Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol will meet in a non-PPV occasion on ESPN+ on October twelfth of their 12-round headliner on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. High Rank introduced the combat at present. It’s an uncommon setup with ESPN+ displaying one combat, Beterbiev-Bivol, and the remainder of the cardboard on one other community.
Beterbiev vs Bivol: A 50-50 Conflict
IBF, WBC, and WBO mild heavyweight champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) might be going through his hardest take a look at in years in going through WBA champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs). The oddsmakers have Bivol as the favourite, but it surely’s seen as a 50-50 one by hardcore boxing followers. Bivol hasn’t fought anybody like Beterbiev earlier than, and he’s already been harm in a number of of his fights by lesser punchers.
The undercard might be proven on PPV on a special community for $14.99. Shakur Stevenson will defend his WBA light-weight title towards Joe Cordina. Given how he carried out in his final two fights towards Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos, it’s not the perfect time for Shakur to combat on PPV.
It will have been wiser for Shakur to rematch De Los Santos however with higher judges and a high quality referee as a result of his win final November was questionable as a result of he ran the entire combat.
Shakur-Cordina PPV Faces Backlash
Social media followers are overwhelmingly refusing to order the Shakur-Cordina PPV portion of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol card, regardless that it’s priced at a fan-friendly $14.99. You don’t see fights priced that low anymore, and the credit score for that goes to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.
Folks have an issue as a result of Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) isn’t seen as an entertaining fighter. What makes it worse is that his opponent, former IBF tremendous featherweight champion Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs), was knocked out in his final combat on Might 18th. It appears to be like like Shakur is being given a warmup to spice up his standing with followers, which wouldn’t be an issue if it weren’t offered on PPV.
The undercard for the October twelfth PPV part of the occasion may have these fighters:
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta
- Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke II
- Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey
- Skye Nicolson vs. Raven Chapman
- Mohammed Alamel vs. Jose Gonzalez
