Artur Beterbiev

(Photo Credit: Dave Nadkarni/Premier Boxing Champions) By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10 KOs) showed no signs of ring rust on Saturday night in blowing out 2008 Argentinian Olympian Ezequiel “El Olympico” Maderna (23-3, 15 KOs) in a 4th round knockout on Premier Boxing champions on ESPN from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Beterbiev, 31, knocked Maderna down four times in the fight in putting him down two times in the 3rd and two more times in the 4th.

The fight was halted in the 4th after Maderna’s cornerman tossed in the towel to let the referee know that they wanted the fight stopped. The official time of the stoppage was at 0:56 of the 4th round.

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(Photo Credit: Dave Nadkarni/Premier Boxing Champions) By Eric Baldwin: #2 IBF, #4 WBA, #4 WBC, #7 WBO 175lb contender Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10 KOs) looked strong tonight in stopping his tune-up opponent Ezequiel “El Olympico” Maderna (23-3, 15 KOs) in round four in a scheduled 12 round fight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Well known fighters Jean Pascal and WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson were both in attendance to watch the 31-year-old Beterbiev dispatch Maderna.

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By Eric Baldwin: Yvon Michel, the promoter for unbeaten light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs), says the goal for Beterbiev is to capture all four of the light heavyweight titles in the division. To accomplish that task, Beterbiev, 31, will need to defeat IBF/WBA/WBO 175lb champion Sergey Kovalev and WBC champion Adonis Stevenson.

It’s not going to be easy for Beterbiev to get fights against both of those fighters. Facing Kovalev will require some waiting around until 2017, because he’s got two more fights scheduled in 2016 against Isaac Chilemba and Andre Ward.

If Kovalev is still unbeaten after those two fights are out of the way, then him and Beterbiev will be a possibility next year if Kovalev doesn’t choose to take a couple of voluntary defenses first.

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