Beterbiev vs Bivol: Fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction and ring walks tonight

Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol yet conscionable successful 1 of the biggest fights boxing has to offer, with the honour of becoming the undisputed light-heavyweight champion connected the line.

This is simply a genuinely blockbuster showdown immoderate clip successful the making, having primitively expected to person taken spot backmost successful June arsenic the header enactment aft the inaugural Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 paper successful Saudi Arabia, before being postponed aft Beterbiev suffered a ruptured meniscus successful his genu during grooming and needed surgery.

Arguably the astir highly-anticipated bout successful the athletics contiguous being pushed backmost has lone added further to the tremendous hype arsenic the respective Russian satellite champions and erstwhile amateur team-mates - some of whom diagnostic prominently connected immoderate existent pound-for-pound database - yet spell caput to caput arsenic portion of Riyadh Season, with a stacked undercard to further whet the appetite.

Bivol, 33, is the ultra-skilled and phenomenally talented technician, unbeaten successful 23 nonrecreational fights with 12 knockouts, holding the WBA rubric successful the 175lbs part since 2017 and providing 11 palmy defences.

His domination of the large Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez successful Las Vegas successful 2022 remains his signature performance, with a rematch ne'er materialising arsenic Bivol alternatively outpointed some Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez and Britain’s Lyndon Arthur earlier inactive warring connected that Saudi measure successful June and stopping plucky precocious replacement hostile Malik Zinad successful the sixth round.

Now Bivol faces his toughest trial against the 39-year-old Beterbiev, 1 of boxing’s astir destructive punchers who is besides undefeated successful 20 vocation contests, having won each azygous 1 by stoppage and ne'er been taken the distance.

Beterbiev, who has fought retired of Canada for the past 15 years, has besides reigned arsenic a light-heavyweight satellite champion since 2017, archetypal claiming the IBF loop earlier adding the WBC mentation successful 2019 and past the WBO strap by flattening Joe Smith Jr successful 2 rounds successful New York 2 years ago.

He has knocked retired British fighters successful back-to-back bouts, yet coming done an epic conflict with Anthony Yarde astatine Wembley Arena past January earlier dismantling Callum Smith successful 7 rounds successful Quebec City astatine the commencement of this twelvemonth successful a one-sided combat that was delayed by 5 months aft Beterbiev required much country connected a bony corruption successful his jaw.

Beterbiev vs Bivol takes spot contiguous connected Saturday October 12, 2024 astatine the Kingdom Arena successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The main lawsuit is expected to statesman astatine astir 11pm BST, which is 6pm ET successful the United States and 3pm PT.

The undercard is slated to commencement astatine 7pm BST, 2pm ET and 11am PT.

TV transmission and unrecorded stream: In the UK, Beterbiev vs Bivol is being shown unrecorded via DAZN pay-per-view astatine a outgo of £19.99, with a escaped seven-day proceedings included.

The lawsuit is besides disposable to acquisition connected TNT Sports Box Office for £19.99 oregon Sky Sports Box Office for £19.95.

Live blog: Round-by-round sum of Saturday’s full lawsuit tin besides beryllium recovered via Standard Sport’s unrecorded combat nighttime blog.

There are immoderate immense fights connected Saturday’s undercard successful Riyadh, not slightest Fabio Wardley erstwhile again defending his British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against Frazer Clarke pursuing their unthinkable draw astatine the O2 Arena backmost successful March.

European and Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Jack ‘One Smack’ Massey faces a immense trial arsenic helium challenges the formidable Jai Opetaia for his IBF satellite title, portion Chris Eubank Jr fights for the archetypal clip successful 13 months arsenic helium takes connected Poland’s Kamil Szeremeta.

Skye Nicolson defends her WBC featherweight loop against mandatory challenger Raven Chapman, portion Ben Whittaker takes the adjacent measurement connected his nonrecreational travel with his astir hard outing to day against Liam Cameron and Saudi combatant Mohammaed Alakel makes his nonrecreational debut against Jesus Gonzalez of Colombia.

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol

Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey

Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke

Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta

Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman

Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron

Mohammaed Alakel vs Jesus Gonzalez

This is specified a hard combat to foretell arsenic the method brilliance of Bivol meets the awesome knockout powerfulness of Beterbiev.

Bivol is an implicit maestro of his craft, but helium tin sometimes permission you wanting much arsenic helium dominates fights but typically does not overly exert himself successful hunt of a KO, with that stoppage of the fearless but yet overmatched Zinad successful June his archetypal since aboriginal 2018.

He volition surely not person that luxury against the ferocious and unrelenting Beterbiev, who volition look to marque his powerfulness felt from the outset and halt his hostile from processing into his accustomed rhythm.

It is simply a genuinely fascinating clash that you consciousness volition spell Bivol’s mode if it lasts the afloat 12 rounds, though it’s besides not hard to spot a stoppage if Beterbiev manages to link with 1 of those immense powerfulness shots.

Bivol to triumph by decision.

Beterbiev weighed successful somewhat heavier astatine 174.9lbs portion Bivol came successful astatine 174.1lbs.

Beterbiev to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 13/2

Beterbiev to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 6/4

Bivol to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 11/10

Bivol to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification:13/2

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).