Artur Beterbiev’s rematch with Dmitry Bivol rematch, on a blockbuster invoice that includes Daniel Dubois’ IBF heavyweight title conflict with Joseph Parker, on February 22 will probably be dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
Beterbiev, the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion, fights Bivol as soon as once more after handing the previous WBA titlist his first skilled defeat in October to unify all 4 of the most important belts.
Bivol did grow to be the primary skilled opponent to go the gap with fearsome puncher Beterbiev and he desires revenge for his contentious determination defeat, in addition to the prospect to win the IBF, WBC, WBO and WBA world championships.
On the identical Riyadh Season occasion, dwell Sky Sports activities Field Workplace, Daniel Dubois returns to motion after he secured an emphatic knockout victory over British boxing famous person Anthony Joshua inside 5 rounds at Wembley Stadium in September.
Dubois first grew to become the IBF’s Interim titlist when he beat Filip Hrgovic in June. His standing was upgraded to full world champion when Oleksandr Usyk’s dedication to his December 21 rematch with Tyson Fury meant he needed to vacate that belt.
Parker will probably be a critical problem for him.
The unbelievable line-up of fights on the February 22 card dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
The New Zealander is a former world champion himself and has been urgent for an additional title shot with a sequence of eye-catching victories, notably upsetting hard-punching former WBC champion Deontay Wilder final 12 months after which outpointing Zhilei Zhang to win the WBO Interim title.
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A take a look at a few of Daniel Dubois’ greatest knockouts forward of his enormous heavyweight showdown with Joseph Parker
Two top-level British light-heavyweights meet when Joshua Buatsi fights Callum Smith for the previous’s WBO Interim title.
Buatsi captured the belt with a decisive win over Willie Hutchinson final September, whereas Smith, a former world champion at tremendous middleweight, rebounded from final 12 months’s loss to Beterbiev with a November stoppage of Carlos Galvan.
Additionally on the cardboard, Zhang will combat unbeaten heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel for the WBC Interim heavyweight title.
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Joshua Buatsi makes it clear that he desires the winner of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol
Zhang is coming off a devastating knockout win over Wilder, whereas Kabayel builds on back-to-back triumphs over unbeaten behemoths Arslanbek Makhmudov in December 2023 and Frank Sanchez final Might.
Ilford’s Hamzah Sheeraz challenges for a stake of world championship glory when he takes on Carlos Adames for the WBC middleweight title.
Adames is 5-0 since his lone loss, together with wins over Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Julian Williams. Sheeraz had a breakout 12 months in 2024, notching stoppage victories over Liam Williams, Austin Williams, and Tyler Denny.
Shakur Stevenson can also be set to make a defence of his WBC light-weight belt towards Floyd Schofield, whereas Vergil Ortiz will threat his WBC Interim super-welterweight title towards Israil Madrimov.
Ortiz seized the belt in August 2024 with a gruelling majority determination over Serhii Bohachuk, rising from the canvas twice to prevail on the scorecards. Madrimov returns following his first profession setback, a unanimous determination loss to pound-for-pound nice Terence Crawford.
Finest card ever?
Former world title challenger and Sky Sports activities boxing knowledgeable Matthew Macklin mentioned: “It’s certainly one of the best cards there’s ever been. Certainly the best card in recent memory. It’s stacked from the main event.
“Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith can be the headline combat on a card right here within the UK, I would say it will be the headline on a pay-per-view occasion, or every other pay-per-view occasion that wasn’t this one. It truly is a improbable combat. That may be a actual 50-50, decide ’em combat, as are all of the fights on the cardboard.
“Shakur Stevenson was labelled when he turned skilled because the inheritor obvious to Floyd Mayweather.
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Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol share a frosty face-off forward of their undisputed light-heavyweight rematch on February 22
“Obviously the rematch between Beterbiev and Bivol, like [Oleksandr] Usyk and [Tyson] Fury, I think it will be similar, I think it will be a fight that will be nip and tuck and again I can see opinions differ at the final bell as to who they see won.
“Dubois is coming off that win over Anthony Joshua, which was spectacular, it was devastating.
“It wasn’t a fortunate punch, Dubois was bossing the combat and it was Anthony Joshua who got here out figuring out he wanted to do one thing large and attempt to flip it round. He truly caught Dubois with a very good shot, stepped into to attempt to end him – walked on to that quick proper hand excessive which knocked him out.
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Take a look at a few of Artur Beterbiev’s most devastating knockouts
“It was a devastating knockout and a devastating performance. So I think on the back of that you’d say Dubois is the favourite.
“However Joseph Parker is a really in-form heavyweight contender. He is bouncing into this combat confidence sky excessive. He is on an actual run. Probably the most energetic fighters in any division however notably the heavyweight division. The win towards Deontay Wilder, the win towards Zhang, two large punchers that no person wished to face. He stepped as much as the plate and produced the wins.
“He’s also had that 12-round experience seven years ago against Anthony Joshua. The Joseph Parker of today is a much better Joseph Parker than the one who fought Anthony Joshua in Cardiff all those years ago.”
Watch Beterbiev-Bivol 2, Dubois-Parker and extra on February 22 dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
