Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol have a brand new date for his or her undisputed light-heavyweight conflict.

Beterbiev and Bivol had been set to lastly face one another on June 1 to headline an occasion with a Queensberry vs Matchroom battle because the undercard.

Beterbiev, who holds the he WBC, IBF and WBO titles, raptured his meniscus in coaching camp for Bivol and the battle needed to be postponed.

With the severity of the damage the conflict wasn’t anticipated to happen till the later months of 2024 or early 2025. Nonetheless, the person behind massive time boxing in Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh introduced an sooner than anticipated date for the battle.

Taking the mic within the ring after Bivol’s stoppage victory in opposition to stand-in opponent Malik Zinad, Alalshikh introduced that the 2 greatest at 175lbs will now meet on October 12 to open Riyadh season in Saudi Arabia.

The battle is taken into account by many followers and pundits as the perfect within the sport. Each males are undefeated but provide a contrasting fashion. Bivol is considered as the last word boxer whereas Beterbiev is a wrecking ball, boasting an ideal file of 20 wins all by knock out.

With Beterbiev approaching 40 and having suffered accidents of late some will query whteher the restoration time is ample.

Turki Alalshikh has made it clear he desires the winner to battle former super-middleweight champion David Benavidez and probably step as much as cruiserweight to face ring journal champion Jai Opetaia.