ARTUR BETERBIEV and Dmitry Bivol will finally clash later this year for the undisputed light-heavyweight titles.
The pair have been on a collision course to face each other for years, but now they’re set to meet in a huge fight.
Beterbiev holds the WBC, IBF and WBO titles at 175lbs, beating the likes of Brit stars Anthony Yarde and Callum Smith on the way.
Bivol is the WBA titleholder and is best known for handing Canelo Alvarez the second loss of his career two years ago.
The card is also set to feature a huge five-on-five bill of fights between the two biggest promoters in the UK.
Eddie Hearn of Matchroom and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions will pit five fighters each from their respective stables against each other at different weight classes.
When is Beterbiev vs Bivol?
- Beterbiev’s massive clash with Dmitry Bivol will take place on Saturday, June 1.
- The fight will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Ring-walks for the main event can be expected at around 10.30pm UK time.
What channel is it and can it be live streamed?
- Both DAZN and TNT Sports will broadcast Beterbiev vs Bivol in the UK.
- You can subscribe to DAZN in the UK for £9.99-a-month, which commits you to an entire year of action.
- A flexible pass, worth £19.99-a-month, is also available, and you can cancel anytime.
- You can live stream the action from either the discovery+ app for TNT Sports, or the DAZN app for DAZN, both of which you can download onto your mobile or tablet device.
Full card
The headline fight between Beterbiev and Bivol is NOT part of the Matchroom vs Queensberry line-up.
Those fights will instead include the Deontay Wilder’s return to the ring against Zhilei Zhang and Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic.
Most read in Boxing
There’s also a featherweight world title fight between Raymond Ford and Nick Ball.
- Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – (Undisputed light-heavyweight titles
- Deontay Wilder (Matchroom) vs Zhilei Zhang (Queensberry)
- Daniel Dubois (Queensberry) vs Filip Hrgovic (Matchroom)
- Raymond Ford (Matchroom) vs Nick Ball (Queensberry) – (WBA featherweight title)
- Craig Richards (Matchroom) vs Willy Hutchinson (Queensberry)
- Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (Matchroom) vs Hamzah Sheeraz (Queensberry)
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
