By Gerardo Romero
May 4, 2024, 3:28 PM EDT
The Russian boxer and current light heavyweight champion by the World Boxing Council (WBC), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Artur Beterbiev, suffered an injury that will not allow him to fight to his compatriot Dmitry Bivol in the unification fight scheduled for mid-year, so it will be rescheduled so that the boxer can be fully recovered.
According to the information provided through a statement by the fighter himself through his account on the social network meniscus during training and therefore will not be able to defend his three world titles against Bivol on the scheduled date for one of the most attractive confrontations of 2024.
“Unfortunately, injuries in professional sports are not uncommon and can harm anyone. Honestly, he didn’t want the next fight to be postponed, but the doctors insisted on it. This fight will definitely take place, but a little later. Thank you all for your support,” Beterbiev expressed in his statements.
Unfortunately, injuries in professional sports are not uncommon, and they can hurt everyone. I sincerely did not want the upcoming fight to be postponed, but the doctors insisted on it.
This fight will definitely take place, but a little later. Thank you all for your support 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/11PHsoMGbf
— Artur Beterbiev (@ABeterbiev) May 4, 2024
Originally this fight was scheduled to take place next Saturday, June 1 at the Kingdom Arena in the city of Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia; Now the parties in charge of both boxers have reached an agreement for it to take place at the end of this year so that he can fully recover.
Despite this cancellation, the billboard dubbed ‘5v5’ that will take place between various fighters from the Matchroom and Queensbury promoters, which includes names such as Deontay Wilder, Daniel Dubois and Zhilei Zhang, will remain standing in the capital of the Middle Eastern nation to It will not affect the planning of all those involved in these combats.
Scheduled card for the fight between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev:
- Daniel Dubois vs. Filip Hrgovic, 12 rounds, heavyweight
- Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang, 12 rounds, heavyweight
- World title fight: Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball, 12 rounds, featherweight
- Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Austin Williams, 12 rounds, Middleweight
- Willy Hutchinson vs. Craig Richards, 12 rounds, Light Heavyweight
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