Weights: Beterbiev vs. Kalajdzic & Ancajas vs. Funai

05/05/201905/04/2019 Top Rank

Beterbiev vs Kalajdzic, Ancajas vs Funai, Flores Jr vs Pereira Reis LIVE on ESPN/ESPN Deportes at 10 pm – Undercard … continue

Beterbiev vs Kalajdzic on May 4 at Stockton Arena

03/19/2019 Top Rank

LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT – Entire Undercard LIVE on ESPN+ at 6:30 … continue

Artur Beterbiev To Defend Against Sven Fornling On May 4th

02/24/201902/22/2019 James Slater

The night of May 4th was already going to be a big, big night of boxing, what with world middleweight … continue

Artur Beterbiev-Joe Smith Fight Targeted For February On DAZN

12/15/2018 James Slater

According to a news bit from ESPN.com, respective promoters Eddie Hearn and Joe DeGuardia met yesterday, to discuss a fight … continue

Artur Beterbiev To Make Quick Return, Will Defend IBF Light-Heavyweight Title Against Joe Smith Jr. In December

10/16/2018 James Slater

Though he was somewhat close to a deal to fight rival champion Dmitry Bivol next, IBF light-heavyweight ruler Artur Beterbiev … continue

RESULTS: Vargas-Dulorme ends in draw; Miller and Beterbiev win

10/07/201810/07/2018 Rob Smith

Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme ended in a disappointing 12 round draw, Artur Beterbiev destroyed a game Callum Smith in … continue

Callum Johnson talks Artur Beterbiev fight: I honestly believe he doesn’t punch any harder than I do

06/29/2018 James Slater

In the opinion of some fans, Russian puncher Artur Beterbiev, the reigning and undefeated IBF light-heavyweight champion, is the hardest-hitting … continue

Sergey Kovalev wants his belts back; looking ahead to big fights against the likes of Bivol, Beterbiev

11/19/201711/17/2017 James Slater

Now that Andre Ward, the only man to have beaten him at pro level, is out of the way, Russia’s Sergey Kovalev is on a mission to get all his belts back – “Krusher” of course losing his WBA/WBO/IBF light-heavyweight titles to the now-retired Ward last year.(Photo credit Craig Bennett/Main Event)

Kovalev, who says he has very much cleaned up his act (no more beer, two a day being his intake according to a recent interview Kovalev gave with fighthype) as well as getting himself a new trainer, faces Vyacheslav Shabranskyy for the vacant WBO belt he lost to Ward. This fight goes down next Saturday (November 25) and Kovalev is favorite to win – but it will prove much tougher getting the three other recognized belts around his waist.

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Results: Beterbiev stops Koelling

11/12/201711/11/2017 Jeff Sorby

Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs) won the vacant IBF light heavyweight title last Saturday night against a reluctant Enrico Koelling (23-2, 6 KOs) by a late 12th round knockout in front of a large crowd of booing boxing fans at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

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Dmitry Bivol, Artur Beterbiev: Can the two Russian terrors rule the light-heavyweight division?

11/07/2017 James Slater

With the recent departure via retirement of Andre Ward and with Adonis Stevenson coming towards the end at age 40, the light-heavyweight division needs a new star to come along to light up the weight class. Fortunately, there are two 175 pounders who are, between them, either already holding a major belt or set to challenge for one very soon.

And both of these unbeaten and hard-hitting light-heavyweights come from Russia. Dmitry Bivol (born in Krygyzstan and relocating to Russia at the young age of 11) is the WBA champ, and he showed again on Saturday night in Monaco – with his first-round icing of Trent Broadhurst – how hard he hits and how ruthless he is.

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