💥Relive the incredible evening of October 12, 2024 with the long-awaited Beterbiev vs Bivol match!
The two men gave us a show that turned into a real game of chess this Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ... If you missed this unforgettable evening of boxing, we'll give you a summary of everything that happened down to the smallest detail!
➡️ Undercard
The Swiss Marco Maric opened the show by winning his first professional fight by unanimous decision against the Mexican Christian Lopez Flores in 4 rounds.
1) Mario Maric defeats Christian Lopez Flores by UD.
It was then the turn of the young 20-year-old local Mohammed Alakel to make his first professional fight in front of his home crowd against the Colombian Jesus Gonzalez . A fight mastered by the young boxer who also won this fight by UD (40-36).
2) Mohammed Alakel defeats Jesus Gonzalez by UD.
➡️ Main map
In this main card, we were also eagerly awaiting the fight between Ben Whittaker (8-0) and Liam Cameron (23-6). The two Englishmen exchanged blows and "The Surgeon" Whittaker found himself in difficulty on several occasions, before an incident occurred at the end of the fifth round, where both men went over the ropes after a clash...
The judges awarded a draw to both men following this incident.
3) Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron: Draw
The only women's fight of the evening pitted Australian Skye Nicolson (11-0) against Englishwoman Raven Chapman. (9-0) for the WBC featherweight title. Skye Nicolson retains her world title belt and wins this fight by unanimous decision.
4) Skye Nicolson defeats Raven Chapman by UD.
For his return since his victory against Liam Smith, Chris Eubank Jr (33-3) faced the Polish Kamil Szeremeta (25-2-2), a fight he won by TKO in the 7th round after several body shots . The end of the fight was marked by the entrance on the scene of Conor Benn (23-0), who came to provoke him in the ring...
5) Chris Eubank Jr defeats Kamil Szeremeta by TKO 7
Jai Opetaia (25-0) in the Cruiser division, meanwhile, destroyed Jack Massey (22-2) to retain his IBF title. His corner decided to throw in the towel in Round 6 and Opetaia retained his belt by TKO.
6) Jai Opetaia defeats Jack Massey by TKO 6
For the last fight before the Main Event, it was Fabio Wardley (17-0) who gave us an impressive show in the Heavyweights by unhooking Frazer Clarke 's (8-0) jaw in the first round... He won this fight by TKO after a spectacular sequence.
7) Fabio Wardley defeats Frazer Clarke by TKO 1
➡️ Main Event
Artur Beterbiev (20-0) vs Dmitry Bivol (23-0) 💥
After 12 intense and suspenseful rounds, the title of "Undisputed" went to Artur Beterbiev who won by majority decision (2 judges to 1)...
In this fight that was announced as the biggest of this end of the year, the two men were there and neutralized each other to offer us a technical boxing that all boxing fans will remember. Dmitry Bivol is declared the loser, despite having the cleanest touches against his opponent, but that is without counting the in-depth work that Artur Beterbiev has done who wins in the last rounds of this fight. A framing and a pressure that paid off and which therefore allow him to be the undisputed No. 1 in this Light Heavyweight category.
A rematch could be possible for the two Russian boxers who remain hungry, just like the public...
