Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol will meet in a non-PPV occasion on ESPN+ on October twelfth of their 12-round headliner on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. High Rank introduced the combat at the moment. It’s an uncommon setup with ESPN+ exhibiting one combat, Beterbiev-Bivol, and the remainder of the cardboard on one other community.
Beterbiev vs Bivol: A 50-50 Conflict
IBF, WBC, and WBO mild heavyweight champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) might be going through his hardest check in years in going through WBA champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs). The oddsmakers have Bivol as the favourite, however it’s seen as a 50-50 one by hardcore boxing followers. Bivol hasn’t fought anybody like Beterbiev earlier than, and he’s already been damage in a number of of his fights by lesser punchers.
The undercard might be proven on PPV on a unique community for $14.99. Shakur Stevenson will defend his WBA light-weight title in opposition to Joe Cordina. Given how he carried out in his final two fights in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos, it’s not the best time for Shakur to combat on PPV.
It might have been wiser for Shakur to rematch De Los Santos however with higher judges and a high quality referee as a result of his win final November was questionable as a result of he ran the entire combat.
Shakur-Cordina PPV Faces Backlash
Social media followers are overwhelmingly refusing to order the Shakur-Cordina PPV portion of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol card, regardless that it’s priced at a fan-friendly $14.99. You don’t see fights priced that low anymore, and the credit score for that goes to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.
Individuals have an issue as a result of Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) isn’t seen as an entertaining fighter. What makes it worse is that his opponent, former IBF tremendous featherweight champion Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs), was knocked out in his final combat on Could 18th. It appears to be like like Shakur is being given a warmup to spice up his standing with followers, which wouldn’t be an issue if it weren’t offered on PPV.
The undercard for the October twelfth PPV part of the occasion may have these fighters:
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta
- Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke II
- Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey
- Skye Nicolson vs. Raven Chapman
- Mohammed Alamel vs. Jose Gonzalez
