WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) has returned to training camp, fully recovered after he was diagnosed in December with COVID-19. Due to illness, the fight between Beterbiev from Russia and Germany’s Adam Deines (19-1-1, 10 KOs), which was scheduled for January 30 and was to be held at the VTB Arena in Moscow. It’ll be rescheduled to another date.
Beterbiev, 35, has been out of the ring since October 2019, when he scored the biggest victory of his career by defeating Oleksandr Gvozdyk to unify the WBC and IBF titles.
ok so after this tune up he needs to fight Dimitry Bivol
How we can name him, Artur Russell Jr. or Gary Beterbiev jr.? Unfortunately, Beterbiev has been in so many problems (management disputes and health issues) that result incredible to have such talented and exciting fighter with only 15 fights in 7 and 1/2 years of professional activity. He is getting old (35) and I might dare to say Artur is more a wasted talent than any thing else, if we think about the greatness he could have reached, with all the potential he had on hand.
And yet Canelo won’t go near him.