After two postponements, WBC/IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) will fight Adam Deines on March 20 at Megasport Arena in Moscow. Beterbiev represented Russia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and moved to Montreal to begin his pro career in 2013. Nearly eight years after turning pro, he will fight in Russia for the first time. Beterbiev-Deines will air live on an ESPN platform.
Artur Beterbiev: “I am excited to finally have a date for the fight. Now that COVID-19 and the injury are behind me, I am able to prepare well and put on a great show for boxing fans.”
Beterbiev and Deines have been scheduled to fight twice before. A proposed Oct. 23 date was scuttled after Beterbiev suffered a rib injury in training, and the Jan. 30 makeup date was postponed after Beterbiev tested positive for COVID-19.
Ok Canelo haters, explain how unified and undefeated LHW champ fights this guy next, but is totally acceptable?????
No double standards either, just simple boxing.
Top fighters should fight other top fighters and The Best should fight the Best, right…?
With that in mind, quit your hating and accept the fight game as it is.
Again, no double standards…..
The fight game is sadly quite bent.
Far too many ‘Champs’ who get to fight very weak contenders.
Love to see Beterbiev V Bivol, to see who’s the top dog.
HUH? Beterbiev would fight him at the drop of a hat. Maybe Canelo will have the balls when hes 40 and shot huh?
Canelo vs Beterbiev is the fight !!! Please Eddie Hearn get it !!!
Beterbiev needs to fight Bivol theres nothing else to say
I thought the Deines fight was satisfying his IBF mandatory because the Chinese fighter had bad visa issues, but that’s probably changed by now.
Happy bday to Beterbiev btw.
Canelo needs to grow a pair of balls and fight Beterbiev or Bivol. Anything else are excuses.
Can’t see that happening as he seems to be hanging at SMW for a while.
Pretty obvious he faced the faded Kov to add another meaningless strap to his collection.
Love to see him fight Beterbiev; that’d be an actual fight and significant challenge.
Pipe it down Pinga Nunca,
Canelo has already fought everyone he “needed” to fight.
“Oh he needs to fight GGG”…. done it TWICE. Win, lose or draw, he fought him.
“Oh he needs to fight Jacobs”…. he did.
“Oh he needs to fight Callum Smith”…. he beat that a$$.
These clowns need to fight each other and build up some marketability….
Canelo been fighting grown a$$ men since he turned pro at 15…..
Yeah continue to hate, he been developing his level for the last 15 years…. instead of becoming a decorated amateur, he fought.
Beto, I love your passion and loyalty for being a Canelo supporter but you can’t blame boxing fans for wanting and deserving more competitive fights from cinnamon. Canelo is a great fighter and businessman who is able to manipulate the politics of today’s boxing world .Many agree that his main focus is to safely fulfill the mega contract he has with DAZN than to be the great Mexican warrior and fight the best opponents out there.That being said,I don’t think anyone can blame Canelo or boxing fans in this matter.
Well said Mv, truth be told, early on I wasn’t a Canelo fan either…. because I felt he did not represent the “Mexican Warrior” of the old. I felt he practiced defense too much and failed to attack in a “no fear” manner.
However, I began to recognize that his skill level was simply at a level where risking “it all” wasn’t always necessary.
He trains like a true professional and really has fought a Who’s Who from Welter to Light Heavy.
He put himself in the position he is in due to hard work, personal sacrifice and perseverance…. unlike some of us who freely criticize.
Canelo simply never will fight Beterbiev! The russian is too much for him in terms of strenght, power and size of course, that’s it!!