

The fight headlined a ShoBox show at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Bivol then defended his title against Samuel Clarkson on 14 April 2017. Following another knockdown and with Berridge bleeding profusely, the ringside doctor stopped the fight. At the start of round 4, Bivol opened a cut over Berridge's right eye. Bivol easily overcame Berridge, pummeling him over 4 rounds before a technical knockout stoppage. Bivol's first defense came against Robert Berridge on 23 February 2017. At the time, the WBA had three different world titles, with Bivol holding the lesser version of them. Bivol dominated Valera, dropping him twice with combinations. WBA interim light heavyweight champion īivol won the interim WBA light heavyweight title on, beating previously undefeated Felix Valera by unanimous decision (119-107, 119–107, 116–111). Petersburg but trains in Southern California. Bivol sparred with Egor Mekhontsev, Jean Pascal, and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy early in his career.
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Professional career Early career īivol made his professional debut in November 2014. Bivol won the Russian national amateur boxing championships in 20, as a light heavyweight. Bivol was a decorated amateur, winning 2 world championships at the junior (U-17) level, as well as a bronze medal at the 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in the middleweight division. He explains how his confidence grew as he started to win over much older guys in his amateur bouts. Bivol was a naturally bigger kid and he weighed a lot compared to an average-size boy of his age.

Amateur career ĭmitry Bivol took up boxing at the age of 6 in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan. Dmitry was born and raised in Kyrgyzstan until the age of 11, when he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Dmitry's parents moved to Soviet Kyrgyzstan after graduating and marrying. Early life ĭmitry Bivol's father was born in Soviet Moldova while his mother is an ethnic Korean born in Soviet Kazakhstan. He is also ranked as the best light heavyweight by The Ring, ESPN, and BoxRec, and second by TBRB. As of November 2022, Bivol is ranked as the world's third best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), sixth by The Ring, and seventh by the Boxing Writers Association of America and ESPN. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category. In the end, it was Bridges who did enough damage and scored a brutal combination along the ropes in Round 8 that prompted the referee to step in for the TKO stoppage.Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol ( Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол born 18 December 1990) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title since 2017. Bridges had a power advantage, but O’Connell hung in the pocket to counter on queue. From that point on the two bantamweight fighters exchanged heavy leather at every turn. O’Connell was slow to her feet, but the fight continued. “Blonde Bomber” immediately returned the favor in Round 2 with a staggering knockdown. O’Connell lived up to her billing early on and landed a massive right hand that wobbled Bridges towards the end of the first round. It was going to be up to O’Connell to give the champion a run for her money. Bridges was coming off three-straight wins including a recent unanimous decision over María Cecilia Roman to claim the IBF female bantamweight title. That’s why her title bout opposite O’Connell created quite the buzz this past week. Luckily, “Blonde Bomber” can actually fight as well. This one is going to go OFF vs for the IBF World Bantamweight Title #WarringtonLopez /kibP8TMSjv- DAZN Boxing December 9, 2022
