Artur Beterbiev: record, next fight and profile →
Beterbiev, Browne Scorecard BoxingScene Live - WBC/IBF unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev moved to Montreal nearly a decade ago to embark on his professional journey following a pair of Olympic berths for his native Russia. Sixteen fights into his career, he will return to his adopted hometown for the first time as a world champion.
In one of the last big fights left for 2021, it’s a clash between 2012 Olympians for the lineal light heavyweight title with some balance of power intrigue at play on Friday night (ESPN+, 8 PM EST).
There are two obvious factors that have led most credible oddsmakers to list Artur Beterbiev as at least an 11-1 favorite to beat Marcus Browne on Friday night.
Artur Beterbiev is finally back to where he was prior to the pandemic. A homecoming title defense is in store for the lineal/WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion, who faces top contender Marcus Browne on December 17 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be the first in Beterbiev’s adopted home country since winning the title, and first fight of any kind in Canada in nearly five years.
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef, who promotes WBC, IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, would love to get his fighter in the ring with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in 2022.
Beterbiev, Browne Weights Photos Gallery - WBC/IBF unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev moved to Montreal nearly a decade ago to embark on his professional journey following a pair of Olympic berths for his native Russia. Sixteen fights into his career, he will return to his adopted hometown for the first time as a world champion.
Artur Beterbiev stripped naked the first time he stepped on the scale Thursday afternoon in Montreal. It didn’t help his cause, as the defending IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion still came in slightly overweight, 175.2 pounds, for his 12-round, 175-pound championship match against Marcus Browne on Friday night at Bell Centre. The Russian-born, Montreal-based Beterbiev was given two hours to weigh in at 175 pounds or less for his fight with Browne, who officially weighed 174.6 pounds.
Derrick James, the new head trainer of light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne, is confident that his boxer will shock the entire weight class by knocking off heavily favored world champion Artur Beterbiev.
By Thomas Gerbasi - The comeback was not televised. A former U.S. Olympian and interim WBA light heavyweight champion, a fighter seen by most as one of the top 175-pound boxers in the world, Marcus Browne, was fighting on a Tuesday night in Los Angeles, far from his home in Staten Island and removed from the eyes of the boxing public.
World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is targeting a 2022 unification showdown with unified World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Artur Beterbiev.