Dmitry Bivol: record, next fight and profile →
The first Mexican boxer to capture a super middleweight world title, Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez, promised to provide a surprise very soon on his return to the ring. Ramirez hopes to return by July 25, and stressed that he is targeting 175-pound world champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
If you fly with the hype, Joshua Buatsi could have been boxing for a world title this year. Fortunately, the Londoner is not one for believing all the grand predictions that are made about him.
Dmitry Bivol’s preference is to remain at light heavyweight. A title unification fight against Artur Beterbiev very much interests the unbeaten Bivol, who owns the WBA 175-pound championship. Bivol obviously would move down to the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds for a lucrative shot at Canelo Alvarez as well.
Dmitry Bivol obviously would love to challenge Canelo Alvarez. The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion would prefer facing Alvarez within the 175-pound division, in which Bivol has competed throughout his five-year professional career. Bivol would move down, however, to the super middleweight division to secure that high-profile opportunity and the career-high payday that would come along with it.
With some of the best boxers in the world in his weight range and well within his sights, Dmitry Bivol will continue to do whatever it takes to remain at his best. The unbeaten light heavyweight titlist is determined to land a big fight in 2020, at least whenever the sport as a whole can resume its regular schedule. There is no shortage of all start talent in and around the 175-pound division, as recognized by the 29-year old in his recently calling out the biggest name in the sport in Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol, (17-0, 11 KOs), has once again called for the opportunity to drop one weight class and battle ‘Pound-for-Pound’ and Super Middleweight World Champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, (53-1-2, 38 KOs), emphasizing that he is ready to fight on the first available date when boxing returns.
Dangerous light heavyweight puncher Callum Johnson is looking ahead to a big year in 2020. He's hoping to secure a crack at WBA world champion Dmitry Bivol before the end of the year.
Vadim Kornilov, manager of WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, views Gilberto Ramirez as the ideal opponent for his boxer. The 29-year-old Bivol has 17 victories, no defeats and 11 knockouts. The Russian boxer last fought in October in Chicago, when he dropped and dominated Lenin Castillo from the Dominican Republic for a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision.
WBA light heavyweight world champion Dmitry Bivol is open to the idea of facing unbeaten contender Gilberto Ramirez, according to the Russian boxer's manager Vadim Kornilov. The 29-year-old Bivol has 17 wins (11 by KO) and not a single defeat, while the 28-year-old Ramirez has 40 victories (26 by KO) and also has not suffered a single defeat.
Ahead the what many consider to be the biggest heavyweight fight of the decade between Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Anthony Joshua, DAZN collected predictions from fighters, celebrities, and boxing experts. Below is a collection of these predictions which included surprising selections and intriguing insights from some of those who know boxing best.