How to watch Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II full fight details - How to watch, weigh-in results, fight schedule
'The Last Crescendo' - Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol weighed in successfully ahead of their highly-anticipated rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, live on DAZN.
Their first epic encounter ended with Artur's arm aloft. Beterbiev's strong finish in the championship rounds earned him the decision at ringside, one scorecard of 116-112 evoked strong emotions from promoter Eddie Hearn as well as spectators who felt that it wasn't reflective of the 12 close rounds they shared together.
CompuBox stats later revealed that Bivol outlanded Beterbiev by 142-137, but AB outlanded Bivol in six of the 12 rounds, one round was shared, and five rounds Bivol landed more. The judges were unanimous in scoring 10 of the 12 rounds, which was 6-4 to Beterbiev.
Both Russians have promised something different in the rematch, although most are expecting to see a carbon copy of fight one, which only took place four months ago.
All the weights, running order and ringwalk times can be found below.
DAZN PPV 11:15pm BST / 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT
Artur Beterbiev 175 lbs. vs Dmitry Bivol 174.1 lbs
12x3 Beterbiev's Undisputed Light Heavyweight World Title
Joseph Parker 267 lbs vs Martin Bakole*
12x3 Parker's WBO Interim Heavyweight World Title
*Bakole will weigh in later
Shakur Stevenson 134.1 lbs vs Josh Padley 134 lbs
12x3 Stevenson's WBC Lightweight World Title
Carlos Adames 158.1 lbs vs Hamzah Sheeraz 159 lbs
12x3 Adames' WBC Middleweight World Title
Vergil Ortiz Jr. 153.1 lbs vs Israil Madrimov 152.1 lbs
12x3 Ortiz's WBC Interim Junior Middleweight World Title
Zhilei Zhang 287.5 lbs vs Agit Kabayel 241 lbs
12x3 Vacant WBC Interim Heavyweight World Title
Joshua Buatsi 175 lbs vs Callum Smith 174.1 lbs
12x3 Buatsi's WBO Interim Light Heavyweight World Title
How to Watch
TV Channels: DAZN PPV / Sky Sports Box Office / TNT Sports Box Office
Price: £19.99 / $25.99
Press Conference Quotes
Artur Beterbiev: “I want to defend my belts. It’s very simple.
“I was happy with the first fight because I won. There are many things [I learned]. It’s too long to tell you. Let’s talk after the fight.
“We’ll do something different for this fight. We’re working on it.
“Don’t miss our fight. It’s going to be a good fight.”
Dmitry Bivol: “All athletes want to win. Just like gamblers. Of course, I didn’t win last time. And I really want to win. It’s burning inside of me. I want to change something because I can see where I was wrong at some points. And I want to change it. As an athlete, I want that.
“Every time when you exchange punches, it’s a risk. With a fighter like Beterbiev, it’s a risk when you exchange punches. And, yes, sometimes I need to do it.
“If you liked the fight, I’m sure that the second fight will not be less interesting than the first fight. Watch the fight on February 22.”
