The combat between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed 175-pound championship, scheduled for June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been postponed after Beterbiev injured his knee in coaching.
The IBF, WBC and WBO titleholder ruptured his meniscus, Prime Rank introduced in a information launch. The promotional firm plans to stage the sunshine heavyweight showdown earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
The 5 vs. 5 portion of the present, wherein fighters from Matchroom and Queensberry Promotions will face each other, will go on as scheduled June 1 on DAZN.
These are the 5 fights:
- Deontay Wilder vs. Zhelei Zhang, heavyweights
- Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois, heavyweights
- Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball, featherweights (for Ford’s WBA title)
- Austin Williams vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, middleweights
- Craig Richards vs. Willy Hutchinson, mild heavyweights
The Beterbiev-Bivol bout has been extremely anticipated, as each fighters are unbeaten and on pound-for-pound lists.
Beterbiev, 39, has stopped all 20 of his opponents, together with Callum Smith in seven rounds in January.
Bivol (22-0, 11 KOs) is greatest recognized for defeating Canelo Alvarez in Could 2022. He has since outpointed then-unbeaten Gilberto Ramirez and Lyndon Arthur by one-sided choices.
The Arthur combat occurred in in December, that means Bivol can have been out of motion for prolonged time frame in mild of the postponement.
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