Tag: Bivol vs Salamov

It was more of the same from Dmitry Bivol on Saturday.

The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight titleholder defeated fellow Russian Umar Salamov by a one-sided decision in a 12-round bout in Ekaterinburg. The scores were 119-109, 118-109 and 118-110.

Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) outboxed the capable Salamov (26-2, 19 KOs) from beginning to end, as he has done with most of his opponents.

The winner will now target bigger names, including fellow 175-pound titleholder Artur Beterbiev, He also has been mentioned as a potential opponent for super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez.

It was more of the same from Dmitry Bivol on Saturday.

The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight titleholder defeated fellow Russian Umar Salamov by a one-sided decision in a 12-round bout in Ekaterinburg. The scores were 119-109, 118-109 and 118-110.

Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) outboxed the capable Salamov (26-2, 19 KOs) from beginning to end, as he has done with most of his opponents.

The winner will now target bigger names, including fellow 175-pound titleholder Artur Beterbiev, He also has been mentioned as a potential opponent for super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez.

175-pound TITLEHOLDER DMITRY BIVOL WILL DEFEND HIS BELT AGAINST UMAR SALAMOV ON SATURDAY in russia.

Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) vs. Umar Salamov (26-1, 19 KOs)                  

• Date: Saturday, Dec. 11
• Time: 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT
• Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia
• TV/Stream: DAZN
• Division: Light heavyweight
• At stake: Bivol’s WBA title
• Pound-for-pound ranking: None
• Odds: Bivol 13½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
• Also on the card: Magomed Kurbanov vs. Patrick Teixeira, junior middleweights; Eduard Skavynskyi vs. TBA, welterweights; Ruslan Kamilov vs. Dmitrii Khasiev, junior lightweights; Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs. Rilwan Oladosu, junior lightweights; Artysh Lopsan vs. Ramil Gadzhyiev, super middleweights
• Prediction: Bivol KO 10
• Background: Bivol, arguably the best 175-pounder in the world, will be making the second defense of the WBA title (eighth if you count the WBA’s “regular” title) against Umar Salamov. The champ, a boxer-puncher from Russia, bowled over in succession Sullivan Barrera, Isaac Chilemba, Jean Pascal and Joe Smith Jr. to establish himself as a force in the division. He’s coming off a closer-than-expected decision victory over Craig Richards in May. Bivol had been out of the ring for 19 months. Salamov, a Las Vegas-based Russian, has won seven consecutive fights since he lost a close decision to Damien Hooper in 2017 in Hooper’s native Australia. He last fought in April, when he defeated Sergei Ekimov by a split decision in Russia.

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175-pound TITLEHOLDER DMITRY BIVOL WILL DEFEND HIS BELT AGAINST UMAR SALAMOV ON SATURDAY in russia.

Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) vs. Umar Salamov (26-1, 19 KOs)                  

• Date: Saturday, Dec. 11
• Time: 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT
• Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia
• TV/Stream: DAZN
• Division: Light heavyweight
• At stake: Bivol’s WBA title
• Pound-for-pound ranking: None
• Odds: Bivol 13½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
• Also on the card: Magomed Kurbanov vs. Patrick Teixeira, junior middleweights; Eduard Skavynskyi vs. TBA, welterweights; Ruslan Kamilov vs. Dmitrii Khasiev, junior lightweights; Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs. Rilwan Oladosu, junior lightweights; Artysh Lopsan vs. Ramil Gadzhyiev, super middleweights
• Prediction: Bivol KO 10
• Background: Bivol, arguably the best 175-pounder in the world, will be making the second defense of the WBA title (eighth if you count the WBA’s “regular” title) against Umar Salamov. The champ, a boxer-puncher from Russia, bowled over in succession Sullivan Barrera, Isaac Chilemba, Jean Pascal and Joe Smith Jr. to establish himself as a force in the division. He’s coming off a closer-than-expected decision victory over Craig Richards in May. Bivol had been out of the ring for 19 months. Salamov, a Las Vegas-based Russian, has won seven consecutive fights since he lost a close decision to Damien Hooper in 2017 in Hooper’s native Australia. He last fought in April, when he defeated Sergei Ekimov by a split decision in Russia.

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