Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are all set for their undisputed light heavyweight title rematch.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) tipped the scales at the division’s 175-pound maximum at Friday’s official weigh-in, while Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) weighed in at 174.1 pounds for Saturday’s huge bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Now I’m just focused on the fight,” the challenger Bivol said. “I don’t [think] that there is [any] difference [from our first fight] or something new or something old.
“[I’ve] said enough this time, I’m just focusing on the fight and I’m looking forward [to] it.”
“I hope this fight is going to be better than the first fight,” Beterbiev, the undisputed champion, added.
Beterbiev, 40, won a controversial majority decision over Bivol this past October to unify all four 175-pound titles and become the division’s first undisputed champion since Roy Jones Jr. in 2002. The Russian-Canadian is the first undisputed light heavyweight champion of the sport’s current four-belt era.
Ahead of Saturday’s co-feature, Joseph Parker weighed in at a career-heaviest 267 pounds for his WBO interim title defense against Martin Bakole, 19.75 pounds heavier than he was for his fight with Zhilei Zhang this past March.
Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) was scheduled to challenge for Dubois’ IBF world heavyweight title until Dubois withdrew from the clash for medical reasons on Thursday afternoon.
Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) stepped in to save Parker’s slot on the show on just 48 hours notice and thus was not present at Friday’s weigh-in, as he is still on a plane en route to Riyadh and isn’t expected to land for several more hours.
The Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 fight card begins Saturday at 11 a.m. ET and airs live on DAZN pay-per-view for $25.99.
Uncrowned will have live round-by-round coverage of the entire card.
Complete Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 weigh-in results can be seen below.
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Undisputed light heavyweight title: Artur Beterbiev (175) vs. Dmitry Bivol (174.1)
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WBO interim heavyweight title: Joseph Parker (267) vs. Martin Bakole (310)
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WBC lightweight title: Shakur Stevenson (134.1) vs. Josh Padley (134)
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WBC middleweight title: Carlos Adames (158.1) vs. Hamzah Sheeraz (159)
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WBC interim super welterweight title: Vergil Ortiz Jr. (153.1) vs. Israil Madrimov (152.1)
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WBC interim heavyweight title: Zhilei Zhang (287.5) vs. Agit Kabayel (241)
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WBO interim light heavyweight title: Joshua Buatsi (175) vs. Callum Smith (174.1)
