ did a free personal appearance at a takeaway in Bradford yesterday.

Mr T’s.

Seen some clips on Snapchat. Was rammed. Queues.

Didn’t see Beterbiev in the snaps. I saw RJJ.

They also advertised Shabaz Masoud lol

He was there. My mate went. I would have gone but had plans.

[jameswilson]

Jesus wept have people seen the undercard for this?

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Kilburn]

Although it seems unlikely that Madrimov will be able to make a quick return in February, surely? He’s got a tough fight coming up.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Autobarn]

was it a great fight?

it was razor close with no certain outcome - did either man try to produce that extra, ambitious rally or raise the pace?

[Ruthless-RKO]

was it a great fight?

it was razor close with no certain outcome - did either man try to produce that extra, ambitious rally or raise the pace?

Are you hard to please?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol II set for February 22 in Riyadh

Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will rematch for the undisputed light heavyweight title on February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, headlining the latest Riyadh Season event on a card stacked with championship bouts.

The main event, announced Monday on social media and billed as "The Last Crescendo," will revisit the October clash in which Beterbiev narrowly edged Bivol via majority decision to unify the division.

In that fight, the 39-year-old Beterbiev, 21-0 (20 KOs), who has spent much of his career training in Montreal, went the distance for the first time. Meanwhile, the 33-year-old Bivol, 23-1 (12 KOs), suffered his first career defeat despite outlanding Beterbiev 142-134 on punches, according to CompuBox. Beterbiev, for his part, landed 90 power shots to Bivol’s 84, highlighting the razor-thin margin.

The undercard will see IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois, 22-2 (21 KOs), defend his title against Joseph Parker, 35-3 (23 KOs). Dubois, 27, from the UK, is on a three-fight win streak following a 2023 stoppage loss to Oleksandr Usyk. Parker, 32, a New Zealand former titleholder, enters on a five-fight win streak, with notable victories over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. Parker’s last title fight was a loss to Anthony Joshua in 2018, while Dubois knocked out Joshua in his most recent fight.

WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 (10 KOs), will face Floyd Schofield, 18-0 (12 KOs). Stevenson, 27, originally from Newark and now training in Houston, accepted the challenge from Schofield, 22, nicknamed “Kid Austin,” following Schofield’s unanimous decision win over Rene Tellez Giron last month, after Schofield called Stevenson out. Their exchanges on social media helped build anticipation for this showdown, which many believed to be out of reach for Schofield.

Carlos Adames, 24-1 (18 KOs), will defend his WBC middleweight title against Hamzah Sheeraz, 21-0 (17 KOs). Adames, 30, based in Las Vegas, has been plagued by inactivity (fighting just once per year since 2022) but is riding a six-fight win streak. Sheeraz, 25, from the UK, earned the title shot with a stoppage of Tyler Denny in September.

The WBC interim junior middleweight title will be contested between Vergil Ortiz Jnr, 22-0 (21 KOs), and Israil Madrimov, 10-1-1 (7 KOs). Ortiz, 26, from Grand Prairie, Texas, won a majority decision over Serhii Bohachuk in August to capture the title. Madrimov, 29, from Uzbekistan, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford in August in Los Angeles, marking Crawford’s debut at 154lbs. More perplexing is that Madrimov will be scheduled for this fight while keeping his fight on December 21 with Bohachuk.

“It’s surprising to see, considering Serhii knocked Vergil down twice and sent him to the hospital [August 10 in Ortiz’s narrow victory by decision in Las Vegas],” Tom Loeffler, Bohachuk’s promoter told Boxing Scene on Monday.

Madrimov would be left with just over two months to recover and prepare against a WBC interim titleholder who has knocked out every foe except Bohachuk.

Also on the card, 41-year-old Zhilei Zhang, 27-2-1 (22 KOs), will face Germany’s Agit Kabayel, 25-0 (17 KOs), for the WBC interim heavyweight title. Zhang, who twice stopped Joe Joyce before losing to Parker, rebounded with a dramatic knockout of Wilder in June. Kabayel, 32, earned this opportunity by stopping Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov in back-to-back fights.

Opening the event, Joshua Buatsi, 19-0 (13 KOs), will defend his WBO interim light heavyweight title against Callum Smith, 30-2 (22 KOs). Buatsi, 31, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist training in California with Virgil Hunter, is coming off wins over Dan Azeez and Willy Hutchinson in 2024. Smith, 34, rebounded from a stoppage loss to Beterbiev with a fifth-round knockout of Carlos Galvan on Saturday.

[Boxerbeetle]

I'm about as big a critic of PPV as it gets, but this card is 100% worth buying. I just save money between good shows by not subscribing to DAZN in between PPVs. Wonder if they're actually damaging their potential subscriber base as suspect most people are doing the same. But who gives a toss, can't wait for this one

[skanksta]

I'm about as big a critic of PPV as it gets, but this card is 100% worth buying. I just save money between good shows by not subscribing to DAZN in between PPVs. Wonder if they're actually damaging their potential subscriber base as suspect most people are doing the same. But who gives a toss, can't wait for this one

I really resent the money I pay DAZN - but not for this.