Artur Beterbiev

Anthony Yarde: I'll Be Looking To Destroy The Winner of Beterbiev vs. Smith

ANTHONY YARDE SAID he is looking to destroy the winner out of the unification battle between Joe Smith jr and Artur Beterbiev in June in a week where he celebrates clocking up seven years as a professional boxer.

Bivol Sides With Beterbiev To Topple Joe Smith - Wants To Unify With Winner

WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is motivated to become the undisputed beltholder at 175-pounds. Next month at the Hulu Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York City, Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith will collide in WBC, WBA, WBO three be...

Bivol: Beterbiev Will Win Against Joe Smith; He's Not Just Power, Has Good Boxing Skills

LAS VEGAS – If everything goes according to Dmitry Bivol’s blueprint Saturday night, the unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion will keep a close eye on what happens June 18 at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater.

Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Official For June 18 at Hulu Theater in MSG

Three belts and light heavyweight supremacy will be at stake when WBC/IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev meets WBO champion Joe Smith Jr. in a highly anticipated unification showdown Saturday, June 18, at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Hearn Lays Into Yarde, Warren: You Could've Fought Buatsi…But You're Waiting'

Promoter Eddie Hearn thinks Anthony Yarde may be wilting away on the vine. In a recent interview, the head of Matchroom Boxing lambasted Yarde, the British light heavyweight contender and top contender in the WBO, and Yarde’s promoter Frank Warren, f...

WBC Prez Explains Why Artur Beterbiev is Not Barred From Defending Belt

World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman recently discussed why his organization is not barring their light heavyweight world champion, Artur Beterbiev, from moving forward with a planned summer unification with WBO champion Joe Smith a...

Frank Warren on Anthony Yarde Against Winner of Beterbiev-Smith

British promoter Frank Warren realizes that he needs to be extra prudent in the matchmaking for his charge Anthony Yarde, since it appears that the hard hitting light heavyweight contender is on the cusp of another shot at a divisional title – or pos...

Hearn: Bivol May Be Toughest Fight For Canelo Outside of Mayweather

Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Dmitry Bivol is Canelo Alvarez's toughest opponent since Floyd Mayweather. Canelo suffered his sole career defeat back in 2013, when he was easily outboxed over twelve rounds by Mayweather.

Team Canelo Will Explore Beterbiev-Smith Winner if Golovkin Loses or Suffers Injury

Eddy Reynoso, head trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, is looking forward to a very big year for his boxer. On May 7th, Canelo return to the light heavyweight division to challenge undefeated WBA world champion Dmitry Bivo...

Arum: Beterbiev Is Not Bivol; He’s A Legal Resident Of Canada; Has Nothing To Do With Russia

Bob Arum hopes those that oppose Canelo Alvarez’s fight against Dmitry Bivol because Bivol resides in Russia can differentiate between Bivol and the Russian-born light heavyweight champion his company co-promotes.

Sanchez: Benavidez, Beterbiev, Well-Trained GGG Are Threats To Canelo

Veteran trainer Abel Sanchez has been in the opposite corner against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on two separate occasions. Sanchez is the former longtime trainer of middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin.

Trainer of Beterbiev, Makhmudov 'Disappointed' by Sanctioning Bodies’ New Rules

Trainer Marc Ramsay is no fan of the seemingly well-intentioned but, in his view, wrongheaded rash of punitive measures enacted recently by boxing’s major sanctioning bodies.

Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith to Take Place at MSG in New York in Late June, Says Arum

A three-belt light heavyweight unification showdown between Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. appears imminent to take place this summer, Top Rank boss Bob Arum has revealed.

Beterbiev Trainer Says Smith Talks Ongoing, Responds to Claims of Ducking

Artur Beterbiev is on the same page as Joe Smith Jr. Beterbiev, the WBC/IBF light heavyweight titleholder from Russia, wants to unify the belts in the division as much as Smith, the WBO light heavyweight titleholder from Mastic, New York, does, accor...

DeGuardia: I'm Not Gonna Sit Around & Wait For Beterbiev; I Want Joe Smith Back In The Ring

If Artur Beterbiev truly wants to fight Joe Smith Jr. next, he had better act fast. That’s the message Joe DeGuardia, Smith’s co-promoter, delivered after Smith stopped Steve Geffrard early in the ninth round Saturday night at Turning Stone Resort Ca...