“I’ll root for him.” Alexander Povetkin chose his favorite in the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch – Boxing/MMA
2004 Olympic champion and former regular WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin I am sure that there will be a revenge between the Russians Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev will be spectacular, Sports.kz reports with reference to Matchtv.ru.
The Chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al al-Sheikh, announced that the rematch between Bivol and Beterbiev will take place on February 22 in Riyadh. The first boxing fight took place on October 12 and ended with Beterbiev’s victory via a split decision. As a result of that fight, Beterbiev became the absolute light heavyweight world champion.
– These are two of the strongest boxers, the best in their weight category – it will be an interesting and entertaining fight. Of course, I will root for Bivol….