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Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev have put on two amazing fights in what can be constituted as instant classics.
They were both undefeated before their first fight and after Bivol’s victory on Saturday, they each have one blemish on their records.
There has to be a third fight between these two warriors.
The oddsmakers at BetOnline.ag have opened a line for a trilogy fight and Bivol is the favorite.
Here’s the direct link to real-time lines for a third fight: https://betonline.ag/sportsbook/boxing/bouts/bouts.
Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev
Dmitry Bivol -155
Artur Beterbiev +125
The judges' scores turned out to be the same as the first fight, only inverted in favor of Bivol, with a final score of 170 to 121, according to CompuBox. Bivol, a native of Kyrgyzstan, also connected just shy of 40% of his power shots as he landed the cleaner punches overall in this battle of stiff jabs, defense and constant adjustments.
"I went through a lot these last years, thank you everybody so much," Bivol said. "To be honest, I lost [the first fight] and I felt a little bit easier, maybe. I didn't [put] pressure too much [on myself] this time like before last fight and I just wanted to work from the first round until the end of the 12th. I hoped I had done enough and now I have these belts."
