Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn was flabbergasted by the scoring in Saturday night time’s undisputed mild heavyweight title conflict between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

Over the weekend, Beterbiev and Bivol went toe-to-toe in one of the vital anticipated boxing matches of the final decade. Fortunately for struggle followers, the bout lived as much as the hype with each fighters slinging leather-based for a lot of the 12-round affair.

Nonetheless, many had been left pissed off by what’s being referred to as one other controversial resolution within the sport.

Judges scored the struggle 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112 in favor of Beterbiev, crowning him the undisputed mild heavyweight champion whereas concurrently handing Bivol the primary lack of his illustrious profession.

Talking on the disputable resolution instantly following the struggle, Hearn vented his frustration over Beterbiev being handed the win.

“I don’t wish to disrespect Beterbiev, as a result of they’re each unimaginable fighters, however I discover it sickening that, after a lifetime of exhausting work, Bivol isn’t undisputed champion tonight. He gained that struggle,” Hearn stated throughout the post-fight press convention. “I battle to seek out anyone in our row; a row behind, the TV row, who didn’t rating the struggle to Bivol. To discover a decide give that struggle 116-112, and provides Dmitry Bivol 4 rounds in that struggle; this decide ought to by no means work within the sport once more.

“The whole lot you’ll get out of Dmitry is: ‘I can do higher; it’s boxing. I take the judges’ scorecard’, however I don’t purchase it since you don’t deserve that after that efficiency. It was an absolute boxing masterclass. It was the proper efficiency. He could be higher, however that was a pure present of focus, talent, and protection, with offense thrown in. Bivol is arguably pound-for-pound No. 1 within the sport. He deserves tonight to sit down right here because the undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world” (h/t BJPenn.com).

Standing Reveal Simply How Shut the Beterbiev vs. Bivol Boxing Bout Actually Was

In keeping with the official stats from Compubox, Beterbiev and Bivol had been separated by 4 or fewer punches in eight out of the 12 rounds whereas Bivol out-landed Beterbiev by simply 5 punches over the space. Bivol linked with extra jabs, touchdown 58 to Beterbiev’s 47, however Beterbiev linked on 14 extra energy punches with the totals being 90 to 84.

Beterbiev landed extra pictures in six rounds whereas Bivol gained the numbers recreation in 5 of them. Each fighters landed 9 punches apiece within the sixth spherical.

Whether or not you land on the facet of Beterbiev or Bivol, most appear to agree that the 116-112 scorecard turned in by Pawel Kardyni was far too broad contemplating the shut nature of the scrap.

With the struggle being as tight because it was and the choice being extremely debatable, can we see Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 in 2025?