New Bivol vs Beterbiev date confirmed after WBA champion stops Malik Zinad

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The highly-anticipated, undisputed light-heavyweight title fight between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev has finally been given a new date after their initial bout was postponed due to injury. The pair were supposed to face off as part of Saturday night’s ‘5 vs 5’ event in Riyadh – where five of Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom boxers faced five of Frank Warren’s Queensbury fighters – which ended with a dominant 10-0 victory for Warren, as Zhilei Zhang demolished Deontay Wilder with a fifth-round knockout in the main event. open image in gallery Dmitry Bivol impressively beat Malik Zinad in Riyadh The fighters are both unbeaten and both of Russian descent, though Bivol represents Kyrgyzstan – his country of birth – and Beterbiev fights out of Canada, where he resides. Beterbiev, 39, has won all of his professional contests via knockout and holds the WBC, WBO and IBF light-heavyweight titles, while Bivol, 33, is the division’s WBA and IBO champion – meaning undisputed status is on the line.