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Beterbiev defeats Bivol; Nakatani scores TKO win, stays unbeaten

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Artur Beterbiev captured the undisputed light heavyweight championship with a majority-decision victory over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Beterbiev closed the fight strongly and prevailed via scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 114-114 in an entertaining fight contested at the highest skill level.

With the victory in the long-awaited summit meeting, Beterbiev became boxing's first undisputed 175-pound champion in the four-belt era.

Full recap here...


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The Beterbiev vs. Bivol replay for the undisputed light heavyweight championship can be seen on ESPN+.

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Full results from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday:

  • Title fight: Artur Beterbiev defeated Dmitry Bivol by MD12, becomes undisputed light heavyweight champion

  • Fabio Wardley defeated Frazer Clarke by TKO1 to retain his British heavyweight title

  • Title fight: Jai Opetaia defeays Jack Massey by TKO6 to retain IBF cruiserweight title

  • Chris Eubank Jr. defeated Kamil Szeremeta by KO7 in a middleweight bout

  • Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron ended in a split draw after injury in Round 5 in a light heavyweight bout

  • Title fight: Skye Nicolson defeated Raven Chapman by UD10 to retain the WBC women's featherweight title

  • Mohammed Alakel defeated Jesus Gonzalez by UD4 in a lightweight bout


Full results from Tokyo on Sunday:

  • Seiya Tsutsumi defeated Takuma Inoue by UD12 to win the WBA bantamweight title

  • Title fight: Shokichi Iwata defeated Jairo Noriega by TKO 3 to win the vacant WBO junior flyweight title

  • Title fight: Kenshiro Teraji defeated Cristofer Rosales by TKO11 to win the vacant WBC flyweight title

  • Seigo Yuri Akui defeated Thananchai Charunphak by SD12 to retain his WBA flyweight bout


Full results from Tokyo on Monday

  • Title fight: Junto Nakatani defeated Tasana Salapat by TKO6 to retain his WBC bantamweight title

  • Tenshin Nasukawa defeated Gerwin Asilo by UD10 in a bantamweight bout

  • Title fight: Phumelele Cafu defeated Kosei Tanaka by SD12 to win the WBO junior bantamweight title

  • Title fight: Anthony Olascuaga vs. Jonathan Gonzalez ended in a No Contest in Round 1, Olascuaga retains his WBO flyweight title

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