Dmitry Bivol: record, next fight and profile →
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol returns to the ring on Saturday, November 24 when he headlines HBO World Championship Boxing® from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Bivol will defend his title against Jean Pascal. The telecast will begin at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Dmitry Bivol decisively defeated Isaac Chilemba on August 4. The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion started strong, took control of their 12-round title fight early and won all 12 rounds on two of the three scorecards (120-108, 120-108, 116-112). The Bivol-Chilemba bout became monotonous in the later rounds, though, and didn’t exactly equate to riveting television three months ago at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Dmitry Bivol Workout Photos Gallery - (Santa Monica, Calif.) - WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol (14-0, 11 KOs) of Russia hosted a media workout at Churchill Boxing in Santa Monica, California on Tuesday, November 6 in preparation for his title defense against light heavyweight contender Jean Pascal (25-5-2, 10 KOs) of Montreal, Canada. Bivol and Pascal will fight in the main event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Saturday, November 24. (photos by Craig Bennett).
Dmitry Bivol could’ve accepted more lucrative offers from competitors once HBO’s executives revealed late in September that the network would stop televising boxing in 2019. The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion appreciated the network’s previous commitments to him, though. It also was the hard-hitting Bivol’s longtime dream to headline an HBO “World Championship Boxing” show.
Tickets goes on sale to the public on Friday, October 26, at 10 a.m. ET for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City's next boxing card featuring Dmitry Bivol defending his WBA Light Heavyweight World Title against former Olympian and former WBC, IBO, and Ring Magazine champion Jean Pascal.
WBA light heavyweight champion Russian Dmitry Bivol feels strongly that it would be a very big mistake to underestimate Canadian star Jean Pascal. Last week, it became known that Bivol would return on November 24 in the United States - and make a defense of his world title against Pascal. The 27-year-old Russian boxer has an undefeated record of 14 wins (11 by knockout). And on the account of 35-year-old Pascal, is 33 victories (20 knockouts), a draw and five defeats.
Bivol, age 27, of St. Petersburg Russia, risks his perfect record of 14 wins with no losses and 11 knockouts against the time-tested Pascal, who turns 36 on October 28, has 33 wins, 20 by knockout, against five losses and a draw.
Kathy Duva, the head of Main Events, has confirmed that Dmitry Bivol will be returning to the ring in late November. "Dmitry is going to fight Jean Pascal, a former world champion and spectacular personality and he's going to be doing that at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City on Thanksgiving weekend on November 24th," she told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday.
According to TVA Sports and The Montreal Journal, a deal has been reached for Jean Pascal to challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on November 24 in Atlantic City. Their clash will be broadcast on HBO, who plan to drop boxing from their programming at the end of the year.
For the past month or so there was rampant speculation that Joe Smith would be challenging WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol on HBO in late November. As Previously reported on BoxingScene.com, it looks like Smith will still be fighting for a 175-pound belt but it will be against IBF titlist Artur Beterbiev.