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Eyebrows had been raised when Artur Beterbiev appeared to refuse to shake Dmitry Bivol’s hand following their epic rematch in Riyadh this previous weekend.
Bivol took his revenge on Beterbiev, who defeated him by way of majority determination in October, by scoring a win by way of the identical technique to turn out to be undisputed gentle heavyweight champion of the world in Saudi Arabia.
Although the pair have been considered the 2 finest 175 pound fighters on the planet for almost all of the final decade, there has by no means gave the impression to be any dangerous blood between them and the build-up to each their conferences has been amicable.
As such, there was confusion throughout social media when ‘King Artur’ seemingly snubbed a handshake provide from his rival after the scorecards had been introduced on Saturday night time.
Nevertheless, on the post-fight press convention, Bivol defined the pair shook palms previous to the incident that was captured on reside broadcast.
“After the battle, I got here to Beterbiev and I advised him, ‘Artur, I respect you a lot as a result of once I was younger and I got here to the nationwide workforce I used to be wanting as much as you, the way you had been coaching and also you had been the primary.
“I actually respect you and I need to shake your hand and say thanks for this battle.
“And we shook palms. He stated, ‘thanks for the battle additionally. That is sport. That is what occurs. You’re a good fighter additionally.’
Bivol obtained his revenge over Beterbiev in Riyadh Photograph Credit score: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
“Then we had one other discuss. He got here [over to me] and stated, ‘I will not shake hands now, because we will have a third fight.’
“It was within the regular approach, not boastful. It was positive. I stated, ‘okay, no downside.’”
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It stays unclear whether or not a trilogy bout between Bivol and Beterbiev might be subsequent, although this seems to be the popular possibility of Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh.
Contemporary off a career-best win earlier this month, heavy-handed American star, David Benavidez, who watched on from ringside can also be concentrating on a shot on the newly topped undisputed king.
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