Beterbiev vs Bivol: Undisputed Lt. Heavyweight on June 1^st  

An undisputed light heavyweight king will soon be crowned in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

World Boxing Council, WBO, IBF unified champion Artur Beterbiev will battle WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday, June 1 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Beterbiev-Bivol will be promoted by Top Rank, Queensberry Promotions, Matchroom Boxing, World of Boxing Promotions and Sela.

Today, the mega fight was announced with all protagonists in attendance: 

Beterbiev

I m happy to be here. Thanks everyone to make this happen, Thanks to his excellency Turki Alalshikh, Top Rank and his team.

I am collecting belts and I need one more. I am not thinking about my rival, or if this is the hardest fight of my career. I am just trying to be 100% ready for becoming Undisputed.

I don’t need to give him any message. He knows already!

Bivol

Thanks to Beterbiev Team, to my promoter and of course his excellency Turki Alalshik, Riyadh and everyone involved.They are making the fights people want to see. I am happy, I have the goal to become undisputed. Now I am happy that I will be fighting for all th belt on June 1^st.

Every time when I am in my training camp, I have on my mind that my next opponent is the hardest of my career. Of course, I know who he is, I know his record but I like challenges.

I believe in my skills. I’ve been in boxing for a long time, my experience, skills, and mentality will help me to become undisputed.

Bob Arum

“This a dream matchup between two of the best light heavyweights we’ve ever seen. The beautiful city of Riyadh will play host to this legacy-defining fight. Thank you to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh for his vision and determination in bringing boxing fans the fights they want to see.” 

Todd Duboef

I have been always a fan of destruction, and this guy (Beterbiev) is destruction,

Artur gets better with each fight. He make the adjustments he need to improve. He is becoming undisputed, nobody lasts 12 rounds with him, that’s the only thing I need to say.

Vadim Kornilov

This is a fight we have been waiting for a long time. We appreciate the opportunity and all the involved on making this happen.

Eddie Hearn

We here again this is quite remarkable, thanks to his Excellency Turki Alalshikh for making this happen. To have two undisputed fights two weeks apart is something incredible. This one is one of the purest matches it can be done. This is an incredible moment for this fight. Beterbiev is a wrecking machine, but Bivol is a pound for pound fighter. I believe Bivol will become the undisputed champion of the world. The victor of this fight will become 175 Lbs. King of the division.

Frank Warren

Four Belts on the line, two superb fighters. I can’t wait to see it. Hats off to Matchroom Boxing and Top Rank to make this happen. Fights like this come along very rarely. Top guys fighting each other.