Pick It: World Champion Artur Beterbiev vs. TBRB #3 Callum Smith (Saturday, ESPN, 10:00 PM EST) - While it isn't the first fight card of the year, we can probably consider this the real start to the 2024 boxing 'season.' 38-year old lineal light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KO) has acquired every belt in the division except the one around the waist of his chief rival: Dmitry Bivol. 33-year old former WBA super middleweight titlist Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KO) is younger, taller, but also even more inactive coming into the fight than the oft injured Beterbiev.
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