Artur Beterbiev weighed in at 174.96 lbs in the non-ceremonial weigh-in, while WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol scaled in at 174.12 lbs on Friday ahead of their fight this Saturday, October 12th in Riyadh.
Weights: Artur Beterbiev – 174.96 – Dmitry Bivol – 174.12
IBF, WBA, and WBC champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) looked physically better than Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs during the final press conference on Thursday final press conference. With all the talk about Beterbiev supposedly being the bigger fighter of the two, Bivol looked depleted, not him.
Bivol is going to need all the energy he can get for him to bounce in and out all night to avoid Beterbiev’s huge punches. Although the favorite with the oddsmakers and seemingly the majority of the fans, Bivol has never fought a pressure fighter with the kind of power Beterbiev brings.
This kind of fight is alien to Bivol, who still uses the amateur style taught while growing …