Artur Beterbiev regarded noticeably larger than Dmitry Bivol at this time, weighing in at 175 lbs, proper on the restrict of the sunshine heavyweight division for his or her DAZN PPV rematch this Saturday, February twenty second, on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The slimmer-looking Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) got here in at 174.1 lbs.
Bivol goes to must discover a greater gear for him to return out victorious on Saturday night time, as a result of he regarded like he had nothing left within the tank after 5 rounds in his first combat towards then unified gentle heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs).
That combat was on by Beterbiev, and plenty of see him beating Bivol once more as a result of he’s extra keen to brawl. Bivol can’t try this. That’s not a part of his combating fashion, and though he says he’ll throw extra punches within the rematch, these are simply phrases. He gained’t.
Weigh-in Outcomes
Artur Beterbiev 175 lbs. vs. Dmitry Bivol 174.1 lbsJoseph Parker 267 lbs vs. Martin BakoleShakur Stevenson 134.1 lbs vs. Josh Padley 134 lbsCarlos Adames 158.1 lbs. vs. Hamzah Sheeraz 159 lbsVergil Ortiz Jr. 153.1 lbs vs. Israil Madrimov 152.1 lbsZhilei Zhang 287.5 lbs vs. Agit Kabayel 241 lbsJoshua Buatsi 175 lbs vs. Callum Smith 174.1 lbs
Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) will weigh in later, as he’s nonetheless touring from his house nation of the Congo to switch Parker. That is arguably a extra fascinating combat than the initially scheduled bout between IBF champion Daniel Dubois and Parker (35-3, 23 KOs).
“I believe Artur is the favourite as a result of he gained the primary combat, however I believe Bivol is not any pushover, and he’s going to return to combat tomorrow,” stated Terence Crawford to DAZN Boxing.
“Beterbiev was proper at 175 lbs. Am I studying that as the load was tough to make, or is he simply perfecting making gentle heavyweight?” stated DAZN commentator Ade Oladipo.
“Maybe just a little little bit of each. Perfection since you need to be on the prime finish of the load, however he regarded good on the scales. So did Bivol,” stated Darren Barker. It simply units up a implausible combat now.”
