Artur Beterbiev
Russian-Canadian boxer (born 1985)
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- Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (born 21 January 1985) is a Russian and Canadian professional boxer.
- He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and Ring magazine titles during his reign as champion.
- last held that distinction in 2002, and is the first to do so in the "four-belt" era.
- He also reached the heavyweight quarter-finals at the 2012 Olympics.
- His perfect KO record ended when he defeated Dmitry Bivol by majority decision to become undisputed champion, whom he then lost to in an immediate rematch, also by majority decision.
Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (born 21 January 1985) is a Russian and Canadian professional boxer. He held the undisputed light-heavyweight championship between 2024 and 2025. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and Ring magazine titles during his reign as champion.
Beterbiev is the first boxer to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion since Roy Jones Jr. last held that distinction in 2002, and is the first to do so in the "four-belt" era.
As an amateur, Beterbiev won a light-heavyweight silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2008 World Cup and 2009 World Championships, as well as gold at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships. He also reached the heavyweight quarter-finals at the 2012 Olympics.
He is known for his exceptional punching power, having won his first 20 professional fights by knockout or stoppage after debuting in 2013. His perfect KO record ended when he defeated Dmitry Bivol by majority decision to become undisputed champion, whom he then lost to in an immediate rematch, also by majority decision.
Amateur career
Beterbiev competed as a light-heavyweight and heavyweight in his amateur career. He won the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships beating Kenneth Egan and Ismail Sillakh among others. He beat Egor Mekhontsev but lost to two-time world champion Evgeny Makarenko in 2006. In 2007, in Kaliningrad, Artur Beterbiev beat Oleksandr Usyk. Also in 2007, he beat future unified light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in the semi-finals, and eventually beat Evgeny Makarenko in finals to qualify for the World Championships. In the finals of the World Championships he faced the little-known Abbos Atoev but lost in an upset.
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