Dmitry Bivol: record, next fight and profile →
Being undefeated made Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez feel as though he couldn’t be beat. Wins over Sullivan Barrera and Jesse Hart reinforced those thoughts. But after grabbing a world title at 168 pounds and making a handful of defenses, Zurdo saw an opportunity at 175 pounds. Turns out, however, it was nothing more than a mirage.
Rust-ridden Dmitry Bivol will soon have a fight date, according to his promoter, Eddie Hearn. The Russian WBA light heavyweight titlist has not fought so far this year, despite a noteworthy 2022, when he defeated Canelo Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez.
If Dmitry Bivol felt so strongly that he was being maligned by the World Boxing Council, the Kryzgsztan-born Russian native should have reached out to the sanctioning body and submitted a formal complaint, according to its president.
Dmitry Bivol is picking the favorite but rooting for the underdog. The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight titlist has openly wished for a Jermell Charlo win in his challenge of fully unified super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. The pair of undisputed champions meet Saturday evening atop a Showtime Pay-Per-View card from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo Alvarez puts a little extra oomph onto his punches nowadays. The sound it makes is loud, deafening even but that’s just the way he likes it.
Former light heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk hopes to inch closer to regaining his former perch after this coming Saturday. The California-based Ukrainian takes on Brazilian journeyman Isaac Rodrigues in an eight-round bout this Saturday night
There are more questions than ever surrounding Canelo Alvarez. Once viewed as the consensus best fighter in the world, the Mexican star has seemingly been passed up by the likes of Terence Crawford, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, and a handful of others.
Oscar De La Hoya has offered a word of advice to Jermell Charlo ahead of his big bout with Canelo Alvarez. Take a hard look at the Dmitry Bivol template. Bivol, the WBA light heavyweight titlist, upset oddsmakers last year, when he unanimously outpointed Alvarez, the
When former world super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) takes on former light heavyweight world champion Joe “The Common Man” Smith, Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) on October 7th, it’ll be 7 ½ years since Ramirez last fought in the modern-day Mecca of Boxing, Las Vegas.
The ship that is Dmitry Bivol has sailed for Canelo Alvarez. The undisputed super middleweight champion Alvarez stepped up to 175 pounds for the second time in his career in May 2022 and suffered a unanimous decision defeat to the Russian Bivol, getting outlanded 152 to 84 along the way.