Artur Beterbiev finished strong and earned a majority decision over Dmitry Bivol to capture the undisputed light heavyweight championship.
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With the victory in the long-awaited summit meeting, Beterbiev became boxing's first undisputed 175-pound champion in the four-belt era. Bivol entered the bout rated No. 1 by ESPN at light heavyweight and No. 4 pound for pound. Beterbiev was No. 2 in the division and No. 6 pound for pound. Beterbiev turns 40 in January and was coming off knee surgery to repair a ruptured meniscus, a procedure that postponed the fight from June. But he was still able to rally over the second half of the bout to cement himself as a Hall of Fame fighter.
Bivol entered the bout with the edge in big-fight experience following his career-best win over boxing's top star, Canelo Alvarez, in May 2022. But it was Beterbiev who swept the final three rounds unanimously to pull out the victory."And you see I have a bruise from my hand," he said, holding his hand up by his eye."He always beat it and it was so hard, even he reached my eye.
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