Dmitry Bivol gave a boxing masterclass on Saturday in Saudi Arabia and retained his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Tremendous Gentle Heavyweight Championship after a complete dominance over Lyndon Arthur on the Kingdom Enviornment in Ryad.
The three judges gave the Russian fighter a 120-107 scorecard in a bout he dominated at will towards the Briton to reaffirm that he is likely one of the finest pound-for-pound fighters on the planet at the moment and a really troublesome fighter to beat.
Bivol got here into the bout with nice intent and was forward for a lot of the struggle. Wonderful footwork allowed him to chop off the ring with relative ease and hold Arthur shut always, along with the fixed use of the jab, which he linked with repeatedly regardless of having a visibly inferior attain.
Because the rounds progressed, Bivol gained in confidence with mixtures, counter assaults and energy punches to each the face and sides that started to do injury to the challenger’s humanity. By spherical 11 he managed to knock Arthur down and though he was unable to get the knockout he was making an attempt for, he took a really lucid victory.
It was the twenty second victory within the skilled profession of the Kyrgyzstan-born Russian, who’s undefeated and has knocked out 13 of his opponents. Arthur, alternatively, has 23 wins, 2 losses and 16 knockouts.
