LEGACY ON THE LINE FOR DMITRY BIVOL AS HE FACES ARTUR BETERBIEV FOR THE UNDISPUTED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

Three-belt light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev maintains his recovery from a ruptured knee meniscus is complete, giving him the confidence to feel he can last 12 rounds with WBA champion Dmitry Bivol in their Saturday undisputed bout in Saudi Arabia.

The social-media scuffle between formerly unified champions and ex-Top Rank stablemates Terence Crawford and Teofimo Lopez has been this week’s most entertaining episode as the pair have verbally jousted each other over the idea of making a fight.

The WBO ordered its middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly to begin negotiations with top-ranked contender Hamzah Sheeraz of the U.K.

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