Eddie Hearn says Bivol won the fight: “Terrible decision”

Eddie Hearn is convinced that Dmitry Bivol He should have won the fight and called it a terrible decision that the judges gave the victory to Artur Beterbiev by majority decision on the scorecards to crown him the undisputed 175-pound champion.

In an interview with Fight Hub TV, Hearn expressed that he thought the final result of the confrontation with Beterbiev and He hopes Turki Alalshikh will give him revenge immediately to Bivol.

“It’s a joke. They (Beterbiev’s trainers) found out in the tenth round. They told him, ‘You have to knock him out to win this fight.’ How can you rate that fight with 8-4 in favor of Artur Beterbiev? Incredible. A terrible decision“said the promoter.

“Hopefully His Excellency (Turki Alalshikh) will do the right thing and give Bivol his revenge. It was a masterful performance in an incredible fight. I don’t want to disrespect Artur Beterbiev because he is an incredible champion, but he didn’t win that fight. Dmitry Bivol won that fight”he added.

In the close fight, Bivol began by dominating the first rounds and in the fifth he began to lower the intensity. Beterbiev, who never stopped pressing and counterattacking, He took advantage of this to wrest control of the duel in the following rounds.

The now undisputed light heavyweight champion He controlled the championship rounds by landing forceful blows to Bivol to snatch the undefeated and take the victory by majority decision on the judges’ cards 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112.

After the confrontation some fans and experts They disagreed with the result, as they saw Bivol as the winner. One of them was Turki Alalshikh and the sheikh assured that he will try to have a rematch between the two. In addition, Beterbiev is also willing to do it.

Dmitry Bivol, 33, was defeated for the first time and lost the chance to be undisputed at 175 pounds. The Russian leaves his record in 23 wins, 12 of them won by fast track, and one setback.

For his part, Artur Beterbiev, 39, became the undisputed light heavyweight champion and remains undefeated in the sport. The Russian is undefeated and has an impressive record of 21 wins with 20 knockouts.

Keep reading:
· Turki Alalshikh believes that Dmitry Bivol won and wants revenge
· Dmitry Bivol apologizes for losing against Beterbiev and asks for revenge
· Artur Beterbiev defeats Bivol and is crowned undisputed champion