Artur Beterbiev defeats Dmitry Bivol in controversial majority decision
(This article first appeared on USA TODAY Sports.)
Artur Beterbiev defeated Dmitry Bivol by majority decision Saturday in Saudi Arabia, winning the unified light heavyweight championship.
Beterview, 39, showed superior power and left Bivol’s face badly swollen under his left eye. Bivol, 33, showed snap in his punches too, but he could not evade enough blows.
“He’s powerful, very powerful,’’ Bivol said.
Beterbiev outlanded Bivol in power punches 90-86, according to DAZN.
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