Uncrowned has Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 fight card on Saturday at the Anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev defends his WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC belts against the former WBA champion Bivol in a hotly-anticipated title rematch, which sits atop a card that is being declared by some as the best in boxing history.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) delivered a tremendous contest in their undisputed championship clash this past October in Riyadh. On that occasion, Beterbiev edged a controversial majority decision over Bivol, with the majority of viewers both at home and in the arena feeling that Bivol had done enough to have his hand raised at the end of 12 electric rounds
As a result, Beterbiev and Bivol meet in an immediate rematch for all four belts on Saturday.
In the co-main event, Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) defends his WBO interim heavyweight title against Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs). Parker was supposed to challenge IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in Saturday’s co-feature, however Dubois was forced to withdraw just days out from the event due to illness, leading Martin Bakole to step in as a last-second replacement and save Parker’s spot on the show.
Two other full world title fights also line the card, as Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) defends his WBC lightweight crown against another late replacement in Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs), and Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) makes his first attempt at world honors by facing the reigning WBC middleweight titleist Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs).
Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 prelims begin at 10 a.m. ET and can be watched live on Uncrowned. The main card starts at 11 a.m. ET on DAZN pay-per-view and main event ring walks are expected around 6 p.m. ET.
Follow all of the action with Uncrowned’s live results, highlights and play-by-play of the main card below.
Main Card (LIVE NOW, DAZN PPV)
Undisputed light heavyweight title: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
WBO interim heavyweight title: Joseph Parker vs. Martin Bakole
WBC lightweight title: Shakur Stevenson vs. Josh Padley
WBC middleweight title: Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
WBC interim super welterweight title: Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov
WBC interim heavyweight title: Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel
WBO interim light heavyweight title: Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith
Lightweight: Mohammed Alakel vs. Engel Gomez
Super lightweight: Ziyad Almaayouf def. Jonatas de Oliveira via points (60-54)
Live14 updates
The Chinese Giant Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang is in the building, he takes on Agit Kabayel in fight no. 3 on the main broadcast
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has arrived for a big night of boxing
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol main broadcast live now
Undisputed light heavyweight title: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
WBO interim heavyweight title: Joseph Parker vs. Martin Bakole
WBC lightweight title: Shakur Stevenson vs. Josh Padley
WBC middleweight title: Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
WBC interim super welterweight title: Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov
WBC interim heavyweight title: Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel
WBO interim light heavyweight title: Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith
Lightweight: Mohammed Alakel vs. Engel Gomez
Almaayouf beats de Oliveira via PTS
Ziyad Almaayouf takes a 60-54 six-round points decision win over Jonatas de Oliveira in their super lightweight bout.
Joshua Buatsi and Callum Smith backstage getting their hands wrapped, less than an hour until they fight!
Almaayouf comfortably outboxing de Oliveira through 3 rounds
Almaayouf has pushed de Oliveira onto the back foot with consistency through the first half of the contest. The Saudi prospect is working behind a fast jab and landing the right hand upstairs and down to the midsection. De Oliveira is catching Almaayouf on the counter occasionally — Almaayouf could do with tightening his defense.
Almaayouf is using a cross guard, which is typically utilized by pressure fighters, but Almaayouf doesn’t quite fight like a Derek Chisora-type pressure fighter who can have success with that kind of defense, nor does Almaayouf move his head.
Tyson Fury backing Joseph Parker to beat late-replacemement Martin Bakole tonight
One-fight prelim live now (Watch via Uncrowned)
First look at the venue for tonight’s action
All the approximate timings for tonight’s action
Former super middleweight champion Callum Smith will feature in the first of 7 big title fights
Callum Smith and Joshua Buatsi are expected to ring walk at 11:30 a.m. ET.
Martin Bakole faces Joseph Parker less than 24 hours after arriving in Riyadh
Bakole arrived in Riyadh at 7 p.m. ET on Friday evening after a 3,800-mile flight from the Democratic Republic Of Congo.
He missed Friday’s official weigh-in, but he did weigh in for the media upon his arrival.
⚖️ Martin Bakole has unofficially weighed in at 315 POUNDS for tomorrow’s fight with Joseph Parker.
📈 Bakole is 48 lbs heavier than Parker, who tipped the scales himself at a career-heaviest 267 lbs.
Daniel Dubois was supposed to defend his IBF heavyweight title against Joseph Parker in tonight’s co-main event, but Dubois was forced to withdraw on Thursday due to illness. Martin Bakole steps in as a late replacement to box Parker for Parker’s WBO interim heavyweight title.
Shakur Stevenson was supposed to defend his WBC lightweight crown against unbeaten American prospect Floyd Schofield, but Schofield was pulled from the bout for medical reasons on Tuesday by the British Boxing Board of Control, which is overseeing the event. Now Britain’s Josh Padley steps in to replace Schofield on less than a week’s notice.
Welcome to fight day!
Welcome to Uncrowned’s coverage of Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II, which goes down today (Saturday, February 22nd) at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Follow along all morning and afternoon for live updates. The Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 main card kicks off at 11:00 a.m. ET with a seven-fight broadcast on DAZN PPV.
